Adult Acne: What Are The Best Skin Care Products For Adult Acne?

by Celeste

As a Teen without Acne Life is Wonderful. You head through your pubescent years with fabulously clear skin.

Everyone else has pimples but you are a zit free zone. Wahoo!!

And then, wham you hit 30 and suddenly you have spots! And not just any spots.. But little bumps that don't really show anything, but are zits layers below the top skin level just threatening to *POP* on Your next big day.

Now you start looking for the best skin care products for adult acne.

But before you head off on a mad shopping spree you need to find out why all of a sudden, you have fallen victim to zits.

Have there been any changes to your life?

If you have started a "faddy" diet (you know the ones where they tell you not to eat carbohydrates etc), that right there could be the cause of your newly found adult acne.

Have you started a new exercise regime in a bid to get fit? While all the experts tell you to get yourself fit, they forget to mention that initially exercise can cause a major zit attack.

A theory is that all the excess sweating can cause blocked pores. Another is that your body expels toxins when you exercise. (I'm going to take a wild shot and say that if you've got the little bumps but no actual zits yet, it's going to be a combination of the two points just listed above.)

If you haven't started a new diet and you are not doing anything to cause excess sweating (yes extra rolls in the hay do count), then we need to look at your hormones.

Have you started a new contraceptive? Some birth control pills cause acne.

I am assuming you are not pregnant as you would know that wouldn't you?

If you have had other symptoms such as excess facial hair or extreme tiredness, you need to go to your doctor and have a full medical check up as they may be an underlying problem.

The cause of an new and sudden onset of facial hair would cause stress for anyone.

Are you stressed? Lol, let me rephrase that - we are all stressed.

I don't know anyone who doesn't have even just a smidge of stress. Regardless to what the media would have us believe, I feel that we need a little bit of stress to keep life interesting as well as healthy..

But when stress becomes a problem i.e. causing panic attacks or sleepless nights than that is not a healthy bit of stress and it can also lead to acne.

Try treating your breakout first with water. If increasing your water intake does not help to decrease the additional oils on your skin (you should be able to see the oily skin with your own eyes) then you may want to consider an over the counter skin care products for adult acne.

You will be looking for cleansers, toners and moisturizers that contain retinoid - a vitamin A derivative.

The retinoid should help to reduce whiteheads, blackheads. BUT!! Don’t overdo it with the toner – they work by stripping the oil out of your skin. (Yes you need even some oils on your skin to be good oils).

We all need a little oil to keep skin supple otherwise it will get dry and flaky.

If you are still having trouble I would suggest talking to your doctor. They may prescribe a topical antibiotic i.e. a cream that you apply to your skin to help with the cleansing process.

If that doesn't work, you may need a course of oral antibiotics.

An alternative to over the counter skin care products for adult acne are home treatments. Put an apple through a blender and apply the end result pulp to your face leaving for 20 minutes before washing off.

Make sure you use a light moisturizer afterward or your skin will get too dry. (That's a bad thing because it would work opposite and just create more acne in the end).

If you do this at least once a week, you should notice a difference.