Tips for choosing a moisturizer for acne-prone skin

The first thing to pay attention to when determining the right type of moisturizer is to recognize the type of acne.

Teen age:

• If you are still a teenager where the secretion of sebum on the skin is reaching its most active point, disrupting the balance of the skin and causing acne, it is recommended to use a type of moisturizer that is useful for cleaning the remaining sebum on facial skin. Usually this type of moisturizer contains peeling and anti-bacterial ingredients.
• Skin metabolism tends to be active in adolescence, so using a moisturizer that has the function of cleaning excess sebum on the skin will work more effectively to overcome acne problems. Choose a type of moisturizer that has a bactericidal or peeling function and is also able to provide high humidity to the skin to prevent over-exfoliating.

Mature

• For those of you who are 20 to 30 years old, acne usually arises due to an unhealthy lifestyle, such as staying up late, smoking habits, or stress. At this age, skin resistance also tends to decrease. Apart from that, the lack of vitamin and mineral levels in the body which is exacerbated by excessive consumption of fatty foods can also play a role in causing acne problems.
• The type of facial moisturizer that is suitable for acne-prone skin in adulthood is a product that is able to maintain skin moisture. Using this type of moisturizer will really help to hydrate the skin so that it doesn’t dry out and produce excess oil which often triggers acne.
• Moisturizers that are able to maintain skin moisture will help restore healthy, moist and fresh skin conditions. Apart from that, you can choose a type of moisturizer that is equipped with various vitamins such as vitamin E or additional ingredients such as aloe vera which helps support skin moisture.

2. Contains active ingredients to treat acne

When you want to choose a moisturizer for acne skin care, it is important to pay attention to the ingredients. Because, there are several types of products that can treat acne and there are also products that contain ingredients that can make acne worse.

To treat acne inflammation on the face, choose a moisturizing product that contains the following ingredients:

• Anti-inflammatory . This anti-inflammatory ingredient is useful for preventing and reducing inflammation of the skin. Several types of ingredients included in anti-inflammatories are Glycyrrhizic acid 2K and glycyrrhetic acid stearyl. Both are ingredients that are often used to suppress symptoms of red, hot or itchy skin due to inflammation.

• Vitamin C . So that your skin can regenerate properly so that acne problems are quickly resolved, you can choose moisturizing products that contain vitamins or vitamin C derivatives. Vitamin C can provide anti-inflammatory effects while reducing sebum production. This is what makes vitamin C able to trigger skin regeneration. However, only vitamin C derivatives can be absorbed by the skin. These include vitamin C phosphate, ascorbic acid glucoside, and many more.
• Vitamin B2 . Apart from vitamin C, vitamin B2 can also help reduce excess sebum production.

• Vitamin A. Vitamin A also has the property of supporting the growth of the skin epidermis and accelerating the skin regeneration process, and others. Of course, this kind of vitamin intake cannot only be obtained from just consuming skin care products. So that the effect is felt more optimally, you can get it by consuming fruit and vegetables.

• It is oil free . It’s a good idea to choose a type of facial moisturizer that is oil free . Moisturizing facial products that contain oil have the potential to disrupt the balance of sebum levels on the skin and cause acne to appear on facial skin. This excess sebum becomes ‘food’ for the bacteria that cause acne, which results in an increasing number of acne appearing on the face. Therefore, it is mandatory to choose a facial moisturizer product with minimal oil content or even no oil at all.

• Free from alcohol content . Apart from oil, the alcohol content in moisturizing products should also be avoided by those with acne-prone skin. Alcohol is indeed able to provide a fresh sensation and reduce itching on acne-prone skin, but at the same time it also makes the skin drier. This dry skin condition is not good because it will only make acne problems worse. Choose products that do not contain alcohol and other derivatives such as ethanol and the like.

3. Choose one with a light texture