And you know what? They’re right. Every single busybody with an opinion and an internet connection is DEFINITELY correct about all the ways that you, a person who they have never met, are causing your own acne. So here are 17 ways that you are definitely, seriously, truly causing your own acne. And I am absolutely not being satirical here. Nope. Not me. For the VAST majority of people, makeup is not causing their acne — it’s helping them cope with it. Plus, many dermatologists agree that ordinary, non-stage makeup isn’t going to cause acne, anyway (just don’t sleep in it). And like, I love an extra skin care routine. Truly I do! But if you have hormonal acne (like I do), all the expensive lotions in the world aren’t going to address the root of the problem — no matter how many beauty YouTubers tell you they will. Modern life will give you nothing but acne, apparently. Guess I’ll just go live in a cave in the woods and make friends out of pinecones — but hell, my skin will be PERFECT. WILL SOMEONE JUST TELL ME WTF I’M MEANT TO SHOVE IN MY FOOD-HOLE, JESUS. No. Literally everything in the world is a chemical. Water is a chemical. Coconut oil is a chemical. Arsenic is natural. “Chemical” is not a catch-all term for something that will ugly up your face, so knock it off. Stop forever. But coconut oil cannot cure acne. It can moisturize, and provide a hell of a protective layer to protect your skin from dryness, but it does not cure breakouts. In fact, coconut oil is considered very comedogenic (it generally rates a 4 on the scale), meaning that it can — and does — block pores. Which can lead to more breakouts. It’s a decent tool, but not a miracle cure. Let me just melt my coconut oil and drizzle it over my popcorn the way God intended, OK? YOUR CALL. And I believed it. It’s easy to believe that stuff because if acne is caused by something I’m doing to myself without knowing it, it can be cured by doing something ELSE, right? Nope. In the end, what cleared up my skin wasn’t quitting makeup forever or living that $600 pillowcase life — it was seeing my dermatologist, who put me on a medication to control my hormones. Within weeks, my acne was gone. And I didn’t have to quit a single chemical.

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title: “17 Ways You Could Be Causing You Own Acne” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-04” author: “Timothy Dunham”

And you know what? They’re right. Every single busybody with an opinion and an internet connection is DEFINITELY correct about all the ways that you, a person who they have never met, are causing your own acne. So here are 17 ways that you are definitely, seriously, truly causing your own acne. And I am absolutely not being satirical here. Nope. Not me. For the VAST majority of people, makeup is not causing their acne — it’s helping them cope with it. Plus, many dermatologists agree that ordinary, non-stage makeup isn’t going to cause acne, anyway (just don’t sleep in it). And like, I love an extra skin care routine. Truly I do! But if you have hormonal acne (like I do), all the expensive lotions in the world aren’t going to address the root of the problem — no matter how many beauty YouTubers tell you they will. Modern life will give you nothing but acne, apparently. Guess I’ll just go live in a cave in the woods and make friends out of pinecones — but hell, my skin will be PERFECT. WILL SOMEONE JUST TELL ME WTF I’M MEANT TO SHOVE IN MY FOOD-HOLE, JESUS. No. Literally everything in the world is a chemical. Water is a chemical. Coconut oil is a chemical. Arsenic is natural. “Chemical” is not a catch-all term for something that will ugly up your face, so knock it off. Stop forever. But coconut oil cannot cure acne. It can moisturize, and provide a hell of a protective layer to protect your skin from dryness, but it does not cure breakouts. In fact, coconut oil is considered very comedogenic (it generally rates a 4 on the scale), meaning that it can — and does — block pores. Which can lead to more breakouts. It’s a decent tool, but not a miracle cure. Let me just melt my coconut oil and drizzle it over my popcorn the way God intended, OK? YOUR CALL. And I believed it. It’s easy to believe that stuff because if acne is caused by something I’m doing to myself without knowing it, it can be cured by doing something ELSE, right? Nope. In the end, what cleared up my skin wasn’t quitting makeup forever or living that $600 pillowcase life — it was seeing my dermatologist, who put me on a medication to control my hormones. Within weeks, my acne was gone. And I didn’t have to quit a single chemical.

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