Thorough Cleansing is An Effective Way for Acne Relief?
It's simple for someone to be disappointed and even mad at one's pimples, but hurtful over-cleaning as well as repeatedly, is not going to resolve the issue and may even worsen it. Frequent cleaning and using harmful brands can also afflict the skin so that it gets swollen, rough, and blemished.
Misconception #2 - The Best Way to Treat Acne is to Cleanse and Cleanse Some More
Cleansing and getting rid of excess oil on the face is very important when it comes to acne treatment; there's no getting around that. But it is a common misconception that a person with acne should be cleaning their face all the time, using harsh products and those that dry up the oil on ones face. Let's examine this issue a bit more in depth and see if we can't separate the fact from the fiction.
First, keep in mind that the body has a very unique way of responding to how we treat it. When we don't eat enough the body actually start feeding off of its own muscles for nourishment. It's not unusual for someone with anorexia to have heart problems and problems with other muscles as their lack of nutrition signals the body to start getting nourishment some other way. Also, when you don't get enough hydration the body actually starts to retain water in a sort of conservation for later. It realizes it's not getting adequate amounts of water that it needs so it holds onto more; you think that not drinking water means that you'll lose fluid but it's actually the opposite.
And so it goes with cleansing the face and stripping your skin of oil. The body produces oil because of genetic programming telling it to do so and because of what we take in by way of eating, but it also produces oil when it feels the skin becoming dry. What this means is that if you're cleansing your face too often or too harshly then the body responds by overcompensating and producing even more oil than before.
The skin is an organ that needs taking care of, just like everything else on the body. It's easy for anyone to be frustrated and even angry at ones acne, but cleaning too hard and too harshly, as well as too often, is not going to fix the problem and may even make it worse. Let's break these two lines of thinking down even more:
Cleaning too often does no good.
Remember what we brought out before, that acne is not caused by dirt, oil and bacteria alone. Instead it's that these things get trapped unnaturally underneath the skin.
Cleaning your face is an important part of having healthy skin overall and of course for acne treatment and prevention. If all that dirt and oil getting trapped is what causes acne then of course you want to clean it out.
But cleaning too much isn't really addressing acnes real cause, which is that skin being closed over it. You can clean and clean and clean all you want but as long as those pores and follicles continue to have unbroken skin over them you're going to have acne. You absolutely cannot keep your face from dirt and oil perfectly at all times; not unless you want to live in a plastic bubble.
And as we said, everyone has dirt and oil on their face but not everyone gets acne. Cleaning your face is only part of the problem and part of the solution. Addressing that problem with the skin covering up over these things is the other part of the solution to acne.
Constantly stripping your skin of oil only makes the problem worse.
Your skin needs oil to be healthy. Think of how painful it is when your hands are dry and even cracked and itchy. This is from a lack of moisture. If you tried to strip your face of all the oil it produces then the skin on your face would be that unhealthy as well.
In addition, stripping your face of that oil just means that the skin will react by producing even more. Your skin knows that it needs oil to be healthy so you getting all that oil off means that the body will react by setting the oil glands into overdrive.
While this may be confusing and might immediately seem frustrating to some - oil helps to cause acne but reducing oil means more acne?!? - it can also be somewhat of a relief for others. Some acne sufferers clean and clean their skin and use all the products on the market they can get their hands on, and then seem to see even more oil than when they started. But now you know why! All of those products and using them too often and too roughly is causing your body to react by producing more oil as something of a protection for itself. It doesn't know that you're just trying to get rid of your acne; it only knows that it needs that precious oil to keep the skin soft, so when you strip the skin of it, the body just produces more.
Over-cleaning and using harsh products can also irritate the skin so that it becomes red, uneven, and blotchy. Think of the last time you skinned your knee or scraped your hand against something - didn't it become inflamed and irritated? But you're actually doing much the same thing when you use cleansers and other products that are harsh and damaging or when you use them far too often.
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