Mixing acne remedies is a common idea.  After all, if one works and the other works, wouldn’t they be twice as effective if used together.  Yes and no.  You have to choose your acne remedy combinations quite carefully.  Basically speaking, for example, if you mix tea tree oil and witch hazel, you will probably be fine, in fact your skin will be great.  But for example, there’s no real need to mix tea tree oil and benzoyl peroxide, because they do the same thing!

This being said, there are more important things to worry about when it comes to mixing acne remedies.  Mixing the wrong acne remedies together can be not only damaging, but dangerous to your skin!  I’m not exaggerating at all.  Actually, they say that you shouldn’t mix vitamin A or benzoyl peroxide with any other acne remedies, let alone with each other.  They should be the sole ingredient in that mix and the other ingredients should be moisturizers, preservatives, or something else that is not technically an acne remedy.  Why?

Both vitamin A and benzoyl peroxide are extremely damaging and harsh to the skin on their own, as is glycolic acid.  When you mix them together, you are asking for far more trouble without actually getting better results.  This is why it’s so ironic that one prescription that claims prescriptions are the only way is the only one stupid enough(outside of Acne Free Severe)to combine those particular ingredients.  The other problem with mixing acne remedies is that sometimes they negate the benefits of each other such as combining antibiotics and birth control.

Blackheads seem to be most prevalent on the nose. It’s a simple fact. At least for me, when I look at my forehead, I don’t really see blackheads. They have the blackhead strips for your chin. But when I look at my chin, the area of blackheads are very limited. Now obviously, the average acne sufferer has blackheads everywhere, because the average sufferer could very well suffer from acne anywhere on the body. The nose is just the most apparent.

This being said, if you want to get rid of blackheads on the nose, you should not actually use the pore strips for starters. Yes, they pull out blackheads, and it’s appealing to actually be able to see the blackheads and bacteria coming out on that paper. However, all this being said, basically speaking, it opens up the pores to attract more bacteria, maybe even worse bacteria, therefore causing more acne and more zits.

This being said, you should also not squeeze out the zits. It essentially speaking provides the same problem and the same issue. And it causes more infection, because the bacteria on your fingers, under your nails, and otherwise will only further aggravate the problem.

Instead, you should use a good acne treatment. To get rid of blackheads on the nose, the best way is to actually use something like tea tree oil. This will kill off bacteria and it will effectively help you to get all the right results and benefits while actually clearing out the problem, not further aggravating it, and preventing future buildup.

Benzoyl peroxide is one of the best and ironically one of the worst acne treatments out there.  It gets rid of acne by making the skin a hostile place for bacteria and other things that may well contribute to acne.  But at the same point, it also makes the skin a hostile place for you.  You end up with red, dried out, irritated, peeling, and sun sensitive skin that frankly nobody really wants to deal with.  But many consider that the price of an effective acne treatment.

Lately however, many have decided that they are unwilling to settle for a mediocre, sub part approach to acne fighting.  After all, there have been times when benzoyl peroxide actually makes acne worse, and if you ever stop using it, unfortunately it leaves your skin highly susceptible to an instant and unavoidable acne breakout due to high levels of sudden bacteria buildup.

This being said, if you are looking for alternatives to benzoyl peroxide, you have a wider selection than you might think.  You can go with the traditional antibacterial approach, meaning something that works like benzoyl peroxide, but without causing side effects and without causing damage.  The best choice in this realm would be tea tree oil.  But you could also use ingredients that would instead cause the skin to accelerate its rate of healing as well as its ability to shed away dead skin cells.  Salicylic acid is the gentlest option here, and it can still get rid of a significant amount of your acne.  Finally, you can look into bentonite clays.  They have been recognized for their ability to actually pull bacteria, toxins, and other harmful substances out of the skin. 

All of these ingredients tend to not only avoid damaging your skin.  They actually refresh and strengthen it.  So they get rid of acne now, and they keep it away in the future because your skin is more prepared to cope with it.  So if you are searching for alternatives to benzoyl peroxide, you don’t have to wait any longer, and you don’t have to accept something below your usual standards.  You can make your own choices and get better results in general.

You have to wash your face, there is really no way around it in all truth.  In all truth, basically speaking you are washing away impurities and otherwise external things that are contributing to your acne.  Without doing that, you are really only setting yourself up for greater failure in general.  So if you want to achieve the best results, there are a few basic things to do. 

First of all, make sure you are actually getting cleansing ingredients as well as exfoliators.  These can still be gentle to your skin, in fact they should be extremely gentle to your skin.  But this being said, basically speaking you have to be able to kill off bacteria while also exfoliating away dead skin cells that may well be clogging your pores. 

Basically speaking, make sure whether acne prone or not that you have the right cleansing ingredients that are gentle and will not dry out your skin like benzoyl peroxide, alcohols, or propylene glycol for example.  You can also look for especially high amounts of active ingredients while also washing at least twice daily.  In fact, if you use the right light moisturizers and cleanser combined, really you should only have to do it twice daily.  Your skin should not get particularly oily and otherwise damaged in between.  So it’s a matter of making the right total choices.