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5 Tips For Fighting Acne + PRO Advice on Spot Treatments

Tips For Fighting Acne Like The Pro’s Do!

Tips To Fighting Acne with Go To Spot Treatment Ideas

Need tips to fighting acne?  Ok, sit tight, we’ve got you covered!  We reached out to 5 industry professionals to ask them for their advice on treating acne.  They’ve given us some great ideas and 2 came back with great go-to spot treatment ideas.

Acne Is Systemic + Localized

Acne is a condition that impacts “the skin”, so it’s a systemic disorder that needs to be addressed on a holistic level.  Every major discussion about acne fighting treatments centers around lifestyle in addition skincare treatments and products.

There are foods that can trigger acne, as well as normal fluctuations in the chemical levels in the body that are beyond the control of diet and/or the best regular skin care routine.

Hormone Fluctuations Are Key Culprit

Sometimes one of the best tips for fighting acne, is that you can’t fight Mother Nature.  Hormones will fluctuate in the human body and even with the best diet and acne fighting home care products, clienets will still get break outs that need to be addressed.

Jenna Kent on Hormones + Acne

Although Androgens are widely known as a group of male hormones, they are present in all sexes. Testosterone is the Androgen hormone that is converted into Dihydrotestosterone by the enzyme 5 alpha reductase and puts sebum activity into overdrive in the pore. Hormonal fluctuations alongside the propensity for retention hyperkeratosis becomes a perfect recipe for breakouts.

Read the full Quick Reference Guide To Acne

Jenna Kent

Advice From Our Experts Guest Blogger

Keeping Skin Clear: Treat The Face + Attack The Spot

The best way to go about keeping the skin clear is to have a solid home care routine that focuses on deep cleaning the skin, treating the skin with a product that will encourage cellular turnover to eliminate the retention hyperkeratosis, kill the p. acne bacteria and hydrate the skin to optimal levels.  Then when breakouts do occur – go after them and attack the spot with a spot treatment product.

Kill p. acne Bacteria wtih BiON Research Skin Care

BiON Research Skin Care offers a Mandelic Serum 8% and 15%, this serum is in our Summer Skin Care Guide and is an ideal serum to layer into a daily home care routine to kill the p. acne bacteria.

 

15 Tips To Fighting Acne

We compiled an extensive list of options to help estheticians with tips for fighting acne.  Our 15 Tips To Fighting Acne is LEGIT one of the best resources you’ll find!

5 Tips To Fighting Acne + PRO Advice On Spot Treatments

Step 1 Deep Cleaning - MYSKINBUDDY
MYSKINBUDDY is one of our favorite tips for fighting acne. Its ionic technology works to deeply clean the skin drawing out dirt, debris and excess sebum.  The LED Light Therapy works to heal acne in several ways.  Ghada, Founder of MYSKINBUDDY spoke to us about LED For Acne, explaining the many benefits of Blue, Red and Green LED for Acne.

MYSKINBUDDY is the revolutionary facial device that utilizes four proven technologies to help you achieve a clearer complexion, brighter and even skin tone, and a more youthful appearance.

  • Ultrasonic Vibration
  • Ion Care
  • Photon LED therapy (Light Emitting Diode)
  • Thermal Heat Therapy

What’s included?

  1. MYSKINBUDDY Device
  2. Holding Stand
  3. USB Charger
  4. User Manual
Step 2 Cellular Turnover - Hydra Medic® Beta Hydroxy Serum - Repêchage

Encourage Cellular Turnover

Hydra Medic® Beta Hydroxy Serum is a no brainer on our list of tips for fighting acne because it is a blend of Alpha and Beta Hydroxy Acids which exfoliate to help reveal smoother, cleaner skin. Seaweed extracts, such as Laminaria Digitata and Ascophylum Nodosum, along with other botanicals, help to reduce the appearance of dryness for a more luminous looking complexion.

 

Step 3 Hydrate - Green Tea Balancing Creme - Dawn Lorraine Skincare
Balance The Moisture Levels

Dispel the myth that acneic / oily skin doesn’t need moisturizer.  Our favorite tip for fighting acne is to be sure and moisturize, using a lightweight product with sophisticated ingredients.

Lovely lightweight quickly absorbing creme with Manuka Honey, Jojoba Oil and Turmeric. Low in oils for congested skin types but nourishing enough for combination skin. Organic Aloe Vera Juice, Organic Jojoba Oil Infusion of Matcha Green Tea/ Oat Straw/ Echinacea / Licorice Root/ Comfrey/ Horsetail/ Coltsfoot/ Lavender/ Peony, Organic Manuka Honey, Organic Turmeric CO2, Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer (gelatinizing/binding agent), Organic Bergaptide Free Cold Pressed Organic Bergamot Essential Oil, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin

 

SPOT TREAT - Acne Spot Gel - Sesha Skincare
Award Winning Spot Treatment

Sesha’s Skincare won awards for their tips for fighting acne. This advanced breakthrough spot treatment actively fights comedones, controlling excess oil flow.  The Acne Spot Gel also localizes the bacterial blemish and prevents the further spread of bacteria.

SPOT TREATMENT - Spot Treatment Serum - Nature Pure
Overnight Sensation

One of our tips for fighting acne is something you an do in your sleep! An overnight extra-potent breakout diminishing spot treatment. Rapidly reduces the size and severity of pimples and zits in hours. Maximum strength Salicylic Acid exfoliates dead skin cells allowing the all-natural, 10% Medicated Colloidal Sulfur and French discovered patented innovative marine agent, Sebocea®, to penetrate pores and work to regulate sebum secretion and to inhibit excessive inflammation, in addition to its ability to scavenge free radicals.

We’d like to thank Repêchage, MYSKINBUDDY, Nature Pure, Dawn Lorraine Skincare and Sesha Skincare for sponsoring this article.

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