I’ve noticed that with some face wash I get more acne after use and I was just wondering if it just pulls all of the dirt up that wasn’t noticable before or if there was some other cause. Sorry if the tag doesn’t fit btw. I wasn’t sure which one fit this better.
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From what i understand and from personal experience, your skin requires a degree of “dirt”, that being healthy bacteria and oils that your skin produces naturally. We clean our faces to manage that oil and dirt. But unfortunately, when you do wash your face, it strips your skin of those oils and interfering with that’ biome’ can cause irritation and acne. I personally don’t use face wash, I just use water and my hands because every wash I’ve tried, even gentle ones, are too aggressive for me. Au natural is the way my skin prefers.
Some harsher face washes have chemicals that severly dry out your skin. This temporarily may help your acne. But your body then notices how dry your skin is and will produces extra oils to moisten your skin. This increased level of oil then creates more acne and the viscious cycle begins again. I hope this makes sense.
Along with what others have said so far… Harsh face washes can irritate the skin and increase inflation associated with acne. From personal experience, I have noticed blemishes that were very small grow to be considerably larger and more noticeable after irritating the skin around them.
Maybe consider more gentle skin cleaners/application methods. Particularly products without high concentration acids or bases if your skin is especially sensitive… Also, oil free moisturizers helped me a lot.
Hope this helps
Acne skin is really sensitive. Chemicals can make inflamation and swelling worse. You can also get an allergic reaction that can cause symptoms that seem to make the acne worse but are not actually acne.
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