Tips and Types of Back Acne Treatment

Back acne is a problem that affects most people at one time or
another. It can be embarrassing when going to the pool or beach
and you remove your shirt or wear a bathing suit with back
exposed. It can also be quite painful at times and irritating.
The following article will give some valuable tips as to
treatment and prevention of back acne.

Back Acne Causes

It is often difficult to pinpoint the exact causes of most
types of acne, back acne is no different. What is known is that
irritation can make it worse. If acne is showing up more
persistent in certain parts of your body, such as your back,
perhaps it has to do with certain clothing or maybe a backpack.
Tight fitting clothing contributes to promoting acne, by
trapping sweat against the skin and clogging pores. Sometimes
back acne is just caused by a hormone unbalance or poor diet.

Back Acne Treatment

The first part of controlling back acne is cleanliness; you
should wash daily with a cleanser that contains salicylic acid.
You should also shower immediately after engaging in any
physical activity in which you were sweating. Follow up your
shower with a body moisturizer that contains Alfa Hydroxy acid.
This will exfoliate skin and help prevent breakouts, without
drying skin out.

At night time, before going to bed, you can treat back acne the
same as facial acne by applying a zapping gel or a cream to your
acne.

If your back acne is light to moderate you could use a Regimen.
The Regimen works well but remember that it contains benzoyl
peroxide and it will have a bleaching effect on any clothing
that comes into contact with it. I would suggest wearing white
shirts if you plan on using this as your form of back acne
treatment.

For stubborn acne and severe cases you may have to get an
antibiotic prescription, or prescription strength Retin-A. Acne
on the back is much more resistant to treatment and the skin is
tougher, so it will need to be treated aggressively. As a last
resort, you could try Accutane.

One homemade remedy you could try is by using a combination of
lye soap and tea tree oil. This helps oily skin and will help
reduce acne and make your skin soft.

Back Acne Tips

- Always wear cotton clothing, loose fitting is best.

- You can apply powder to keep your back dry.

- If necessary apply anti-perspirant to your back, don't do
this if you are going to engage in physical activity because
sweating is needed to help cool the body.

- Always wear clean clothes, bras and T-shirts when working out
and put a clean towel down before lying on exercise machines or
mats at the gym.

- Shower as soon as possible after perspiring.

- You should probably change your shirt twice a day whether you
exercise or not to avoid bacteria buildup that can further
aggravate your acne.

Although back acne is not as severe as other types of acne but
when not treated properly it sometimes leads to scars and cysts.

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