Cleansing Acne Prone Skin

Everyone suffering from acne knows something about cleansing their acne prone skin. But knowing a bit is just not enough, with acne and I believe with any condition in general we need to have enough of the right sets of information. Here I will attempt to make your quest for info a bit easier by giving you some important information on cleansing the skin, especially skin that has acne.

Why should acne sufferers cleanse their skin?
To many this might be obvious but if you aren’t clear on the reasons for cleansing here goes. Cleansing basically means to wash in an attempt to get rid of impurities that may accumulate on the skin. This cleansing is usually accomplished with the use of products called ‘cleansers’ that are specially formulated to remove dirt and grime, so why should you cleanse the face ? well its to get rid of this grime since a clean face goes a long way towards being an acne clear face.

When should you cleanse?
Cleansing should be done twice per day usually in the mornings after waking up and at nights before going to bed. These times are important since at night, it’s the end of the day and you want to get rid all the unwanted environmental pollutants (before you sleep) that came into contact with the face during the day. This is essential since, when we sleep we renew our skin so you want to ensure that the face has the right external environment for this renewal.
Cleansing in the morning is important to remove any secretion may have made its way to the surface of the skin. Additionally cleaning in the morning removes excess oils that were accumulated in the pores during the night and gives the face a renewed glow for the new day.

What to do if the cleansing cause the skin to become dry?
The thing about some cleansers is that they have the tendency of causing excessive drying of the face. If that occurs, you should reduce the frequency of times per day you cleanse. So if you clean you face twice per day and notice excessive drying simple reduce it to once per day preferable at nights and just wash you face with water only in the mornings. If this does not reduce the drying use the cleanser every other day and if this doesn’t work change your facial cleanser altogether to one that would cause less drying, preferable one that is formulated for your skin type because in most cases excessive drying occurs if you already have dry skin and you use a regular acne cleanser. The regular acne cleansers are formulated to reduce the amount of oil on the face, so these may not be appropriate for your skin type.

So cleansing acne prone skin is very important but care must be taken to ensure that this is done in a way that is beneficial to the skin, because over cleansing may actually exacerbate the acne problem while under cleansing may actually not help the situation at all.