Acne: 5 Things That Can Make Your Acne Worse

Breakouts worsen when your skin’s oil glands become clogged, resulting in pimples, spots, and cysts. As listed below, there are five items that are certain to aggravate breakouts:

Picking at your skin

Acne is a problem in and of itself, but did you know that constantly touching your face and squeezing or popping pimples can make it worse? These bad habits harm your skin’s integrity and worsen acne. Picking at your pimples can cause scarring and discoloration, which can persist far longer than the original breakout. Furthermore, popping a pimple can transfer the pus and bacteria into other regions of your skin, resulting in subsequent breakouts in the same place.

Filthy Towels and Bed Sheets.

Bacteria, dirt, and dead skin found on dirty towels and dirty bed sheets can quickly clog your pores, it can easily cause acne breakouts. Make it a habit to change and wash your bed sheets once a week to avoid pimples. Replace your pillow cases every two weeks. Also, always wipe your face with a clean cloth. Even better, a Fresh Towel! Perqix Towels, our guaranteed bacteria-free single-use face towels, are available for purchase here.

Poor dietary habits.

This includes foods that have been substantially processed and have a high sugar content. Most fast foods, such as fried food, pizza, hamburgers, and other grease-filled snacks high in saturated fats and processed components, can easily create hormonal imbalances, leading to hormonal acne outbreaks. Sugary foods increase insulin levels, which increases oil production in the skin layer, clogging pores and follicles with sebum and causing outbreaks.

Sleeping with makeup on.

Makeup residue has a tendency to block pores. Your skin’s cell regeneration process leads pores to lubricate and allow oils to flow out to the surface during your sleep cycle. When you sleep with your makeup on, the oils are trapped in the makeup, resulting in clogged pores and breakouts. Acne-causing bacteria are drawn to your skin’s pores by cosmetics by-products. Furthermore, foundation and thick, oil-based primers are known to cause blackheads and dull your skin. Sleeping with your makeup on accelerates the aging process. Remove makeup and cleanse before bed to minimize the impacts on your skin.

Oil-based products.

This is for people who have acne-prone skin. If you already have acne-prone or oily skin, oil-based products can cause an oil film to form, which prevents pores from breathing and leads to pore clogging, causing breakouts. When you use natural and plant-derived oils on your skin, however, blockage of the pores is unlikely to occur since these oils, unlike synthetic oils, stimulate skin cell regeneration.