Nowadays, we men are more
conscious about our body more special to those men that interact with other
people. At the same time, different institutions are starting to help us get
rid of our problems especially those who have facial problems – like pimples.
But not all of us are aware that the common bad habits on our daily life are
maybe the cause of these pimples. Below are the top 10 most common bad habits
that cause pimples:
10.
Using Harsh Soaps on Face (The “Kad-kad Pamore”
Habit)
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Some men prefer to
use soaps on their face but they don’t know that too much using of soap on our
face can accumulate pimples. Generally, soaps in the market are abrasive since
they are developed for whitening or exfoliating purposes. And as soaps
exfoliate our skin, soaps leave residues that cause bacteria and eventually
lead to pimple break out. Aside from that, using harsh soaps can darken our
facial skin even though these soaps offer whitening effects.
I’m guilty of this habit before especially those times
when I was experimenting on how am able to get rid of pimples. Base on my own
experience, majority of soaps that have kojic acid really worsen or damage my
facial skin. Maybe my skin can’t resist the acidity of those soaps. So, until
now I’m skipping those soaps that have kojic acid and I prefer glutathione
other than that. If you really prefer soaps for your face other than facial
washes, my advice to you is to use not too strong soap. Use a milder one. Also,
use facial cleanser to remove deep-seated dirt and residues that caused by your
soaps. And lastly, use soaps twice a day only, preferably morning and evening.
9.
Always Looking at the Mirror (The “Mirror Syndrome” Habit)
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For sure, many men and women are guilty of this habit –
looking their reflection at the mirror whether they are in public or at home.
As men, we always want to look good so as far as there are mirrors, side mirror
of vehicles or even those tinted wind shields, we will try to fix our hair and
then put powder on our face if we feel our face a bit oily. But sometimes as we
look our reflection at the mirror, we can see some annoying pimples and out of
our desperation to eliminate those pimples, we put different facial products on
the affected area. And due to some side effects of these products, other than
to heal those pimples it only worsens the condition.
I called this habit as the “mirror syndrome.” I don’t
have any solution about this habit but the only thing that I can advise is to
minimize the time of staying at the mirror. The shorter you look at the mirror,
the lesser the possibility of interaction with those pimples.
8.
Always Touching your Face (The “Touchy” Habit)
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Touching your nose, touching your forehead, touching your
cheeks, touching your whole face! Dude, STOP! The “touchy habit” is considered
one of the prominent causes of pimples. Since we regularly use our hands in
many activities and we forget to wash it after, the dirt, dusts, and bacteria
are accidentally transferred from our hands to our face. Aside from that, some
men nowadays are using powder on their face. And putting powder on our face
required our hands. In addition, many of us are not aware of that.
I’m guilty of the “touchy habit” since I regularly put
powder on my face to reduce the shine and oil on my face. Below are my advises
on how to get rid of this bad habit:
1. Use hand sanitizer or alcohol before pouring
powder on your hands or as needed.
2.
Use clean soft handkerchief on wiping your
face.
3.
Avoid touching your face frequently.
4.
Don’t scratch your face when you feel some
itchiness.
5.
Always keep your hands clean.
7.
Shifting Facial Products (The “Two-timer” Habit)
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Many of us are not aware that shifting facial products
are not good for our skin. Shifting facial products can damage even the
healthier layer of the skin. For example, if you’re previously using soap on
your face and eventually you change it into a facial wash or other brand of
soap, the skin that not yet healing from the soap will get worsen by the later
product. And then when this happen, you’re going to try another product to heal
it but this not really solve the problem but rather worsen and worsen it. Taking
care of our skin is like relationship, having two partners are not good –
stick-to-one only! (Do I sound a love guru now? XD XD XD)
I’m really guilty of the “two-timer” habit. Since I’m not
really contented of the effects that gave by my previous products, I’ve tried
some products that hoping to give me better result but unfortunately, some
didn’t work and rather worsen my condition. That only advice that I can gave is
to stick-to-one product only! Kung saan
hiyang ka, doon ka na lang.
6.
Holding your Pee (The “Ceasefire” Habit)
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Holding your pee is really a bad habit. Our pee is dirt
from our body and to eliminate the dirt, we should release it as urine. There
is no point to keep the dirt on our body, so it’s better to release it or
otherwise it only increases the number of pimples on our body.
This habit is generally the cause of my pimples when I
was in high school. I’m guilty of holding my pee before. I refuse to pee at
school because the comfort room at that school is really bad. I only used to pee on their C.R. when I was in 3rd year where the conditions of C.R.s
there were getting better.
5.
Stress (The “Sunog-Kilay” Habit)
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There are many varieties of stresses that cause pimples.
The most common one is the stress of school. Pimples are more common to
teenagers who are commonly schooling. Studying is really stressful especially
when the deadlines of paper submission are coming. Stresses are cause by
hormonal imbalance happening inside our body and it comes out in different for
such as pimples.
As an engineering student, I experience this kind of
stress. But I have some remedies on how to get rid of this stress:
1.
Be happy / be positive.
2.
Stop for a while when you’re feeling some
headache.
3.
Listen to music / watch funny videos.
4.
Take a rest.
5.
Keep calm in times of stress.
The
above list is only an advice base on my experience. The result may vary on your
condition and your lifestyle.
4.
Unbalance Diet / Eating Unhealthy Foods (The Close to Ulcer Habit)
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What we eat reflects what we are. Unbalance diet and/or
eating unhealthy foods lead to some health issues. Treating or getting rid of
pimples is not only by putting products on our skin. Eating healthy foods are
very essential to our body. So, don’t only rely outside, but also take care of
the inside for a better result.
I’m guilty of skipping breakfast. Sometimes I only eat
once or twice a day depending on the works I’m going to finish. The more
activities on a specific day, the lesser I chance to eat. I’m sorry if I can give
you an advice since I also struggling this kind of habit.
3.
Laying your Face on your Pillow while Sleeping (The “Dapa Pamore” Habit)
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Sleeping is also very essential to us but improper
position of sleeping can generate pimples especially on our face. Our pillows are
not dirt-proof so as the days past the more dirt it catches that sometimes we
refuse to take an action on that. This is also the cause why sometimes we wake
up and we looked at the mirror; there is/are pimple/s.
The advice that I can gave to you is to change your
pillowcase once a week but in my condition, due to my laziness, I change it
once every two weeks sometimes much longer. Also, observe proper position on
sleeping. Don’t lay your face on your pillow while sleeping even its pillowcase
is newly changed.
2.
Lack of Sleep / Sleeping Late (The “Zombie Mode” Habit)
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Maybe, I’m not the only one guilty of this habit – lack
of sleep / sleeping late. Our body needs to rest and sleeping helps we recover
from the tiredly day. But sleeping too late is not advisable since it can’t
help restore the lost energy. How it can effect on accumulating pimples?
Sleeplessness loosen the elasticity of our skin and because of that, our skin
will get more prone of bacteria that cause pimples.
Being guilty of this habit, I still trying sleep at least
7 hours a day but since I’m an engineering student, I sometimes skip the 7-hour
rule. So, the only advice that I can give is to chop the 7-hour of sleeping.
Sleep 2-3 hours in the afternoon and the rest at night so that you can comply
with the 7-hour rule of sleeping.
1.
Pricking Pimples (The “Party Popper” Habit)
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And now, down to the
top 1 most common bad habit that cause pimples – pricking pimples! Pricking
your pimples is a big NO! This habit can lead to some severe skin issues –
pimple marks, increase number of pimples and dark spots.
I learned from this! Talagang nagsisisi ako sa pagtiris ko ng mga
pimple ko! If I ever have a chance to back in time, I will refuse to prick
my pimples. But unfortunately, it’s impossible. I accept it and I’ve learned
from it. And now, I am tolerating myself not to prick my pimples anymore. So
guys, never ever prick your pimples if you don’t want to have a worse skin
condition.
The above list is only base on my opinion and experience.
Maybe there are more causes of these pimples and I’m glad if you can share it
with us and let us know how you manage or dealt with it. Remember, the enemy of
one, is the enemy of all guys out there! Note also that the terms enclosed
inside the parentheses are in my words only, just to makes my blog more casual
and interesting to read. Plus, some italicized words are in tagalog word so if
you want to know the equivalent English terms for the italicized words, go to
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