Effects of physical contact on acne

Physical touch

There have been studies that show that babies that are touched regularly by the parents grow to be healthier, and I believe that this applies to everyone, not just babies. Not only that, but I have also read that people who have sex (with others) average a healthier immune system. Now I have found this to be completely true. Now physical contact is not something that you can necessarily go out and buy (well... I guess you could, but let's not get into that).

Having a partner and acne

However, in my experience, whenever I have had a girlfriend, or any other physical contact on a regular basis (hugs count!), I never get huge breakouts.

I find that to get physical contact, you need to give some first. For me, this was hard. When my face was disgusting, it was really hard to touch anyone because I assumed they would just want to stay away as far as possible from me.

I guess it's like an overweight person that is just beginning to workout... yes it's hard at first, because of what people might think, but it's worth it. For the record, even when I had horrible acne, I never had anyone tell me to get away from them, nor was anyone ever frightened to touch me. (hey, it's not like I had acne on my hands! ... and if you do, well, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that)