Pimples may have several causes but there are certain common preventive steps which will help to prevent pimple breakouts. No one likes those ugly looking and paining pimples especially on face. Pimples dramatically changes your facial appearance and outlook, hence prevention of pimples is very much important than treatment and cure. To answer an important question “How To Prevent Pimples?” lets dig out certain facts.

1. Keep your Face Clean

The first and foremost preventive tip for pimple is keeping your face clean. Wash your face twice or thrice a day with plain water. Use face wash and cleanser if you are exposing your skin to sun light and dust. People with oily skin should wash their face more often. Make sure sweat don’t stay on your face for longer. Wash and wipe your face gently if you are sweating or returning office or home from outside.

2. Moisturize your Face

Dry skin results in lack of nutrients in the skin which may expose your skin to other infections and inflammations. It’s not wrong to say that dry skin is more likely to catch the pimples. Pimple care products are often tend to dry your skin. Hence use moisturizers which are not much oily and keep your skin moisturized.

3. Avoid overuse of Make up

There are two setbacks of putting on make up, firstly it closes your skin pores so your skin can’t breath properly and secondly it often contains harsh chemicals which are not good for your skin. Hence use make up sparingly on certain occasions only.

4. Use Hair Oil carefully

What you put on your hair directly impacts your facial skin. Certain hair oil with harsh chemicals may spread to the face and especially forehead, which may result in pimples. So always use mild hair oil and hair products.

5. Keep your hands off your face

I have seen several people scratching, rubbing or digging their face or just resting their face on one or both palms. These postures or habits are not skin friendly, it causes bacterial infections and make your skin prone to pimples.

6. Protect your skin from Sun

Direct exposure to sunlight causes inflammations and it makes your skin prone to pimples. Certain pimple care products make your skin sensitive to sunlight. So people with problems of pimple or sensitive skin should avoid exposure to direct sunlight.

7. Have Skin Friendly Diet

This is my favorite subject. Having a healthy diet which is friendly to your skin is the best way to protect your skin from pimples or any other problems. Even healthy and skin friendly diet will make your skin look young, healthy, glowing and beautiful.

8. Exercise and Yoga

The gist of the story is proper blood circulation which keeps your skin healthy from inside. Doing exercise or yoga regularly will boost the blood circulation in your body and protect your skin from inflammation or bacterial infections.

9. Stress Free Happy Life

Being happy, keep laughing, and not taking stress or tension is the very important aspect of leading a healthy and happy life. It avoids unnecessary hormonal and chemical changes in your body which are unfavorable for your skin and overall health.

10. Don’t Scrub too Hard

Scrubbing the skin too hard will suck up all the moisture and damage the outer surface of your skin. Such skin is prone to inflammation and bacterial infection. So always use mild scrub and rub your skin gently to exfoliate.

These simple skin care tips will surely prevent pimple outburst. All teens should take a note of these preventive tips and make little changes and adjustments to their lifestyle to lead pimple free life.

Pimples (also known as Acne) are unwanted and no one like it to have it on their face or body. Usually pimple pops up on face, neck, back, chest or shoulders. You might have experienced this problem during your teen age, if not then you are lucky. But I wasn’t so lucky and had the outburst of pimple during my teen age. Till that time the question annoyed me was “What Causes Pimples?” and “Why these ugly pimples comes up on our face?”. To answer it precisely I asked the same question to one of our family friend who is a dermatologist. Here are excerpts from what I came to know

1. Blackheads are one of the major reason for Pimples. Several people confuse blackheads with some dust and dart impacting your skin. In fact blackheads are resulting from accumulation of natural skin oil and dead cells in pores and hence it blocks the pores. Bacteria adds to this blockages and pimples develop. Bacteria grows by contact of fresh air and pimple grows.

2. Whiteheads are another cause of Pimples. Similar to blackheads, whiteheads are accumulation of skin oil and dead cells under the skin layer. Whiteheads are usually not exposed to air and hence less likely to grow bigger but yet it has got possibility to cause a pimple.

3. Scrubbing too hard is another reason for pimples. Some people scrub their skin too hard to get beautiful and healthy looking skin. Scrubbing is very important to get rid of dead skin cells, but scrubbing too hard will cause the damage and cause inflammation in your skin which directly leads to pimples.

4. Hormones are another reason for pimples (acne) and which is not controllable. Teenage is the age when hormonal changes are on it’s peak and which usually causes pimples.

5. Cosmetic products with harsh chemicals are dangerous to your skin, apart from pimples it also damages your skin. Hence any cosmetic item which harsh chemical can easily cause outburst of pimples on your face or body skin.

6. Medication may cause chemical changes in human body which leads to pimples. Certain birth control pills or drugs with androgen causes hormonal changes which leads to pimples.

7. Stress is one of the unknown cause of pimples. Stress causes your oil glands to overcompensate which directly results in pimples outburst.

8. Lack of hygiene is another cause of pimples. Touching or scrubbing your skin with dirty hands or touching your face too often may cause bacteria infection on your skin which may result in pimples.

9. Drastic changes to your body may result in pimples. Pregnancy, childbirth, sudden weight loss, sudden weight gain, development of some disease or any other medical condition may lead to pimples.

These are top 9 reasons which may result in pimples. If you are suffering from pimples then take a closer look at your lifestyle and habits, you may find any of these reasons which is resulting in pimples. Based on which you can find out right cure and prevention steps for your pimple outburst.