Pimples can have a negative effect on you that far outweighs their limited size.  Sometimes all it takes is one to make you feel self-conscious and unhappy; most often, you will end up with several pimples at a time, making things even more difficult and unpleasant.With smooth, clear skin as your goal, suddenly all that matters is finding an effective solution to your pimple problem.

Remove pimples by gaining a clear understanding of their initial cause. 

What causes pimples?

To begin with, it is important to know about the day to day workings of your skin.  The surface of your skin has millions of small, hard to see openings called pores.Some of these pores can have small hairs growing out of them, breaking out onto the skin surface.  If you were to start at the skin’s surface and slide down the pore into the deeper layers of skin, you would find several tiny glands that produce natural oils.  These glands are called sebaceous glands, and the oil they produce is known as sebum.

One function of sebum is to act as your skins natural moisturizer.  It also helps to keep the pore clean by carrying bacteria and debris (like dirt and dead skin cells) up onto the skin’s surface where it can be removed.Getting rid of dirt and dead skin cells is a natural process your body performs in order to keep your skin healthy and supple.

When puberty hits, though, your body starts producing lots of different chemicals including hormones.  Because it is rather new at this process, it takes a while to get things all working in balance; during this time your hormone levels will rise and fall a great deal, sort of like a roller coaster.Your skin has trouble dealing with such extreme fluctuations which provide an ideal environment for acne and pimples to flourish. 

Much more sebum than normal is produced by the sebaceous glands, due to the hormonal changes happening in your body.Hormonal changes effect all parts of the body, but from your skin’s point of view, it can make it more difficult to shed and get rid of dead skin cells.  All of this extra sebum combined with a lot of stuck dead skin cells leads to a clogged pore where bacteria can cause this mixture to become infected and inflamed.These factors combined produce a pimple.

Important things you can do to help your acne pimples

You can’t do much about the natural hormonal changes occurring in your body, but there are some things you can do to help reduce the number of pimples you get:

1.    Keep your skin clean – It helps to keep your skin clean by using a mild cleanser each morning and evening.If your skin is irritated you are more likely to develop pimples. Therefore, choose a gentle facial cleanser and refrain from scrubbing your skin too harshly.
2.Use medication – Improving your skins ability to get rid of dead skin cells and limiting the amount of sebum produced are the main functions of any anti-acne medication.  Two of the best medications (available over the counter) are benzoyl peroxide and salicylic acid.
3.Keep your skin moist – If your skin dries out, more pimples are very likely. Using a very light moisturizer on your face can pay dividends.Typically, an oil-free moisturizer will benefit your skin most.

Understanding how pimples thrive makes it easier to understand and accept what changes you have to make to effectively treat or prevent them in future.  Now that you have found the right information to help you, it won’t be long until your skin starts looking clean, clear, and pimple free!

Acne – A Clean Face – Step 1 in a 12 Step Program
 by: Rudy Silva

For those that need more than a special cream like Scotty’s Face Cream, then you need to work harder to get rid of acne. Since acne is a condition that occurs from within your body and exhibits on the outside of your body, you need to,

§ Attack acne from inside your body

§ Attack acne from outside your body

If your acne is not to severe, all you might need is a good cream and need only to follow a few steps in my 12 step program to get you past the periods where acne is active.

If your acne is more severe, than you may have to follow my 12-step program, since acne is an expression of your whole body system and is a reflection of what is going on inside your mind, cell structure and internal organs.

Acne is an excessive toxic condition within your body, which the internal elimination organs are unable to eliminate. So your toxins are moved into your blood and excreted through your skin. It is an automatic survival mechanism your body initiates in an effort to protect the insides of your body – cells, liquid, blood, organs, and tissues.

There are 12 areas that you need to look at,

§ Keep your face clean

§ Using Scotty’s acne face cream or your favorite face cream

§ Relive your constipation and the tree day liquid fast

§ Making changes to your diet

§ Get plenty of sun, air, and water

§ Vitamins you need to be taking

§ Minerals you should be taking

§ Special supplements to take

§ Herbal mixture to use or drink

§ Special detoxifying drinks or supplements to take

§ Brushing your skin

§ Change your attitude

Step 1: Keeping your face clean

If you use face cosmetics, you need to stop. Some cosmetics irritate the skin and can cause acne by plugging up your pores on your face. The cosmetics chemicals that can cause you the most skin and pore irritation and inflammation are:

mineral oil

lanolin

parabens

propylene glycol

Look at the label of the cosmetics you use. You will find that many cosmetics, soaps, and sunscreens contain these chemicals.

Find a water base make up, not an oil base. Find one that does not irritate your face and use it sparingly

When you wash your face don’t use any commercial soaps since they are filled with chemicals that will irritate and worsen your acne condition. And don’t excessive wash your face as this will dry your skin of the natural protective oil. Also, don’t keep touching your face since you spread or add bacteria to it.

To wash your face use only,

§ Castile hand or liquid soap

§ Pure glycerin hand soap

You can pat your face with a clean hot face towel to bring circulation to your face and to help open and move the toxic material, in the pimple, to the surface. Do not scrub hard to burst a pimple but just scrub lightly to burst a pimple when it is ready to open.

Use the hot towel application only 2-3 times per week.

When a pimple is open do not continue to rub or scrub it. In fact do not pick or scratch an open pimple since this could create other sores or leave scars that are difficult to remove. Just washing your face with clean soap will keep your face free of toxic matter.

Keep in mind,

Whatever you put on your skin will move into your skin and into your bloodstream.

Most commercial creams, lotions, and soaps are filled with all kinds of chemicals that are toxic to your body. By using them you are making your liver work harder.

During the day or at night avoid resting your cheeks or chin on your hand(s) or arm(s). This can irritate your face and cause acne to breakout. When you sleep, try to sleep on your back and not with your face or side of the face into your pillow.

There you have it. Step 1, shows you how to keep your face clean to avoid getting acne or to help relieve acne.

About The Author

Rudy Silva has a degree in Physics and is a Natural Nutritionist. He is the author of Constipation, Acne, Hemorrhoid, and Fatty Acid ebooks. He writes a newsletter call “natural-remedies-thatwork.com.” More acne hints and information on his acne e-book can be found at: http://www.acne-remedies.for–you.info

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Acne is a skin condition that affects up 90% of the population to some degree. It can end in youg adulthood for most people but commonly starts during adolescents. While there are many reasons why acne affects an individual, most of them can be traced to a few basic factors. Blocked pores and follicles in the skin bring about a skin condition called acne. Blocked pores lead to clogged follicles which later can become infected. Also, the release of hormones in the body can bring on a case of acne. These hormones are first starting to be released in adolescents and this is why acne usually accompanies this first stage of young adulthood. Acne always occurs in one of three ways and all of them can be remedied with proper skin care and in some cases medication.

The first type of skin irritation would appear as a circular pimple with a distinctively white top and results from acne and is known as a whitehead or closed comedone. This is actually the pore that has been clogged with dead skin, excess oils and bacteria. Another type of skin irritation associated with acne is the blackhead (open comedone) and this is similar to the whitehead except it is open to the air and the material that is blocking the pore has oxidized and gives the appearance of being black. A common misinterpretation is that dirt clogging the pore is what is commonly called a blackhead but this is not the case. A cyst is the third type of skin irritation that acne can produce. These are more serious and occur when the cell wall is damaged and allows bacteria to infect the skin below the surface. Often more painful and even larger than both blackhead and whitehead. These cysts should be treated gently and may require a visit to a dermatologist if they are severe. A blackhead and whitehead are uncomfortable but their response to minor treatment is so good and this is the reason for suggesting a dermatologist. A cyst involves more layers of the skin and has the potential for a larger infection which may result in scarring. To prevent this, a dermatologist may prescribe antibiotics to minimize the infection.

More fingers are being pointed in the direction of heredity as a common cause of acne. Studies have revealed that family members carry a hereditary link between acne duration and initial occurrence. While there is really very little you can do if your family has a history of acne, knowing this in advance may help you find an acne solution sooner.

While the treatments for acne varies between individuals, the combination of certain cleansers to unclog the pores coupled with a topical solution of benzoyl peroxide to kill the bacteria seems to work for most people with mild acne. Dermatologist treatment together with medication is a common solution for acne. The best acne treatment might be to keep the affected area clean by washing it with a warm soapy solution and applying a mild acne cream to any areas that develop pimples. The are a wide variety of natural treatments for acne that a large number of people agree are more effective and gentler on the skin.