Why and how to deal with Adult Acne by Best Facials Singapore

Why and how to deal with Adult Acne by Best Facials Singapore

If you suffering from adult acne, you’re not alone.

How unfair isn’t it? Now not only you’re dealing fine-lines around your eyes, forehead and neck, you also have to deal with acne around your T-zone and sometimes cheek area.

Adult acne is definitely on the rise. It plagues more than 50% of women in their 20s and more than 25% of women in their 40s.

The good news is you don’t need to tolerate it if you understand why it happens and how we can deal with it. After all it is acne. Regardless it is puberty acne or adult acne.

Why adult acne?

Hormones

As with all skin concerns, hormones are the main reason why it happens. A woman’s hormones change every so often depending on her lifecycle ~ puberty, pregnancy, monthly cycle, menopause which can all trigger acne.

Stress

Urban life where our devices keep us connected 24 hours definitely strain us both physically and emotionally. When the body is under stress, it produces a lot of cortisol and testosterone which cause over-production of sebum. This clogs the pores which trap oil, perspiration, dust and bacteria. That is how whitehead, blackhead, pimple and acne.

Foundation

Make up including CC Cream, BB Cream, Foundation and even sunscreen are culprits which further congest the pores which makes it so conducive for bacteria to grow and multiply. Minimize make up or otherwise cleanse well with a proper make up remover, appropriate cleanser and double cleanse with toner liberally.

How to deal with Adult Acne?

Exfoliate with Enzyme Cleanser

Babor Enyzme cleanser is an active cleanser which contains enzyme. When mixed with water, the enzyme gets activated and it helps to dissolve the congestion which clogs up the pores. Once cleansing is in place, half our battle is won. Oxygenated pores equal to healthy skin as it is no longer conducive bacteria to grow and multiply.

Apply pimple gel which contains salicylic acid

Our top pick for anti-acne pimple is one which contains salicylic acid. Maria Galland SOS purifying gel helps has salicylic acid is oil-soluble, so it can get inside your pores and get rid of the sticky goo which P-Acne bacteria love to thrive on.

Apply moisturizer which contains sebum control ingredients

A sebum-control moisturizer is useful for a larger area. Guinot Pure balance cream which has sebum control ingredient which is the antidote for our overactive sebum glands (under the influence of hormones) which produce too much oil which clogs up pores.