Treating Acne by Changing Lifestyle

Exercise regularly. Exercising does a number of things to help reduce your acne.
Don’t touch your face.Be careful about scratching your face, resting your face on your hands, and picking at pimples.

Shower often. Although you may want to keep your water bill down, showering regularly helps to keep oil production low, kill bacteria, and rinse away dead skin cells.

Eat healthily. Foods that are highly processed and contain a lot of oils greatly increase the amount of acne on your body.

Get at least eight hours of sleep. Sleeping kills two birds with one stone, as it helps to relax your body as well as detoxify it.

Drink lots of water. Although we’ve all heard to drink eight glasses of water a day, there isn’t a set amount on how much water you should consume.

Relax your body and mind. High stress levels lead to increased sebum production, so do your mind and your skin a favor by giving yourself some time to relax.
Wash your fabrics. Any fabric that comes into contact with your skin on a regular basis – clothes, towels, pillowcases, and sheets – should be washed at least once a week to remove oil and bacteria that build up over time.

Use oil-free makeup. Find acne-fighting oil-free mineral makeup to help prevent worsening your acne while simply trying to hide it.

Wear sunscreen everyday and do not tan. Ultraviolet Radiation is the number one cause of premature aging. It also leads to Skin Cancer in high enough doses. Treat the sun like the death ray that it is. Exposing your skin to harmful UVA and UVB rays damages skin and prolongs post inflammatory erythema(PIE)–red acne marks, as the sunlight stimulates pigment-producing cells.

Avoid toothpaste, lemons, and baking soda.Toothpaste, lemons, baking soda, and salt are touted as common convention to treat acne or improve appearance of discoloration but they will damage skin instead. Avoid using any of these ingredients.

Avoid apricot scrubs and plastic micro beads as the former will cause micro tears and the latter contributes to environmental pollution and bio-accumulation up the food chain.

Apricot Scrubs are a cult product but the walnut shells are too sharp to exfoliate skin, and will cause micro-tears contributing to photo-aging.
Plastic micro beads are in the process of being considered banned in several states as they pollute waterways and are swallowed by fish.