Does your acne 'pop up' at different times of the day? In different places?

One of the questions I have recently answered asked: What causes of acne on the thighs ? I looked at some trends I've noticed over the years is that there are various different acne causes... the environment, stress, things we ingest and so on. Some of these triggers will produce acne at different times of the day, at different places, such as the thighs or the face, giving you clues as to what is the source. Now, pimples usually take a day or so to fully appear, but for this article, we'll concentrate on the first moment you notice you have a pimple 'growing' on your face.

Morning acne

Being chronogical, we'll start by morning pimples. You wake up in the morning, walk to the mirror (actually, you don't even need to walk to the mirror, you can feel them on your face by making weird smiles) and you see that you have a few new pimples to start the day.

So what's the likely cause of these morning pimples? Because you sleep a whole 8 hours, it can be a multitude of things.

Pillow acne

Possible cause #1. One of them is often that you simply get really warm while sleeping, perspire more than usual and your blocked pores are rubbing in your oily pillow. You therefore get a pretty much the idea conditions for pimples to form.

The solution ?
Before going to sleep, wash your face with water (do the warm/cold/warm/cold wash) and then go to sleep on your back. Yes, it takes some getting used to for many, but force yourself to sleep exclusively on your back. That way, your face won't rub on your pillow throughout the night. It will also be a lot cooler and your face won't 'perspire' as much if its exposed to open air.

Excess waste

Possible cause #2. Another factor that affects morning acne is that you didn't spend all your energy the night before. Therefore, throughout the entire night your body has to do something with those calories you didn't spend. Its like if you put a log in a fire, and then you put the fire out... You end up with having a log. But your body can't just have a log sitting inside of it. It has to expel anything it doesn't use. And since your skin is the biggest organ, it expels it through your skin. Have you ever exercised a lot in a day, and gone to bed completely tired? Usually the next day, you wake up with a bit less acne. The opposite is true too, have you ever ate tons of sugar before going to bed? Yeah, the next morning isn't pretty.

The solution? Go to bed tired, make sure you do enough physical activity throughout the day, watching TV or being in front of the computer before bed doesn't count.

Indigestion, more waste

Possible cause #3. Finally, because you're sleeping for 8 hours, it can also be indigestion, if you didn't have any bowel movements during the day, chances are you have food just sitting in your stomach, and it needs to be expeled.

The solution? If that's the case, eat an 2-3 apples in the morning. This simple step will improve your daily digestion immensely and you should start seeing results shortly.

Stay tuned for part 2, day acne

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