How To Get Rid Of Body Acne
Body acne can be dealt with not unlike facial acne, the causes are very similar and if you can reduce the triggers such as blocked pores, removing excess skin oils, and keeping the skin free from trigger chemicals and dirt, you can effectively reduce the chance of bacteria multiplying and causing these unsightly bumps.
The Frustrating Experience
Body acne can be not just an unsightly skin issue but also a frustrating, uncomfortable and sometimes painful experience. It can manifest as deeply set cystic acne bumps as wells erupting micro lesions and blisters with a classic signs of the yellow-tips/whiteheads. It’s really makes you think twice about going out in your bathing suit or out to the beach because of all the blemishes and personally I feel like staying indoors and away from my favorite beach-side activities and even avoid wearing tank-tops to keep my body acne hidden. Trust me, I totally understand the struggles of back acne and it’s horrible to have to be constrained because of a skin condition.
So here’s a useful guide on how to get rid of body acne using Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) techniques that you will hopefully apply and get really effective results so you can look great and dress sexy without the fear of looking less than perfect.
Some Background On Body Acne
Body acne, appear under the chin, the neck, the back of the hairline, right to the shoulder blades. The appear in usually on the back, just under the neck and are often the hardest areas to treat because of the fact that when sleeping, these areas are covered and medication doesn’t tend to stay on the skin without being rubbed away by the resulting pressure and rubbing action of your clothing.
The Traditional Chinese Medicine Approach on how to get rid of body acne
It’s important to know What is happening inside your body and how to regulate balance in your body’s natural circulation. It is believed that Chi or “qi” is the energy that flows throughout your circulatory system. This energy flow needs to be free from any encumbrances or blockages which then leads to health issues.
The body, according to TCM, is a system of yin and yang. The yin and yang (heat and cold) needs to be maintained in harmony for optimal health of any person.
Traditional Chinese Medicine attests that acne types, and where they occur are related to the internal organ health and function levels. Body acne is a sign that there is an imbalance at play and internal organs may not be functioning optimally.
In some sense, body acne is a visible external sign of the internal health of your body. Your skin is believed to be controlled by the health of your lungs and intestinal system. Body acne typically manifests when there is an excessive build up of “heat” within the lungs or intestinal system.
Excess “heat” could be a result of illness or usually an unhealthy diet.
We want to keep our bodies in balance and to get rid of this “heat” (or yang). It is highly recommended to start eating foods that help rid our body of this excess heat, in this case, we could focus on eating “cold” (or yin) type of foods.
Yin Foods (cold type) that are known to deal with body acne well are:
- Cabbage
- Lettuce
- Bittermelon /Bittergourd
- Cucumber
- Watermelon
- Wintermelon
- Celery
- Pear
- Persimmon
- Mung beans
Yang food (heat) types that you need to avoid are:
- Spicy food
- Fried foods
- Salty food
- Processed food like luncheon meats, sausages, meatloaf etc.
- Dairy foods like milk, yoghurt and cream
To keep it simple, you want to get your body in balance by reducing the heat in the lungs and internal organs by the deliberate reduction of heat-type foods and consuming cooling-type food groups.
While we are on the diet-aspect of acne management, here’s another top tip that TCM has on how to get rid of body acne…
Pressure Point Treatment
“Chi”, the invisible energy that flows through human circulatory system may be blocked or disrupted when the body is out its yin-yang balance. You can do simple pressure point treatments using your hands to relieve the body of circulation “blocks” by massaging well known pressure points.
Massage away body acne using the Elbow Crease Pressure Point
Pressure point the elbows. Fold your left arm and touch your right shoulder join with your left hand. You will notice a crease above your left elbow joint. Simply use your right hand and firmly press and massage the tissue under the skin at the end of the crease line for 5 minutes using a pressured circular motion.
Repeat the same with the other elbow and do this daily.
Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners state that this is know to clear the heat out of the lungs and intestinal regions which help bring the balance back to the body.
Massaging Pressure Point At the Feet To Get Rid Of Body Acne
There is another pressure point at your feet and this lies about half and inch above the line where your second and third toe meet. Use your index finger or your thumb and firmly massage as well as press down for about 5 minutes. Repeat this on the other foot as well!
It’s really good to do it while you’re at rest, watching TV or surfing the web.
Your body reacts to your thoughts and feelings.
I’m sure you have heard of the phrase “mind over matter”. The interesting thing I personally have noticed time and time again in my life is that the more focused you are on a particular problem, the more stress builds up in your mind. Your body. unfortunately, reacts to negative emotions and stress very quickly by filling your system up with cortisol to fight the stress.
It sounds counter-intuitive, but here’s a simple suggestion, don’t think about the acne problem and just focus on eating the suggested foods and doing the pressure-point massages as discussed, the less you focus on the issue, the less stressed out you are going to be about it!
This flood of cortisol actually leads to chronic illnesses as well as acne! Everyone deals with stress differently and some may opt to stress-eat (not recommended!), sports, meditation, singing, talking to friends etc. Whatever if is, taking care of your body begins with taking care of your mind.
A healthy mind and outlook on life, being positive and refreshed keeps you in a better mental state as well as keeping your acne away.
Some Immediate Action Steps for Body Acne
A systematic course that got rid of my acne once and for all
If you struggle with body acne or face acne like I have, you will know how frustrating it is to find suitable clothes to go out in.
Sometimes the back acne prevents me from wearing light-colored clothing that stains from the acne secretions and blood as well as just looking less-than-perfect with blotchy skin at the beach.
I’ve actually seen people stare at my back acne and its a really horrible experience. I’ve had to deal with face and body acne for 4 years and even getting cortisol injections only eased it in part.
I found this out from my friend Clara who also struggled with acne for pretty much all her life until I noticed that her skin was starting to look amazing so I plucked up some courage to go ask her what she did.
Clara was more than happy to share her experience with me. She was beaming when she recounted how the simple program totally got rid of acne from her body from the inside out and how she didn’t need to constantly struggle with acne anymore.
If you are ready to take action and experience acne free skin like Clara and I did, it’s important that you take some time to read my personal review on Acne No More. I hope that it will benefit you and remove the stress in dealing with acne.
