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More to Skin Care then Just Moisturizers and Cleansers

When it comes to caring for your acne, or any type of skin condition it’s easy to get carried away in all the treatment products that are needed to help us look better. The same is true of anti wrinkle creams and any other beauty product.

How ever we pay very little attention to the long term effects some of these products can have on our bodies and skin. For example, some acne treatments use very harsh ingredients. These ingredients don’t cause pain but they dry out the skin and can make it difficult to get the natural moisture level back up in your skin.

A few things to Remember

When ever purchasing skin care products look for those that contain natural ingredients. Avoid using treatments that are 100% chemical based, there are usually options out there that will do a similar if not better job without the harsh ingredients.

Understand the risks and side effects involved with the skin care cream or product you’re buying.

For example some instant wrinkle reducing creams do wonders to get rid of wrinkles in just minutes but the skin tightening ingredients that are included can be painful when they first start to tighten the skin. As an alternative there are less painful tightening ingredients such as Sesaflash® which tighten and moisturizes at the same time.

Consider using products that will counter act the negative effects of a particular skin care treatment. Possibly moisturize more often if the treatment you’re using dries out the skin.

The key is to remember there are options when it comes to buying acne, anti aging or any other skin care product. Look for those that are more natural rather then chemically formulated and you should be fine.

Posted by SkinCareGuru on August 27th, 2009 No Comments

The 3 Steps to Clearing Adult Acne

There are a lot of myths surrounding why adults get acne. Unfortunately it’s not a black and white situation. There are an array of things from oily skin and lifestyle choices that can contribute to adults running into troubles with acne. Thankfully for uncomlicated breakouts there is a 3 step system you can follow to heap clear your skin.

Many of todays top products utilize this system so it’s no secret that it works.

1.) Cleanser: Before you can do anything to treat your acne you have to clear away the dirt and oil that is currently clogging your pores. If you don’t then adding serums, creams or gels over top of dirt and oil will only clog your pores worse and worsen the break out.

2.) Treat: This is the step we’re most familiar with. It would use the alcohol based cleanser to kill or clear away acne bacteria. After cleaning your skin this step can tingle a bit. It’s a must if you want to clear away that break out.

3.) Soothe: After cleaning and getting rid of acne bacteria most of today’s acne treatment products offer a soothing solution. This calms the skin, reduces any redness that may have occurred and gives you an over all calming feeling.

This same 3 step process can be seen in products like Exposed Acne Solution, Proactive and Murad’s Acne Complex. All three of these are great acne treatment products but they can be a bit pricey. You can find similar treatment products in a no name form from websites like acne.org.

The owner of this website (acne.org) has created what he calls the regime. The system he used to clear his adult acne. He now markets products under the brand of acne.org to clear your acne. His products are top notch and can be purchase for less then some of those other acne treatment systems available.

Posted by SkinCareGuru on August 25th, 2009 No Comments