Club X Acne

Having seen and helped many Acne sufferers as a Beauty Therapist for 23 years, I want to use my experience to reach out to even more individuals online to eliminate acne and acheive clear, acne free skin. Having seen and helped many Acne sufferers as a Beauty Therapist for 23 years, I want to use my experience to reach out to even more individuals online to conquer acne through this site.

Its been a wonderful experience to be across the causeway speaking to a bunch of wonderful tweens on Acne care and hygiene.

We get lots of giggles when asked by me what are the usual places missed out by individuals when bathing. You can be in for a surprise that the most common areas are places that needs most attention like behind the ears, underarms, groin areas, sole of feet and behind joints.

Washing of hands are common before food and after activity, but many actually missed out the fingernails which is where germs will tend to accumulate and where Hand Foot and Mouth disease may spread. We played a game using googy starch with food colouring place on the hand and get the kids to share hand with each other. This demonstrated how bacteria can spread. The message get across loud and clear and at the sametime creates much excitement and fun.

The second part of the session was on proper handling of acne skin. I did a demonstration on proper cleansing, toning, exfoliating and moisturizing. Some of the question ask are

• When should a child sart learning about proper facial care?
• Is it really necessary for a teenager to have a proper skincare routine?
• Is there anything that can be done to prevent breakouts?
• Why do I have pimple and the next person do not suffer the same fate as me?
• What are some of the “natural” cure for acne?

Here is the answers given to the questions above:

Proper cleansing should start the moment a child learns to brush their teeth and bath them-self. I’m sure when bathing a child since birth, we starts to wash their face as well on a daily basis. It should be as natural as brushing teeth or bathing.

Introduce a facial cleansing foam when puberty starts of around 12 years old. I say this because I realized that the modern day diet has forced many to mature faster then it used to be. It is very common now for girls to be menstruating at the age of 10 or even earlier.

Skincare is part of hygiene. Without proper hygiene, bacteria manifest much faster. At a time when hormones are fluctuaing and oil glands are somewhat not up to your control, combined with a much active lifestyle during teenage years, proper skincare can save skin from more harms then it deserved, like acne and acne scars.

The best defence line for preventing breakout is proper diet, enough liquid, ample rest and good hygiene which has been discuss in detials on other articles in the site.

There are many things we can decide for our life, our future. the one thing that we can’t choose is what we are born with. That would include our skin. Our genes decides on the type of skin we are bless with. What we can do is to take good care of it and help prevent it from getting worst. If your skin happen to be beyond your control, find a good beauty therapist, if it is really bad get the advice of a skin specialist. 

Some ”natural” quick fix for pimple that can be found at home are, doting toothpast on the pimple and let it dry overnight. Using ice, sharpen the ice on a clean board or table top and use the sharp point on the skin few times a day calms down the acne. Use a clay mask that is for oily acne skin and dot it on the acne overnight. Teatree oil is also effective on acne spots.

This are some of the topic discuss during the talk. I’ve recently found some latest develpoment in skincare that I’ll like to share with you on my next post. Very exciting, will have it done by tomorrow. Until then, saiyonara.