Here are 9 acne DON’Ts to help prevent pimples.

1) Don’t Over Cleanse or Over Scrub

Don’t over cleanse or over scrub. As tempting as it is to achieve that squeaky clean feeling with your cleanser, the over cleansing effect can dry out your skin causing your oil glands to work overdrive to compensate for the dryness.

The harsh over scrubbing effect may cause too much pressure to your skin as it gets overly irritated and inflamed with constant harsh rubbing.

Better to have acne on the back than the face, right? But wouldn’t it be even better to be acne free and have no acne at all.

Although back acne can be easily covered up with clothing, come summer time when the weather starts to heat up and you want to reveal a bit more skin, then wearing a singlet or a bikini can become rather embarrassing if you have a back full of dots.

The process to treat back acne is similar to that for treating the acne on your face. Cleanse, exfoliate, detoxify and hydrate. However, since there are more sebaceous glands in the back area and the skin is much thicker, back acne is more resistant to normal acne treatments and can be especially tough to treat. Back acne can take the form of pimples, blackheads, or whiteheads, but often they come as deep, painful cysts.

Enlarged pores usually appear on the T-zone -  forehead, chin and especially around the nose and a concern mainly during puberty and aging skin. Large pores is a frustrating problem for many women.

Enlarged pores isn’t necessarily such a bad thing. It is a warning sign given by the skin telling us that the pores are blocked or inflamed, it’s not getting enough nutrients or vitamins, or the skin is becoming too oily, and treatment needs to done to deal with the imbalance.

Large pores can be unsightly to look at and can impact the overall appearance of your skin. Minimizing the pore size should be a goal for any women who wants to look their best.

Enough talk, lets get straight into the combat zone and start minimize those oily holes.

Swimming is great for your health. It builds endurance, muscle strength and cardiovascular fitness. It helps maintain a healthy weight, healthy heart and lung. It tones muscles and builds strength to your body.

However, there is one dilemma. Public swimming pools are often loaded with skin damaging chemicals, and one particular chemical that is heavily used is ‘chlorine’.

Home remedies in most instances are just as effective as over the counter pimple fighting products, but without the heavy price tag.

Here are some natural home made natural acne remedies which have proven to work.

It literally sucks oil from the skin and deeply cleanse the pores drawing out any impurities to combat grease and dirt. Use it as a facial and body mask to help cleanse, detoxify, exfoliate, stimulate and nourish the skin for a clearer smoother complexion.

So what to do with blackheads and whiteheads? Just leave them alone and wait for the body to slowly get rid of it or extract them entirely from your face.

I SAY EXTRACT THOSE LITTLE BUGGERS! However, be very careful when extracting a blackheads and whiteheads, otherwise you run the risk of permanent facial scaring. When extracting blackheads  follow the following steps:

Green tea contains a cocktail of potent antioxidants called catechin pholyhpenols and in particular pigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), which help slow aging, fight free radicals, inhibits the growth of cancer cells, reduce sun damage skin and provides anti-inflammatory effect.

Green tea is also high in vitamins C, D and K, as well as riboflavin, zinc, calcium, magnesium and iron. A cup of green tea a day will help keep the doctor away.

Written By David Brenner