Make-up can become both a physical and psychological cover up. acne cosmetics are often used by people to solve their acne problems via make up.
When it comes to cosmetic users some 30% have skin that is acne prone while the remaining have skin that is capable of withstanding the effects. However the beauty and health of the human skin is being undermined by one of the biggest campaigns ever waged in the history of merchandising. Always on television, radio, magazine and newspapers, we are urged to put aside basic skin care ingredients like soap and water in favor of such make up 'aids' as cleansing creams, night creams, daytime moisturizers, face foundations and rouges.
People in their teens, twenties and even early thirties, men or women alike, anyone is a candidate for cosmetic acne. Whiteheads may appear on your cheeks, chin and even forehead and this is the characteristic of cosmetic ance. While cosmetic acne infrequently leaves scars, it can be unsightly, persistent and troublesome. While the skin is struggling to cope with the body's own supply of sebum oil, rubbing in more oil in the form of cosmetics is one of the worst thing you can possibly do.
Even people who are not acne sufferers can actually develop acne through the use of their cosmetics. Since cosmetic acne usually appears subtly after several months of repeated use of a comedogenic (acne-producing) product, most women will not realise it's their product causing the problem. It unfortunately becomes a vicious cycle with the more make up she uses to cover up her acne the more acne she gets.
Comedogenic Ingredients
The new buzz word of the cosmetic industry is "oil free". But many cosmetic manufacturers are substituting chemicals which, legally speaking, are not considered oil free simply because they come from synthetic sources rather than from natural sources, i.e., animal, vegetable or mineral.
Synthetic oils however can often cause more acne than their natural counterparts such as mineral oil. Advertising claims for many cosmetic terms such as "oil free," "dermatologist tested" and "hypoallergenic" can be very ambiguous. Products that are hypo-allergenic and thus contain no perfume can still be harmful to the skin of acne sufferers with its other ingredients. "Dermatologist-tested" may be exact but not entirely beneficial. Skin allergies and irritancies may have been tested with the product but not always for the effects on skin pores and thus causing acne.
Keep away from creams and treatments that contain derivates of lanolin, analogs of isopropyl myristate, laureth-4 and D&C red dyes. Read labels carefully as cosmetic manufacturers change their comedogenic ingredients frequently. Try using natural products that clean and open pores and kill germs effectively but without irritating your skin. Even better why not choose a pore refining product that has skin regeneration properties as well. There are many products available that are non non comedogenic (non acne-producing) options and this is an essential step of course in preventing cosmetically caused acne.
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