At Home Acne Remedies

You can treat your acne at home if your pimple is mild and you don't think it is important to see dermatologist. There are great numbers of acne home treatment you can try to treat your skin blemishes safely and effectively. They are cheap and easy to follow.

Squeezing or popping off your pimple only causes it to become more inflamed and red, and will spread the bacteria to other parts of your face. More over this action can also lead to scars

Do wash your face too often. Do not scrub your face vigorously while washing your face. Washing your face only gets rid of oils from the surface of your skin. Washing your face does not unblock the clogged pores. Washing your face too often will only stimulate your sebaceous glands to produce more oil.  

You may need to use over the counter products with benzoyl peroxide. Benzoyl peroxide is a very effective acne treatment at home, since it has the ability to break up the clogs of dead skin cell, oils and bacteria in your pores.

You should know that acne-cause-bacteria cannot live in properly oxygenated skin, so here benzoyl peroxide works by releasing oxygen in the skin. Therefore keep properly-oxygenated skin by using Benzoyl peroxide is a good idea and could prevent breakouts as well. Preventive is better that cure, as the saying goes.

Benzoyl peroxide is so efficacious in fighting acne, and safe for long period of time to use, but always do exercise precaution. If you have sensitive skin and feel unsure, please consult a dermatologist, hence between sensitive skin and normal skin reacts differently and may develop different kind of adverse effect.

Try to reduce your stress.

Between acne, stress and sleep is interrelated.  They often work in one cycle that lead to the next and influence the next. Stress could worsen the acne you already have.  If you can control your stress you see an improvement of your acne.

The high level of stress could increase the hormone levels going through out your body which lead to more breakouts and worsen the complexion of your acne.

Stress could influence your sleep pattern. The body is a complex structure; stress has a negative impact on your sleeping schedules, a stressful mind is a fatigued mind. When we sleep we would have our cell regenerate and getting rested after a long day activities. And if you don't have adequate sleep, your stress will increase, sleep deprivation severely increases insulin resistance.

If you have insufficient sleep your body can not recover completely from the wear and tear. To have the optimum functioning of the body and to revitalize your system, a fair amount of sleep is required. Insufficient sleep will lead to larger hormone secretion which in turn influences the formation of acne.

If you could control your stress you could control your sleep schedule. If you cannot do this, it can lead to worse acne.