Acne Control – Acne Myths to Avoid

There are several long-held and widespread myths about acne. Rather than add to our collective knowledge of the problem, they have only served to make things worse for those who suffer from it. If you suffer from an acne problem, you are much better off understanding and rejecting the myths that surround it, so that you can get on with dealing with your problem in a factual, accurate way. Many common myths will have you expending time and energy on treatments that won’t work, as well as depriving you of things that you truly enjoy, such as chocolate. (Good news, chocolate intake has no impact on your skin.)

In fact, there is no solid evidence of most normal foods causing acne outbreaks at all. Not chips, pizza, fried foods, or soda. At least not directly. Having a stable, healthy diet will certainly help your skin, but the occasional treat of greasy food isn’t going to lead to weeks of outbreaks. Of course, if something makes you actually break out, you should discontinue eating that food, but that occurrence should be rare. The food you eat does have some effects on your skin, in that it can effect the levels of toxins in your body. But natural food is unlikely to cause you too much distress.

Another myth is the idea that if you have an acne outbreak, that means you are unclean, or don’t wash often enough. You probably can debunk this one yourself, as you probably scrub your face several times a day, in an attempt to combat the problems you have. Clearly, washing your face even more is unlikely to change things. What does matter is the kinds of products you use, how often you use them, and what kind of skin you have. We’ve talked in past articles about how overly dry skin is actually worse than oily skin, when it comes to acne prevention. This can happen if you spend too much time scrubbing, and not focusing on keeping your skin healthy.

Finally, many people think that tanned skin wont break out with acne. The trick to any good myth is an element of truth, and this one has a small one. Tanned skin wont show an acne outbreak as easily, even though it is still there. This isn’t the same as not having one at all. In fact, once your tanned skin starts to die and flake off, it can be a cause of pore blockage, that will end up a problem in the future. Tanning yourself in hopes it will solve your problems isn’t going to do you much good.

And this only scratches the surface. There are dozens of “commonly known” acne myths, that don’t serve you very well to follow. If you suffer from acne, it makes sense to avoid or ignore these widely held falsehoods. Especially the ones that make little sense when you think about them, as if you see that they probably aren’t true, then they probably aren’t.

If you are one of the millions of people afflicted with an acne problem, seek out real facts, not pretend ones.