Acne is a common skin condition where the hair follicles are clogged with oil and dead skin cells. It causes black heads, white heads and pimples to appear on face, chest, forehead and shoulders.
Causes
- Excess oil production
- Bacteria
- Hormones
- Dead skin cells
- Dirt
- Makeup
- Sweat
Here are 15 bad habits that cause acne and breakouts.
- Stress
- Sleeping with makeup on
- Over cleansing
- Dirty pillowcase
- Some foods
- Popping pimples
- Makeup on pimples
- Forgetting to wash face after exercise
- Using dirty makeup brushes
- Dirty towels and wash cloths
- Dirty cell phone
- Hair products too close to face
- Following every DIY on YouTube
- Touching face all the time
- Some medication
Stress
When we stress and worry, our body naturally produce certain hormones and steroids. These results in our skin producing excess oil that will clog our pores. The presence of bacteria on the face, makes matters worse. The bacteria, Propioni bacterium acnes, is responsible for most acne and breakout cases.
Try stress less, sleep more and have happy hours. MABS provide relaxing Swedish massages and facials at home service.
Sleeping with makeup on
Let’s do the maths. Makeup + Dirt + sweat = big pimple. This trio invite P. Acnes into pores to cause a breakout.
Do not sleep with makeup on, you can try MABS makeup remover and MABS rose toner to remove makeup from your face or try MABS face wash.
Over cleansing
When I wash and wash and wash my face, this leads to my skin drying out.
Most commercial face wash are made with harsh chemicals that can dry out the face. When the skin dries out, the body tries to compensate by producing more oil. These oil will clog pores and cause breakouts. Washing your face twice a day is enough. You can use the MABS facial cleanser.
I have seen people vigorously exfoliating their face with face scrubs every day. This is a bad idea, not only are you tearing your skin and causing scarring, you will also cause more breakouts. If you must do physical exfoliation, once a week is enough. You can use MABS honey scrub.
Dirty pillowcase
We need to wash our pillow case twice a week. Dirty pillow case can introduce dirt and dead cells to our face and cause us a breakout.
If you use hair products like gels, oils and hair masks, it is best you change pillow cases every night to avoid these products getting on the face. MABS provides a range of natural hair products from shampoos to leave on sprays to condition your hair.
Wash towels regularly, to avoid introducing bacteria to the face.
Some foods
Sweet foods and dairy products are known to cause more pimples on the face. You can try stay away from this foods if you suffer from sever acne.
Popping pimples
I love popping pimples as much as the next girl however, it is not really a good idea😣…We risk introducing bacteria to the face or causing skin tear, and/or more oil to be produced.
Makeup on pimples
Applying makeup on pimples is like covering a wild fire with a blanket. It causes bigger pimples to form. Applying makeup on pimples will further clog the pores.
Also, using dirty makeup brushes introduce bacteria to the face and circulate it. It is best to wash makeup tools regularly and not apply makeup all the time.
Dirty cellphone
We are constantly touching our cellphones, it goes every where we go. It is important to clean cellphones to avoid introducing bacteria onto the face. Also, it is best we stop the habit of touching our face. No popping pimples, no touching of face and definitely no touching of other people’s faces.
Medication
There are some medications that can cause acnes, this medications usually work to spike up hormones that cause oil production to increase.
References
- LABeautyologist Youtube
- Health line
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