Severe acne is difficult for anyone to live with.
It's painful, irritating, and embarrassing.
It can do numbers on your self esteem and self-worth.
If this sounds like you, read on to see what you can do to treat it.
Good skin starts at the source, inside the body, with what you put into it.
When you change your diet to a healthy one, skin will begin to clear up.
Having a topical treatment for pimples when they pop up will give some instant relief, and finding a long-term treatment that clears acne at the skins level.
Acne comes from an excess of sebum and oil inside the pores of your face and skin.
This oil mixes with dead skin and bacteria under the skin and forms pimples.
Pimples shouldn't be popped, as this can lead to and increase the chances of scarring.
Pimples that are under the skin are whiteheads and ones with the pore open are blackheads.
Having a diet that consists of mainly vegetables, fruit, and nuts rather than meat, bread, and crap will begin to clear your skin from the inside out.
Junk food increases the amount of toxins inside your body and this contributes to the bacteria and oil on your skin.
Drinking lots of water instead of soda, beer, and coffee will help flush the buildup of toxins out of your body, and contribute to clear skin.
At least a half gallon of water per day is the best.
In order to drink that much, carry a reusable water bottle with you during the day.
Drink and refill it at least three times to get to the half gallon point.
Having a topical treatment that will treat pimples as they begin to surface will help you with some instant relief.
Pay attention to the ingredients of your topical pimple treatment .
If your daily face wash is heavy, 2%, on salicylic acid (the active ingredient) and the topical treatment also contains the acid it will dry out your face.
Using too much salicylic acid does not treat pimples any faster.
A long term treatment program is the final step to clearing your skin for good.
There are many products to choose from, and many prescription products as well.
The over-the-counter choices, such as Proactiv and AcneFree, work great for most people.
The key to making sure that these products work is to actually use them! This may sound obvious, but many people use them for a few days and don't see the results they want and give up.
You must use them for at least one cycle of bottles to see if it is going to work for you.
Following these steps, and sticking to them religiously, will give you clear skin for good!