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A wise man once said “It is easier to prevent than to treat”; every kid who has
broken his leg because he wasn’t careful on the football field, or every parent
that has to go through hell watching his child struggling to fight drugs addiction,
or every teenage girl confronted with a pregnancy would
most likely confirm this quote. The truth is that there are situations when one
can not prevent what is about to happen, diseases that can not be detected before
obvious symptoms and have a hard time dealing with them.
Fortunately, acne is a skin condition that can
be easily observed from its first signs and it is easy to prevent its development;
dermatologists have put together some simple rules or advices meant to help teenagers
or pregnant women or anyone else predisposed to acne.
Acne prevention consists in small changes; for example, an important factor in acne
break-out is diet; eating fast-foods regularly is a big mistake in general, not
only if you try to avoid acne; those foods contain high quantities of fat and processed
sugar. In order to have a healthy body, including an acne-free complexion, you have
to avoid its intoxication with artificial food and beverages; the healthiest food
is formed by fresh fruits and vegetables, low fat aliments and rich fiber diet.
So forget about hamburgers, hot-dogs, french fried, huge candy-bars and soda’s;
try eating salads, fruits, healthy foods and drinking pure water; you will observe
visible results not only in your external aspect but also you will feel a lot better
on the inside; try adding to this culinary diet a few daily physical exercises and
I can assure you that you will be naturally protected from many other diseases and
microbes that will attempt to make you sick. Proprionibacterium acnes is the bacteria
that provokes acne; so in order to avoid being infected with it or with any other
bacteria you should respect a healthy diet.
To remove excessive oil you should use an astringent; also very important: make-up
is something that most likely will provoke acne if it is oily; so try to pay attention
to what you are using because the water-based products are OK but to prevent acne
oil-free make-up is the best! When shopping
for make-up products you should keep in mint that it is advisable to choose non-comedogenic
articles.
Of course,
even if you will buy the best make-up products that will
prevent you
from being affected by acne you should know that they will do it if you won’t take
them off before going to bed. Not removing the make-up at the end of the day is
one of the biggest mistakes teenager girls make.
It will affect your skin not only
by provoking acne breakouts but also by hurrying the aging process.
Hydrating your body properly will help your skin fight any attack from the acne
bacteria, and external factors like impurities that clog your pores. So it is advisable
to drink 8 glasses of water a day, and also taking nutritive supplements is a good idea; vitamins like E, A and B5 will be efficient in preventing acne appearance;
also don’t forget to take zinc because it is a known fact that this substance cleans
damaged tissue; as a matter of fact the zinc is known as a “clean up” enzyme.
These are the main general rules you should keep in mind if you want a healthy skin:
proper hygiene (it is absolutely necessary to wash your face al least in the morning
and in the evening), healthy diet with low fats and high fiber meals, proper skin
hydration and also considering vitamin supplements.
Acne will probably never appear on your skin and you
should consider yourself very lucky if this happens; but the statistics are very
precise (almost 90% of teenagers suffer from a mild or a severe form of acne). And,
as they say, you can never be too careful… |