Stressed out skin seems to be on the rise right now. With masks, higher stress levels and changes to daily routines and diet patterns, more patients are coming to me complaining about new or returning acne.

Luckily with a combination of face and body acupuncture, dietary tweaks, skin care regimens, a stress management plan and other natural remedies, we can usually get the skin back to a healthier state.

Tips for Acne Prevention

It’s super important that face hygiene is taken seriously to prevent acne. In addition to a good skin care plan (inside and out), these are the other steps that you should be thinking about:

• Wear a clean mask: Many patients are noticing breakouts in the “mask area” of their face and also between the brows. Wearing a clean mask may help prevent this (plus it’s also important for infection control in general).

• Don’t touch or pick your face: patients have told me that since they’ve been working from home, they’ve been resting their face on their hands more or touching their face more than usual. This can lead to breakouts.

• Keep makeup brushes, face towels and your phone clean.

• Try to change the side of your pillowcase every night: use one side, flip it for the next night, turn it inside out for the next night and flip it again for the fourth night - then change the pillowcase.

• Don’t let your hair get too greasy. If it is greasy, take steps to prevent strands from touching your face.

Get Your Acne Under Control

If your skin is in need of some help right now, book a free 15 minute consultation and we can go over how I can help you.