Acne on back, chest, and shoulders – How I finally beat it!

February 28th, 2010

Hi everyone, Adam here again.

I’ve been there, believe me. When you wake up in the morning, head to the shower, and stare in dismay at the three large new zits that weren’t on your back when you went to bed the night before. It can leave you depressed, angry, and despondent when you try ‘cure’ after ‘cure’ to get rid of your back acne, and nothing seems to work. But there is hope – believe me! It took me 20 years (yes, 20!) to finally find something that worked 100% to cure my back acne, so I can finally go swimming with my kids without having to leave my shirt on.

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So here’s how it all started for me. As with most teenagers, I had acne on my face, but I also started developing acne on my back and shoulders as well. I was more concerned with the facial acne at the time, but with time it seemed to ease, although it didn’t fully go away until I was in my early 30’s.

Acne on back, chest, and shoulders, however, seems to be a little more persistent. As time went by the acne on my back seemed to get worse, not better. In addition to whiteheads, I’d develop painful cystic acne, which are large painful bumps that swell under the skin.

I read all about it on the internet, and tried all the usual stuff – tea tree oil (made it worse), bizarre concoctions of soaps and oils (didn’t help), and even dandruff shampoo! Apparently the zinc in the shampoo has helped some people, but not in my case. The acne on my back would subside a bit from time to time, but always come back with a vengeance. At my best I would have seven or eight large zits on my back, and at my worst I’d look positively diseased.

I eventually made an appointment with a dermatologist to talk about my back acne. He talked to me about strong medicines that would likely work, but once I looked into the side effects it would be like trading one socially crippling disease for another – would I rather have bad acne on my back, or lose my hair? Some choice.

He did prescribe me a topical lotion that certainly reduced the amount of back acne I was getting, but didn’t get rid of it completely. In addition, it made my skin very dry and raw, so I stopped.

I’d just about given up. But then I found it, I finally found something that worked for me. And not only did it work for me, I saw results in under a week! Three months later, any acne on back, shoulders, and chest was completely gone.

I really couldn’t believe it, and at first I didn’t. I’m a bit of a cynic by nature, so although the program seemed to be working I kept waiting for that morning when I’d wake up with a nice new crop of pimples on my back. But it never came! In fact, not only did my back acne clear up, the many red marks and scars on my back began to disappear and my skin itself began to feel healthier and smoother.

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It really was a remarkable transformation, and one that has given me back an aspect of my life that I’d given up on long ago. I’d actually refused to go swimming with my young kids because I didn’t want to take my shirt off before, but now the fear is gone and the confidence is back.

What I like most about this program is that it takes a holistic approach to your back acne, and acne in general. Rather than treat the symptoms, it looks at the root causes of acne and how to prevent the acne from occurring in the first place. What a welcome change from the dermatologists who are only too quick to prescribe some drug or cream, with who-knows-what side effects. Not only does this program clear your back acne from the inside out, it made me feel better in general. As I said, I’m really quite a cynic but I had to write about this program as it truly has delivered on its promises.

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Acne On Your Back – Are You Making It Worse?

February 24th, 2010

Hi again, Adam here. Now, I lived with acne on my back for many years, and tried many, many treatments in the hope that something would work. I even went as far as to soap up with dandruff shampoo, as I’d read that the zinc in it would attack my acne – not knocking it, but it didn’t work for me.  So, how do you make sure that you’re not making the acne on your back any worse than it already is? Let’s look at a couple of major contributors to acne:

You already know that acne forms when the pores in your skin get clogged with dirt or oil, so at a minimum it’s important to try to keep your pores clear. However, there’s a fine line between clean and too-clean; your skin can overreact to too strong a soap and actually create more sebum, or natural oil, to fill the pores you just scoured. This in turn causes more breakouts.

It’s also important to avoid using harsh scrubbers. I found this out the hard way as I thought I was deep cleaning my back, when in fact the acne on my back got much worse within days of using the scrubbing pad. In fact, when I avoided soap on my back altogether things improved a great deal. Light cleansers are the way to go, and lightly pad your back dry with a towel when you’re done instead of rubbing. Too much abrasion with a towel can also trigger the sebacious glands in your back, making the acne on your back worse.

Diet and exercise are important to all aspects of health, and that includes your skin. However, the byproduct of a good workout is sweat, a natural acne producer.  Wash shortly after your workout, but avoid a super hot shower as this opens your pores right up for a longer period of time, and can actually make acne on the back even worse.

Another cause of acne? Other acne! We’ve all been tempted to pick at a pimple, but it’s important to resist this urge as each pimple is filled with bacteria which spreads across your skin as soon as you pop that zit.

Has it been a while  since you changed your bedsheets? Keeping those bedbugs company are bacteria that are just waiting for the right moment to pounce on your skin and make your life miserable. There’s nothing worse than waking up in the morning with a couple new pimples that weren’t there when you went to sleep!

I hope these tips will help you in your battle against the acne on your back. Remember, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Acne On Back – What Causes Acne On Your Back

February 23rd, 2010

Hi everyone, Adam here. You’re visiting this site because you’re one of the vast majority of people that suffer from acne on back, shoulders, or chest. It may feel as though you’re the only one in the world with this particular problem, but you’re not alone!

Before we can discuss how to get rid of the acne on your back, we first need to talk about what causes the acne in the first place. There are dozens of theories out there, and more than a few old wive’s tales, but let’s talk about what we do know. Acne forms when the pores in your skin get filled with dirt or oil, which causes whiteheads. If bacteria settles in, then the sweat glands beneath the pores get infected which results in cystic acne. This is the type of acne I suffered from on my back, and occurs more frequently on the back due to the larger pores and thicker skin.

This isn’t to indicate that anyone who gets acne on the back isn’t keeping up with their personal hygiene! I showered twice per day with soap and it didn’t help at all; in fact, it seemed to make things worse. Yes, the pores need to be clear, but you have to be careful about how you do it. Common soaps often contain perfumes and oils that can aggravate the pores causing even more breakouts.

Exfoliating with a scrub can also make things much worse – while you’re scrubbing away the old skin, your pores react by creating even more oil, which in turn creates more acne. One quick tip that starting helping me straight away was to only pat by back dry with the towel, and not to rub. I’m convinced that this alone has helped reduce new breakouts.

You’ll often hear that diet causes acne. My dermatologist said that there was nothing to really back up that statement, but one thing for sure is that drinking lots of water and limiting your fatty food intake certainly helps your body in general, and I’m sure it benefits the health of your skin as well.