I wanted to share my own personal story regarding acne here, as I know how difficult living with this nasty skin condition can be. I had very clear skin throughout my teen years, but at the age of twenty I started getting spots. It wasn’t much at first but over the next few years it [...]

If you tend to get acne and pimples on your back and chest, it could well be down to the order you wash yourself in the shower. Most people will scrub and clean their body first, then move on to shampooing the hair and finally adding conditioner. When you rinse off that conditioner, it ends [...]

Acne sufferers may spend years trying to control their spots and pimples, the day finally comes when they are spot free and they are left with a nasty reminder of their past skin complaints… scarring. Acne scars occur when spots become inflamed or don’t heal properly. While some women are more prone to scarring because [...]

Chocolate has long been thought to be a prime cause of acne. This, however, is a false assumption – though a poor diet will cause poor skin health, a bar of chocolate won’t give way to a major eruption of spots. However, the acne-chocolate link has been hard to break, so it may seem strange [...]

Skincare professionals always advice against doing your own extractions of pimples and blackheads, but sometimes the temptation is too much to resist. If you really have to do it, do it right and follow these steps. 1. Give skin a thorough cleanse first and only extract after a shower, bath or steam so the skin [...]

According to a new survey from Zeno, maker of blemish treatment devices, stress is the number one reason why adults get pimples. Something I personally can vouch for! The Zeno Blemish Anguish Index was conducted in February and March 2009 by Harris Interactive and surveyed 5,151 adults and 900 teens nationwide. Here are some acne [...]

Acne is a skin condition which can take years to get under control. Frequently, severe cases can be treated with a course of antibiotics but unfortunately, according to dermatologists, the bacteria responsible for causing acne, P. acnes, is becoming more and more resistant to the drugs. “The dangerous thing about putting zillions of folks on [...]

There are two acne treatments which are thought to be particularly effective at tackling spots, and are common throughout the western world. These are salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide. I was once told that the golden rule for using these products is salicylic acid should be reserved for pimples and pustules, whereas the benzoyl should [...]

Adult acne is often thought of as a hormonal skin condition. This is because hormones are responsible for the maturation of the oil glands in our skin; when this goes wrong it can lead to oily skin and spots. Throughout our lives there are times when our hormones can become unbalanced and wreak havoc on [...]

Did you know that women are more likely to suffer from acne and persistent breakouts than men? You might have thought it was the other way around but that’s just not the case. A study from the University of Alabama in the United States found that for every age group following the teenage years, the [...]