Adult Acne And Climate: What The Two Have In Common

I’m sure you know how adult acne can be the result of fluctuating hormone levels or can reveal internal signs like a poor elimination or build-up of toxins but did you know that there is also a relationship between acne and climate?

A dry and polluted environment along with seasonal climate changes can wreck havoc on your skin.

Cold winters and humid summers in addition to polluted environments both dry and irritate skin. When your skin is exposed to dry temperatures moisture is lost and as a result your oil glands produce more sebum. Adult acne occurs when your pores get plugged with sebum and dead cells.

The best way to battle adult acne and climate concerns is to keep your skin clean and moisturized. This will prevent your pores from becoming clogged with excess sebum.

When the weather is humid, your skin loses moisture through sweat and evaporation and this also triggers your oil glands to produce more sebum and can lead to nasty adult acne breakouts.

Moisturizing and regular cleansing in dry, humid or polluted conditions are the best things you can do for your skin. To further reduce the onset of acne during climate extremes you may want to heed the following adult acne and climate tips:

Natural Soaps Are Best

Use a mild, slightly acid soap which is all natural. Other kinds of soaps may promote redness, soreness, irritation or tightness due to the harsh chemicals, colorants, detergents and fragrances they are made with. It is also best to avoid any products which contain ingredients that are petroleum derived, synthetic or animal based as these will further irritate or dry out your skin.

Tone With An All Natural Toner

Since alcohol dries out your skin you’re best to tone with an alcohol-free, all natural toner. The role of a toner is to help reduce the bacterial population on your skin. It also helps to decrease the number of bacteria migrating into your pores.

Use A Petroleum Free Cream To Moisturize

Since petroleum is comedogenic and can clog pores unnecessarily you want to make sure that any creams you use to moisturize your skin don’t contain it. The good news is there are a lot of products on the market that contain natural waxes like beeswax which are good for your pores and don’t have a comedogenic effect.  Massaging oil into your face at night will help increase circulation to the surface of the skin and will in fact suppress your oil glands from producing an excess and creating more adult acne.

Remove Dead Skin With A Gentle Exfoliant

Once per week you want to remove the dead skin cells which accumulate at the surface of your pores. When your dead skin cells aren’t exfoliated you can end up with a nasty batch of blackheads. Use a mud mask every couple of weeks or so to help draw out sebum from your pores. It’s the highly absorbent clay in the mask that does the work.