5 Tips for acne prevention

There are a few other things you can do to help with acne. These include:

1. Dietary changes that may help include avoiding excessive dairy consumption, due to the presence of hormones in certain dairy products and decreasing your intake of fast-food, particularly fried, greasy foods and increasing your intake of antioxidants including berries (blueberries, pomegranate juice, citrus fruits).

2. Stress can be a significant factor in the development of acne so anything you can do to decrease stress in your life can help. Regular cardiovascular exercise is one way of reducing stress.

3. Any products placed on the face should be oil-free, water-based, non-comedogenic (meaning non pore-clogging). Gentle cleansers rather than soaps should be used to cleanse the face.

4. If you notice your makeup is clogging your pores and causing whiteheads and blackheads, switch brands, preferably to a mineral makeup. I agree that no makeup should be left on the face overnight.

5. Hormonal changes particularly in women of child-bearing age can cause regular acne break-outs. Consider speaking to your dermatologist about available preventative hormonal therapies if this is the case. Good luck.

First, one should start by staying in good health, and maintaining proper diet, exercise, and adequate vitamin and mineral supplementation. In addition, acne prevention involves following a skin care regimen that consists of cleansing the skin properly and avoiding the use of unnecessary products on the face.

One of the best methods for prevention of acne is to have regular superficial cosmetic peels, such as salicylic acid peels. Often, dermatologists forget to employ this strategy, or they succumb to their own time constraints, but such peels can be very helpful in the prevention of acne.

Salicylic acid (SA) is a beta-hydroxy peel that is self-neutralizing and promotes exfoliation of the outer layers of skin. These “lunch time peels,” as they are called, remove just the very top layer of skin. They provide a very refreshing look. The SA peel is likely the best peel for treatment of acne, as it will clear clogged pores and exfoliate oily areas of the face. It will sometimes help fade superficial age spots and areas of pigmentation. This cosmetic procedure is an especially good adjunct to an overall acne prevention and treatment program supervised by a dermatologist.