For those looking for acne care in Sacramento and Chico, California, 916SKIN is an acne clinic serving Northern California and beyond. With bimonthly acne treatments and a customized home care regimen for your specific type of acne, we are getting people clear in approximately 12 weeks without the use of prescription medications. ACNE CONSULTATIONS: 530.680.2027
You wake up one morning with a raging zit. Desperate to kill this new growth on your face, you reach into the cubbord for the one thing you are sure will bring death to anything lurking beneath the skin - rubbing alcohol. STOP!!! I beg you, don't ever do this again! Aside from hardening the tissue, it completely strips the skin of oil. Over drying the skin will cause you to break out even more. In an attempt to maintain homeostasis, that fine balance where everything continues to function the way it's supposed to, your oil glands pump out even more oil to compensate for what's been irradicated by the alcohol. The best thing you can do is clean it with a gentle, nonabrasive cleanser without rubbing or scrubbing it. Rubbing and scrubbing irritates the follicle and will only make it worse. Next, ice it! Sixty seconds of icing morning and night will reduce the inflamation and help prevent future scarring. Third, apply toner. Toner (without alcohol) removes residual cleanser and lowers the pH of your skin so that the next product you put on penetrates the skin instead of sitting on the surface doing nothing. Next, apply an exfoliating serum (glycolic, salicylic, lactic, or mandelic). On a pain scale from 1 - 10, it shouldn't be higher than a 2 or 3 when you apply it to your skin. If it's higher than a 3 - that means it's too irritating for your skin (either too strong or the wrong serum). If you are already using benzoyle peroxide (BPO), you can apply it after the serum. BPO is a very effective product in managing acne when used correctly. There is a very specific way to use this product - using it incorrectly can make you breakout.
Treating acne is different for every person. It depends on how much oil you produce, what type of breakouts you get, the location of your breakouts, and the sensitivty of your skin. All these factors need to be taken into consideration when deciding which acne products to use. Do yourself a favor, and schedule a consultation so that you can get set up on a system that is right or you! ...and no more rubbing alcohol.
with love, 916
You wake up one morning with a raging zit. Desperate to kill this new growth on your face, you reach into the cubbord for the one thing you are sure will bring death to anything lurking beneath the skin - rubbing alcohol. STOP!!! I beg you, don't ever do this again! Aside from hardening the tissue, it completely strips the skin of oil. Over drying the skin will cause you to break out even more. In an attempt to maintain homeostasis, that fine balance where everything continues to function the way it's supposed to, your oil glands pump out even more oil to compensate for what's been irradicated by the alcohol. The best thing you can do is clean it with a gentle, nonabrasive cleanser without rubbing or scrubbing it. Rubbing and scrubbing irritates the follicle and will only make it worse. Next, ice it! Sixty seconds of icing morning and night will reduce the inflamation and help prevent future scarring. Third, apply toner. Toner (without alcohol) removes residual cleanser and lowers the pH of your skin so that the next product you put on penetrates the skin instead of sitting on the surface doing nothing. Next, apply an exfoliating serum (glycolic, salicylic, lactic, or mandelic). On a pain scale from 1 - 10, it shouldn't be higher than a 2 or 3 when you apply it to your skin. If it's higher than a 3 - that means it's too irritating for your skin (either too strong or the wrong serum). If you are already using benzoyle peroxide (BPO), you can apply it after the serum. BPO is a very effective product in managing acne when used correctly. There is a very specific way to use this product - using it incorrectly can make you breakout.
Treating acne is different for every person. It depends on how much oil you produce, what type of breakouts you get, the location of your breakouts, and the sensitivty of your skin. All these factors need to be taken into consideration when deciding which acne products to use. Do yourself a favor, and schedule a consultation so that you can get set up on a system that is right or you! ...and no more rubbing alcohol.
with love, 916
