Keira Knightley once admitted in an interview with magazine Elle that she has a terrible bathroom habit when it comes to dealing with her problem skin. The actress said “”I get a load of zits, and I’m always squeezing them in the bathroom mirror.” Tsk, tsk. This is bad news for troubled skin and can [...]

I’ve been testing out SkinTimes Hydromarine Extreme Collagen Serum over the last two months. I am acne prone, and the smallest fluctuation on my lifestyle can send my skin into a frenzy. So, after a frantic 2010 in which I got married and moved abroad within the same month, by the end of the year [...]

Skintech Purigel refreshes the skin and calms irritation. It is a long-term maintenance cure against acne and oily skin-related problems. Antiseptic and anti-inflammatory, decreases the secretion of sebum and closes up dilated pores as well as improving skin generation due to regular exfoliation of dead cells. Apply morning, afternoon and evening on clean skin, to [...]

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 [...]