This page is meant to act as a resources and reference guide for you to help you create the best treatment and improvement plan for your acne as possible. To improve your acne, you need to first have a good understanding about acne, so this resource guide will focus on: The different types of acne so that you can recognize your type and cater your treatment plan accordingly, the causes of acne (many that you may be unaware of), good habits to have to prevent acne, products and skincare routines to help improve your acne, and we will debunk some myths about acne.
Different Types of Acne
There are several types of acne, but the most common ones are whiteheads, blackheads, cysts, papules, pustules, and nodules.
Cysts: These can appear all over the body: The skin and sexual and internal organs. Cysts can be very dangerous because they can be cancerous and they are caused by pockets of parasites and bacteria. The parasites that cause cysts are very contagious, so when choosing romantic intimate partners, make sure that you are aware of cysts on your partner’s face because this bacteria can spread to you by contact. If you pay close attention, you will notice that couples seem to have similar acne: If the guy has really red cheeks, the girl will too. If acne is concentrated on the cheeks in one partner, then the other partner will have acne on the cheeks as well; This happens because you share bacteria when you are intimate with someone.
I did a Google search on parasites that cause cysts in the body, and the image above is the results that Google returned to me.
Whiteheads: These are also called comedones. These are white in color and small, raised pimples. These appear on light, tan, and dark skin tones. On dark skin tones, whiteheads look like a pimple with a white dot on the end of them.
Blackheads: Like whiteheads, these are small, raised pimples that are dark in color. On dark skin tones the melanin can make blackheads very dark in color. On lighter skin tones, blackheads may be much smaller like freckles, less dark, and less noticeable.
This image by Bionova shows the different types of acne well and helps differentiate them.
Papules: Tend to be bigger in size than whiteheads and blackheads. Like cysts, these can be cancerous. so you need to take them seriously. One of the main symptoms of the Great Plague that ripped through Europe were papules all over the body, so if you have papules, you should consider that you might have a bacterial infection in your body that needs to be treated.
Pustules: These are more easily identifiable because they tend to be small, pus-filled, inflamed, red pimples. You should take pustules seriously because they can be an indicator of skin cancer.
Nodules: These can also be quite dangerous because they can be cancerous. Skin cancer can look like pimples and acne, so always take nodules seriously.
Causes of Acne
STDs/STIs: If you find that you did not have acne before you became intimate with your partner, or if your acne worsened significantly after you started dating, then you may want to have an STD test to rule this out as a potential cause of your acne.
I did a Google search on parasites that cause cysts in the body, and the image above is the results that Google returned to me.
Bacterial and Parasitic Infections: Acne is often caused by bacteria from our environment that burrow into our skin: Bacteria that is picked up on the air and lands on your skin, bacteria from your partner, bacteria from contact with the infected skin of others around you, and bacteria from dirty things you touch while out and about. When you touch your face or skin and leave that bacteria on you for a long period of time, an infection can easily form.
Fungi That Cause Fungal Acne: “Fungal acne is a common skin condition that occurs when hair follicles become infected with a fungus called Malassezia yeast. The condition is also called Malassezia folliculitis or Pityrosporum folliculitis. Fungal acne causes clusters of small, itchy, red bumps (papules) on your skin” (Fungal Acne. Cleveland Clinic).
Acne can also develop and come from your lips if you have the fungal or bacterial form of angular cheilitis. The bacteria or fungi will spread from your lips to the skin around your mouth, such as to your chin and cheeks. The fungal form of angular cheilitis is caused by candida, which causes redness, peeling, and bleeding lips. This is also common in babies in the form of diaper rash. The bacterial form of angular cheilitis is caused by bacteria like Staph.
Cancer: Some forms of acne like pustules, papules, nodules, and cysts can be caused by cancer and can be an indicator of cancer, so if you have acne that you can’t seem to get rid of or that is intense, you may have a bad bacterial or fungal infection that needs to be treated. You may also need to be checked for cancer, so you should consult a professional in these situations.
Skincare Routines and Habits To Help Reduce and Improve Acne
- Never touch your face after you leave home; This transfers the bacteria from your hands to your face. We touch dirty things all day long while we are out, such as car door handles, windows, desks, etc. Staph bacteria can be found on most surfaces, so you should avoid this bacteria on your face.
2. Don’t reapply makeup while you are out with sponges or brushes because you will transfer the dirt that got on your face from the wind to your cosmetic products, which will make them grow mold, go bad more quickly, and change color and/or consistency.
3. Limit the number of romantic partners that you have at any given time to prevent the spread of STIs. 4. Take an STD test after every serious relationship, long-term relationship, and when changing partners.
5. If you feel that you have a bacterial or fungal infection, don’t let the area of infection come in contact with partners, loved ones, or people in your environment to avoid spreading the infection.
6. Don’t share washcloths, towels, and clothing with others, unless it is clean and hasn’t been worn since these have close contact with your skin.
7. Regularly remove the bacteria and dead skin cells from your lips, face, and skin each day by using astringent cleansers like Barbara’s Lympha Cleanse Body Wash. Exfoliate your lips daily with a lip exfoliator or scrub. Cleanse your face with an astringent face cleanser: You can add Barbara’s Natural Herbal Lotion to your face soap to get a deeper clean that will help clean the dirt out of your pores. You can then follow this up by removing dead skin cells by cleaning the skin with toner. You can make your own toner at home by diluting Barbara’s Natural Herbal Lotion with purified water or a liquid skin moisturizer that you like. Then apply this mixture to a cotton square or ball and run it all over your face in circular motions. If your skin feels too dry after washing your face with an astringent and using toner on it, then only use or the other each day and then apply an oil-based moisturizer to your skin to remoisturize it at night before bed, such as Barbara’s Rose Beautifying Cream.
8. If you have acne in hard-to-reach places like your back/backne/back acne, it is good to take soaking baths regularly to draw the bacteria out of these areas: The hot water, salt, and astringents will help suck out the bacteria and infections in these areas to help reduce the size of the pimples with each bath, and even fade them after a few baths. The secret is getting the right astringents added to the bath water to help clear out these skin infections and pockets of bacteria. Baths are also very effective if you have many bug or mosquito bites that you want to help shrink in size and lessen the itch.
9. Choose your intimate partners carefully. Choose those in your environment carefully. The people you have around you in your environment will be touching things that you touch, they will be breathing in your airspace, and they will be using your products, so you will share germs and bacteria with these individuals. Thus, to be healthier, keep healthy people around you.
Skincare Products To Help Reduce and Improve Acne
Astringent face cleansers: Barbara’s Natural Herbal Lotion
Astringent face moisturizers to leave on your face overnight to help prevent acne outbreaks before they occur: Barbara’s Rose Beautifying Cream.
Antibacterial lip exfoliators
Fungal cleansers
Bathe with an astringent body wash for the acne that may appear all over your body: Barbara’s Lympha Cleanse Face Body Wash
Wash with washcloths or sponges, never use just your hands to wash because your hands just graze over your skin and don’t get deep into your pores to clean out the bacteria there that can cause acne.
Always bathe with bath soap, never use only water to clean your skin because our water is not all that clean. The water in our sinks and faucets is laced with chemicals and toxins that don’t make the water beneficial for your skin.
Acne Myth: Is Acne Caused By Stress?
We have shown you a lot of evidence here that acne is generally caused by cancers, STIs, bacterial and parasitic infections, fungal infections, and contact with infected or contaminated objects. So, focusing on stress as a cause of acne can cause you to ignore the most likely cause of your acne: An infection.
People are stressed all the time. Stress is a natural part of life, but most people don’t usually have extreme acne everyday or have breakouts everyday. So, despite daily stressors, acne outbreaks come and go. Stress can weaken your immune system, which makes it more likely that an infection can overwhelm your body, but the problem is really the infection. However, stress does contribute to problems by making your immune system less capable of successfully fighting off bacteria on its own.
Acne Myth: Is Acne Caused By Hormones?
Pregnant women have a lot of new hormones going through their body, but have you noticed how their face seems to glow and their skin tends to look healthy? If hormonal imbalances were a main cause of acne, then pregnant women should look terrible. But they don’t, so there are clearly other factors at play that contribute to acne, such as a skin infections.
We wrote a lot of articles to help you learn more about acne and to better understand it, so feel free to check them out: DL’s Health & Beauty Acne Blog Post Articles
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