How To Get Body Acne Under Control In Two Weeks

Are you dreading locker rooms and pools because you loathe exposing your pimple-laden backside? Fret not. Millions of people encounter unwanted acne lesions on their chest, back and buttocks but are oblivious to their cause. Now, instead of resting baffled by body acne, you can control body acne by taking easy and affordable steps to restore your skin's health.

Step 1: Use a dandruff shampoo as a body acne wash

Pores overwhelmed by excess oils and poor air circulation serve as a primary cause of body acne. To help get rid of body acne, you will need a potent body cleanser. The most economical and widely available option for treating body acne is actually a dandruff shampoo.

Dandruff shampoos contain active ingredients like salicylic acid that treat the symptoms that actually provoke body acne, such as poor skin shedding and excess oil accumulation.

Step 2: Become body aware

One reason body acne is so annoying is that it is difficult to understand what caused the condition in the first place. Yet, with a minimal amount of "body awareness" you can pin-point the sources of your acne aggravation.

For example, if you begin working in a enviroment where you sweat more than usual, you can experience body acne simply because as the sweat rests on your skin for hours, the bacteria that thrive in this moisture can irritate the skin and ultimately induce acne lesions.

Similary, sitting on vinyl or plastic surfaces that do not allow your skin to properly breathe can also provoke body acne. Just take a simple inventory of the situations you have been around when you started to experience body acne. Then take steps to limit how the new environment affects your skin. In the case of the sweaty workplace, for instance, simply wearing clothes designed to remove water from the skin faster could actually help reduce body acne outbreaks.

Step 3: Control contact with hair products and other chemicals

Whatever you put on your hair- mousse, hair gel or conditioner- has a tendency to flow downward onto your back. These creams coat the body with unneeded waxes that could clog the pores. To avoid this situation, organize your hair routine soas to prevent body acne.

For example, rinse out your hair condition and then wash your back. Most times, it is natural to wash your back while you have conditioner in your hair to save time. But this is not smart if you need to control body acne. That's because once you rinse the conditioner, it will coat your back and provide an ideal place for clogging your pores and provoking acne breakouts.

The same advice works for applying hair treatments as well. Take steps to make sure that the products on your hair do not come in contact with your back and chest. You can do this by removing the excess hair product with a towel.

Now you have smart tips to get body acne under control. Use these tips consitently and you should see a reduction in your body acne count within two weeks.

Copyright (c) 2007 Naweko Nicole Dial

By: Naweko Nicole Dial

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Naweko Nicole Dial San-Joyz founded Noixia, a San Diego based research firm dedicated to helping people intelligently, safely and affordably remove acne scarring on the face and body. San-Joyz authored Acne Messages: Crack the Code of Your Zits and Say Goodbye to Acne. San-Joyz has appeared on radio stations, in newspapers and on TV shows across the United States promoting beauty through health consciousness. Anyone seeking to enhance their image and remove acne scars can find custom, clinically proven solutions at Noixia.com.