False Information Surrounding Acne
Posted on 10. Dec, 2009 by admin in Acne Myths
People tend to get upset, when they get to know, that they are prone to acnes, in the body. Leave alone the skin irritation, the comments and ill words that they hear from others depresses, them a lot. So they tend to believe the myths about acne, and they follow the so-said remedies and end up in bad results. They are very many rumors, revolving about acnes.
Every body gives their own composed suggestions, for acne with their half-baked knowledge. Therefore, the rumors turn out to be myths, which cannot decline by themselves, as there is no accurate source.
The major aim of this article is, to dispel the false conceptions. Acne is the condition of oozing out of the oily fluid, called the sebum, which forms acnes. Undoubtedly, spots and scars are the major effects of the acne. It can be definitely cured. Some of the remedies told by people next door can be myth. Some of the myths, normally told to cure acnes are tanning of the skin, avoiding of oily foods, avoiding sunlight and it goes on.
Tanning, does create a mask for curing acne, but the excess exposure given causes irritation, damage, premature ageing and also skin cancer at the extreme cases. Applying the SPF containing sunscreen lotions, will do good to a certain extent. Consuming oily foods is also a common myth. Consuming excess of oily foods, as not recommended but there is no evidence of cure of acnes, due to this practice.
However, it was found, in a recent research that people who consume a lot of chocolates, are found to have the sebum secretion in large quantities. The very popular myth is the frequent washing of the faces. This is a clear myth, because frequent washing leaves behind dry skin and eventually breakouts. All though washing your face with cold water is a good practice, but it should be maintained with in a limit.
The habit of scrubbing the face should be avoided, as it results in redness, dryness and a soar skin. The next foolish thing that most of the people do is that, taking out the puss from the pimple by squeezing it. They do it with the false hope, of removing it but in turn, it gets aggravated because of the fast growing bacteria and paves way for more infection due to this absurd action. So it is highly advised, to keep the hands away from the part where the acne is.
Usage of make-up is yet another common myth that people believe. Branded make up does not harm your skin, at any cause. However, cheap make up harms and aggravates the skin for sure. So the minimum use of qualitative make up is highly recommended.
If it is an emergency, then you should check out for noncomedogenicones and nonacnegenic properties in the label. Then the funniest belief is, when there are continuous breakouts in the skin then there is constant acne production. It is false, because they are effects of medication.
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