Acne

It is not yet entirely clear why some people experience fewer acne problems and others experience more.

In any case, these factors play an important role:

- Disposition and the

- Hormone balance plays an important role (e.g. puberty)

- Stress,

- Medicines

- Environmental factors

However, acne-promoting factors are often

- improper, incorrect care, such as excessive peeling applications

- Ingredients in cosmetic products that can have a comedogenic (blackhead-promoting) effect, i.e. that promote the sticking of skin cells in the pores.

Below you will find examples of ingredients in cosmetic products that are suspected of promoting blemishes and should therefore not be included if the skin is prone to blemishes or acne.

Ingredients that probably promote acne:

- Cera Microcristallina: Artificial fat from petroleum

- Ceresin: Artificial fat from petroleum

- Cetearyl Alcohol: Vegetable emulsifier

- Eucerin: mixture of wool wax and paraffin

- Isohexadecane: Artificial fat from petroleum

- Isopropyl Myristate, -Palmitate, -Stearate: Vegetable waxes suspected of promoting blackheads

- Lanolin: wool wax

- Mineral Oil: Artificial fat made from petroleum

- Ozokerite: Artificial fat from petroleum

- Paraffin (Oil): Artificial fat made from petroleum

- Paraffinum Liquidum: Artificial fat made from petroleum

- Petrolatum: Artificial fat made from petroleum

- Vaseline: Artificial fat from petroleum

Treatment of acne

Many affected people now believe that they only need to go to the doctor with their spots, where they will be given acne medication and the spots will then disappear. Only when they fail to achieve success do they realise that it is not that easy. The same thing happens if you go to a beautician regularly but continue to use the wrong products at home. In this respect, a visible improvement in the skin's appearance can only be achieved through the interaction of all the necessary measures.

Effective treatment of acne requires patience, self-discipline and proper care.

Only through regular, professional removal of acne lesions by a qualified beautician in combination with the right care at home and possibly additional medication from a dermatologist can significant relief of acne symptoms be achieved.