Preventing Adult Acne - A Proactive Approach

As we all know, healthy skin cells are far better able to protect and heal the skin. It bears reiterating that creating and maintaining healthy skin cells starts within, in other words eating a healthful diet and drinking plenty of water and liquids. Fortunately, one of the benefits of a good skin rejuvenation regime is a rather dramatic reduction in acne outbreaks. This is primarily due to the use of similar active ingredients that address both aging skin issues and acne.

Simply by developing and implementing a proactive anti-aging skin care regime helps to prevent adult acne by reducing the occurrence of blemishes and outbreaks. If you do happen to feel a pimple beginning to emerge, the new acne clearing devices can rid that blemish in 12 to 24 hours!

You can’t beat that as a great side effect of a good skin rejuvenation regime!

How exactly does a skin rejuvenation regime prevent adult acne? The hallmark of any effective anti-aging skin care routine incorporates gentle cleansing, exfoliation, skin hydration, rejuvenation treatments that encourage healthy skin cell growth and sun screen to protect the skin from future damage. These same elements of a good anti-aging skin rejuvenation regime are essential in order to proactively prevent adult acne as well.

The similar components of a good skin rejuvenation regime mirror the same elements of a proactive plan to prevent adult acne in the following ways:

• Thorough yet gentle skin cleansing.
  
  
• Toning with an antioxidant, vitamin A or AHA, BHA ingredient to remove any remaining oils or dirt from the surface of the skin.
  
  
• Exfoliating away dead skin cells with an AHA, glycolic acid of 8% to 15% or BHA, salicylic acid of 1% to 2% along with a weekly microdermabrasion scrub.
  
  
• Keep skin well hydrated with rich moisturizer containing an antioxidant such as vitamin C as well as a vitamin A ingredient.
  
  
• Spot treat any emerging blemishes with an over-the-counter acne treatment with benzoyl peroxide active acne fighting ingredient.
  
  
• If necessary, gently swap the facial skin occasionally throughout the day with a toner to ensure a clean skin surface then re-apply your anti-aging antioxidant or vitamin A moisturizer.
  
  
• Steaming your skin a few times a week with a facial steamer or over warm water in the sink will open the pores for an extra deep cleansing.
  
  
• Use sunscreen each morning and re-apply throughout the day as necessary.
  

It will only take a few weeks for you to not only notice that your acne outbreaks have diminished significantly but that your overall skin tone has improved, in some case quite dramatically.

Mind you, a despite all your best efforts, a blemish will sneakily appear once in a while but, all in all, you will be quite pleasantly pleased with the effectiveness that you are able to prevent adult acne.

As with any condition outside the "norm", consult with your Physician if your acne is persistent, excessive or you have any specific concerns about your own particular acne symptoms.

Sue Dolan is a researcher and instructor on Anti-Aging Skin Care for Skin Care e-Learning Center which provides education on anti-aging skin care while focusing on skin rejuvenation strategies, techniques, treatment options and resources for aging skin care issues.