How to get rid of body acne

Body acne is prevalent and often harder to treat than facial acne. The back is made up of thousands of sebaceous glands that produce excess levels of oil making this area more susceptible to the formation of cysts and nodules. Body acne is also usually in harder to reach places, such as your back, and therefore harder to treat. But through a longer and intenser treatment plan, it is possible to overcome body acne.

Treatments

1. Wash the acne affected areas DAILY using anti-bacterial soft soap.
2. Apply benzoyl peroxide cream with 5% - 10% concentration DAILY. This will dry out the pimples, after this use a moisturiser to exfoliate your skin and combat any excess dryness.

 TOP TIP: Don't use the same benzoyl concentration on your body acne as you do with your face acne, your body will with tougher and thicker skin and can therefore handle a higher concentration! Meaning a quicker acne recovery!

1. While in the shower use a exfoliating scrub to get rid of dead skin cells, but don't rub too hard or you could cause irritation to the skin and increase acne breakouts.
2. It is important to wash your body straight after playing a sport or sweat-inducing activity, doing this will remove all sweat, oil and dead skin cells from your body.
3. Also, keep in mind, as with most acne treatments and regimes, they take time to show visible results, most of the work in being done deeper then the skin surface.
4. Although its tempting, don't pick or scratch pimples, this will just further aggravate your acne.
5. If OTC medications are not fighting your acne effectively than you should visit your dermatologist, who can prescribe you oral medication, such as;
6. 1. Tetracycline 
   2. Minocycline 
7. Or you could try stronger topical treatments such as;
8. 1. Retin A 
9. Or as a absolute last resort, your dermatologist may prescribe Accutane, this  has shown to be very effective against all forms of acne. It's extremely potent and it has warning label probably 20 feet long. You can only get it if you have cystic/nodular acne that just won't go away no matter what you do. You have to get on a waiting list for it and get 2 pre-medication blood works, get bloodwork every month during it and for 2 months after it. A couple people killed themselves while they were on it so the government went all cuckoo and made it almost impossible to get. It's really amazing though and it's side effects are seriously over hyped. If you try a ton of stuff that doesn't work and your acne is really bothering you, then you can eventually get on the list to get it.
   

Top Tips

• Try to wear loose-fitting and clothing made of cotton when excercising, this will allow your skin to breathe.
• Also, when washing your clothes use a detergant for "sensitive skin" or "fragrance free"

Good luck and keep at it! Remember, it takes time! But in the end, its all worth it when you step in front of that mirror!