Here’s some tips:
- Avoid dairy1
- Dairy (of any kind) can increase your odds of getting acne by ~20-25%
- Drinking 2 glasses of milk or more a day could increase acne rates by >40%
- Apply sunscreen to your face before going outside
- Use a facial cleanser and moisturizer
- Shower at the end of the day or after you exercise
- if you shower early in the day, wash your face with a facial cleanser at the end of the day
- Change your sheets and pillow cases at least once a week
- Avoid touching your face
- Try and maintain a neutral face (don’t wrinkle your forehead)
- Keep your hair out of your face
- Either keep your hair short
- Or use a hairband
- Sleep on your back if you can, and get good sleep.
- Avoid processed sugars (fruit is fine)
- Reduce stress in your life. Or more accurately, reduce consistently elevated levels of cortisol.
Dairy Intake and Acne Vulgaris: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 78,529 Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6115795/ ↩