Secondly, you should always know the ingredients in the products you are using. Switching from Product A to Product B only helps if the ingredients and dosages are different. If the ingredients and combinations of the products are the same, or very similar, you are wasting both time and money.
Treatment of body acne requires time and patience. Once you have found a product that does work well keep some in stock to decrease the time the outbreaks are active. You should begin treatment as quickly as possible but you should also include preventative skin care.
Preventative skin care for body acne is similar to keeping your face or back free from acne. You should keep the skin clean and dry. If you workout do it in clean, airy cotton clothing and take a shower immediately afterwards. If you have access to a gym using the steam room right after a workout and immediately before your shower will help you to adequately clean the skin of the toxins and wastes that are excreted through your sweat.
Your back is often the most neglected area of the body to both keep clean and dry. In the shower you can use a body brush that has some mild cleanser. However, do this gently. Just like treating your face roughly, too much pressure or scrubbing can increase the damage to your skin. Once you are out of the shower be sure to towel dry before putting on your clothing. Allowing your back to be wet with clothing plastered against it just sets your skin up for acne breakouts. (2)
Find a product that works for your body acne and use preventative skin care to keep the outbreaks down. You’ll be wearing those bathing suits, shorts and backless gowns in no time!
References:
(1) Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center: link Found Between Teens’ Stress Levels and Acne Severity
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070305141029.htm
(2) Go Ask Alice Columbia University: BackAcne
http://goaskalice.columbia.edu/backne-acne-my-back
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