Combating Acne

By Marji Soofi

With the summer heat and temperatures rising, you need to take special care of your skin to keep it healthy.  To combat the increased oil production in the skin, I suggest these few tips:

1. Use a good facial cleanser, do not use soaps. Check our FaceBook page for the pH tests on cleansers.  Facial cleansers should have a pH between 5-6, not too acidic and not too alkaline. Tavoos Cleanser has a pH of 5.5, perfect for your skin.

2. Get a Facial. This will help to clean over active oil glands.

3. Do not do home remedies that are not suitable for your skin just because your friend saw it on Youtube.  We can consult with you and recommend a skin care regimen.

4. Mask regularly one or more times a week.  We can recommend the correct masks for your skin type for home treatments.

5. Use the correct antioxidant.  Antioxidants enhance the skin’s protection against environmental damage caused by free radicals and provide visible anti-aging benefits.  Vitamin C helps in diminishing the look of fine lines, wrinkles, dullness, and uneven skin tone.  Vitamin E protects and defends the skin from outside elements and pollutants that can have a negative effect.

6. Use sunscreen.  I only like and recommend mineral sunscreen (please refer to our blog on our website about sunscreen).  It helps not only to protect your skin against photo damage, it also helps your skin to heal from within because it is not fighting the outside elements.

7. Be selective in your makeup. Try powders over cream foundations during the summertime.