Murad Back Acne Treatment Primer

For many, even once you’ve found the perfect acne treatment for your skin, back acne and finding the right back acne treatment can still be a challenge. The reason? Well, there can be several, including that facial acne can be more hormonally driven. However, the biggest reason that back acne can continue to be a challenge is simple: clothing. Though your face is exposed to weather and sun elements, your back is directly exposed to your clothing all day long. Not to worry, back acne can be cleared up! Here is the Murad five step primer to treating back acne.

1. Use the Right Skin Cleanser: Using the same skin cleanser that you use on your face may not be the right answer for your back acne because it may not exfoliate or treat quite as strongly due to the sensitive nature of your face. Murad’s Acne Body Wash is specially designed for body skin instead of face skin.

2. Opt for Loose Fitting Clothing: If your clothing is rubbing against your back regularly throughout the day, it may be irritating your skin further as well as holding bacteria that causes breakouts close to your skin. Opt for looser clothing that allows your skin to breathe.

3. Choose Natural Fabrics: Similar to choosing looser fitting clothing, try to stick to natural fabrics like cotton. Synthetic fabrics also don’t allow your skin to breath and can also cause bacteria to build up and clog pores

4. Treat from the Inside Out: Just like with any type of breakout, eat a diet that keeps you hydrated and full of antioxidants and nutrients. Healthy skin starts from within, and that includes back acne. Make sure that you’re eating your water and getting all of the correct skin care nutrients that you need on the inside.

5. Don’t Skip Back Cleansing: You may not shower every night, but that doesn’t mean that you’ll want to skip gently cleansing any problem area, including your back acne. Even if you don’t have the time for a full shower, use a damp cloth to clean the surface oil off of your back every morning and evening and use a product such as Murad’s Clarifying Body Spray to treat wide areas of skin.

Back acne can be a completely separate skin care challenge from treating facial acne, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t have beautiful skin all over! Just follow our back acne treatment primer and you’ll have beautiful skin from head to toe in no time!