The Best Way to Fight Wrinkles & Acne at the Same Time

Acne breakouts or wrinkles are challenging enough when you’re dealing only with one or the other, but when you’re struggling with both at the same time, it’s doubly frustrating!

5 essential products for treating acne and wrinkles

Essential #1: A  gentle, water-soluble cleanser. Acne does not respond to drying cleansers or bar soaps; these actually make matters worse. “Medicated” cleansers aren’t helpful either, because the active ingredient, even if it’s effective, is just rinsed down the drain. On the other hand, just because your skin is showing signs of aging doesn’t mean you need a rich cleansing cream, because the emollient ingredients in these types of cleansers can clog pores and make breakouts worse.

Essential #2: A beta hydroxy acid (BHA) exfoliant. Exfoliating with a BHA (active ingredient: salicylic acid) product is the most effective way to improve breakouts and fight signs of aging at the same time.

Essential #3: A treatment serum with antioxidants. Most serums are lightweight, which makes them great for use on breakout-prone areas, and the best ones are loaded with the kinds of ingredients all skin types need to look and act younger and healthier and to help heal the red marks blemishes leave behind.

Essential #4: Lightweight anti-aging/anti-wrinkle moisturizer. The trick in this case is to find a moisturizer that hydrates skin without feeling thick, creamy, or greasy, all of which can aggravate breakouts. Apply at night after exfoliating and after applying your treatment serum, and be sure to apply it around your eye area, too.

Essential #5: Matte-finish daytime moisturizer with sunscreen (or a foundation with sunscreen). No anti-aging routine is complete without daily sun protection from a product rated SPF 15 or greater, and greater is better, to a point. Those with breakouts and wrinkles need sun protection from a product that smoothes and hydrates without making breakouts worse. Don’t forget, you also can use consider a foundation and a pressed powder with sunscreen as your daily facial sun protection.

This steps can be done once or twice daily, after cleansing and exfoliating.

Also See:  Skin health by Dr. Krupa Shankar

Role of Dermatologist for Skin Treatment

Dermatologists have magical wands like Photoshop that can change the look and texture of your skin by treating all your acne, scars, and wrinkle problems. Dermatologists are specialized skin doctors whose aesthetic goals are to give treatment for skin, hair, and nails. A dermatologist performs dedicated treatments related to skin conditions like externally applied, injected, and internal medicines, ultraviolet light therapy, and a range of dermatologic surgical treatments.

Science and technology have evolved the techniques to change the shape of your natural features like nose, lips, and chin. Dermatology also helps in treating the droopy jaws, skin dullness, spider veins, sun spots, tattoo marks, and many more such conditions. Cosmetic dermatology also benefits the surgical use of high frequency electric current treatments known as electrosurgery that destroy the tissues, cryosurgery, excision surgery, and laser surgery. The laser surgery is in high demand these days and targets the skin hypopigmentation that results in clearing them by either lightening or tightening. This technique is highly used to remove acne, scars, and moles from the skin.

Dr. Krupa Shankar has established one of the best skin clinics with all the facilities under one roof. This clinic provides services such as Botox injections, laser hair removal, skin tightening, chemical peels, sclerotherapy, collagen fillers, and microdermabrasion. Dr. Krupa Shankar is one of the renowned names in the field of skin doctors in Bangalore. He has earned a reputed medical degree and an internship with specialty training for pediatric, surgical, and cosmetic dermatology.