Since the breakouts are few and far between, it’s normal to question why you’ll have perfectly clear skin for weeks and then one day a blemish will form. Is it from stress? Is it from not washing your face? Is it diet related? The answer is not an easy one but  if you still get occasional acne blemishes, ask yourself these questions:

1.Do you touch your face a lot?
This may come as a surprise, but subconsciously touching your face all day makes it quickly become the dirtiest part of your body.  While it’s important to wash your skin every night, it’s much better to try to prevent your hands from touching your face unnecessarily.

2.Have you been eating more dairy than normal lately?
When you develop cystic breakouts (those hard, painful, underground blemishes that linger for weeks) on the chin, jaw line and neck area, it might be a sign that you’re getting more dairy in your diet than your body can tolerate. Your skin acts as an excretory system to get rid of things that your body is not in agreement with, so when you get too much dairy, it is by nature harder to digest and can come out in the form of cystic blemishes in the lower area of the face. Try Detoxify by Planet Beach to get all the junk out of your system!

3.Have you been under tremendous stress?
Stress not only effects acne flare-up.  In general, it worsens the overall skin condition. It induces the adrenal glands into overproduction of cortisol, a steroid, which in turn makes sebaceous glands produce more oil and make skin extra oily. Thus the reason why in stressful periods, people experiencing an increase in acne get more inflamed, puss-filled papules than simple whiteheads or blackheads.  

4.Have you flown on a plane recently in the last three days?
Flying on an airplane can throw skin out of whack. The cabins of airplanes have extremely low humidity, which cause the skin to get extremely dehydrated. The dehydrated cells cause a buildup, which can trap oil underneath the skin resulting in post-flight breakouts.  Purify by Planet Beach can help pull out the build up and Replenish by Planet Beach will help the skin hold onto moisture on a daily basis

5.Have the weather temperatures been fluctuating from day to day?
When the season is changing and the weather is warm one day and cold the next, it can wreak havoc on the skin, leaving it confused, unbalanced, and prone to blemishes. This is a time to adjust your skin care routine slightly, not go for a major overhaul. Many people feel like they need to switch their entire routine to acne products, but that’s over-compensating and will only leave your skin dried out and irritated. A great way to address the sudden breakouts is to temporarily switch to products using Salicylic Acid like our pbRenew Clear.

6.Do you not wash your skin at night?
Oil on the skin makes for a breeding ground of bacteria, and bacteria will cause blemishes. Sleeping with not only your makeup on, but also the addition of oil, dirt and debris that has built up on the skin during the day, can absolutely trigger new blemishes. The #1 reason why someone won’t wash his or her face at night is out of exhaustion. But, you really must do it. It’s that simple.

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