How many times should you wash your face everyday?

Question

I usually wash my face in the morning and in the night, but I use acne pads only at night. Should I use the pads in the morning too, but only wash my face at night, or reverse, and so on and so forth?

Answer 1

Washing your face too many times a day could strip essential oils and cause your skin to ago too fast. Twice daily - a gentle cleanser, toner and moisturizer or what you are doing with acne pads. Your day moisturizer should have a SPF rating to help shield your skin from too much sun exposure if you decide to use that. Keep it simple and use quality products. Here are recommened treaments you should do for your face and extra info I think could answer any questions you have about you skin.

First of unfortuatly many people take their skin for granted. The skin has several basic needs. First, it needs to be kept as clean as possible. Second, the skin needs to be protected from sunlight and other environmental insults. The skin of the face needs even more attention than the rest of the body because the face has more oil glands, especially the central forehead, eye areas, nose and chin. One needs to perform a brief morning regimen for the facial skin and a longer regimen before going to bed. Once you have your skin care regimen down, it will only take five to ten minutes a day.



Morning Facial Care:

In the morning you should clean your face with luke-warm water and a creamy cleanser or purifying gel wash. Avoid bar soap because this strips the natural moisturizing factors from the skin, leaving it feeling very tight and dry. Do not rub the skin dry. Instead, blot it gently with a towel. Your morning facial care can be done in the shower or at the sink.
Next, you should tone the skin on the face. Toning the skin helps remove any residual cleanser or make-up that may have been left behind. A toner also helps restore the natural pH level of the skin, leaves your skin clean, clear and ready to be hydrated.
Next, apply a moisturizer. This should be specialized to your skin type. A moisturizer leaves the skin feeling softer and smoother. It also helps smooth away fine lines and dryness. A sunscreen can be applied on top of the moisturizer.
Next, apply your make-up (if you choose to wear make-up). Your foundation should match your skin tone. Never use a darker foundation than your skin tone; it should look natural.


Evening Facial Care:

The evening starts like the morning. First, you should clean your face with luke-warm water and a creamy cleanser or purifying gel wash. These skin cleansers will remove your make-up at the same time you wash your face.
A toner should then be applied. Any trace of make-up remaining will be removed (the easiest way of applying a toner is to put it on a cotton pad).
Now, while your face is still wet, you should exfoliate. Exfoliating is the process of removing dead skin cells, which cause the face to look dull. The build up of dead cells can also contribute to blockage of the pores causing acne. Also this build up of dead cells will not let the products you are using penetrate the skin and work to their full capacity. Exfoliating will brighten the skin and give it a more healthy glow. Massage gently and rinse well. This can be done every night or 1-2 times a week all depending on the type of exfoliant.
Finally, apply a moisturizer to your face, which is specified for your skin type. A firming eye cream should also be used around the eye area.


Facial Care Tips:

Never go to bed with your make-up on. Make-up that is left on overnight clogs the pores and prevents the skin cells from shedding, which may cause blemishes and/or blackheads. The skin needs to breathe over night.
Waterproof make-up is most easily removed with a gel cleanser.
The most important thing that you can do for your facial skin is to avoid sunlight or use liberal amounts of sunscreen. Sunlight causes the skin to age and causes skin cancer which is the most common malignancy in humans. The most common location for these tumors is the face. If you do not believe that the sun ages your skin, then look at the skin under your upper arm and compare it to the skin on your face and the back of the hands.
Alpha hydroxy acid applied daily will help prevent acne out breaks if you have acne prone skin.
If you have acne and the above measures do not help, you might want to see your dermatologist. There are many prescription treatments for acne. Hope this Helps:)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Hana, probably twice will do, plus a rinse if you get sweaty. Washing more often, or too vigorously, actually increases oil production. For that reason, many teens find a very light moisturizer applied sparingly actually helps combat oiliness and acne. At least it did for our daughter. If you supply moisture, your body doesn't start cranking out fresh oil because you've just stripped it away by washing.

Answer 4

Using the acne pads are ok but they usually tend to dry Ur face out and then washing it too many times will not help the situation.

I think what you are doing is just fine...if you see some spots that are a little *Oily-er* than others than just wash / rinse those spots and dry and if you find spots that are a little *Dryer* than other than rinse and apply moisturizer.

Answer 5

Follow these steps, in the morning, wash your face with a cleanser, nest apply some toner to make your face supple and soft and dont forget to slather some moisturiser to protest your skin(during day time moisturize with SPF 15 and above). Repeat these at night except for SPF.

Answer 6

Wow hold on right there! You arent doing anything for your face but drying it out. Too much washing and chemicals on your face causes damage and dryness so be careful.

In the morning, try washing your face with just warm water. Before you apply makeup, put on "Olay active hydrating beauty fluid". Your skin will be moisturized, and softer than ever before.

At night time, use the acne pads, but only at night time. This will lift dirt and oils away from your face and open up your pores.


Good luck!

p.s.: Some good face cleansers to try are:

Olay daily moisturizing pads,
(unlike stridex or othe brands, these dont have as harsh chemicals in them)

Neutrogena blackhead cleansing scrub

Answer 7

Twice is good
Overwashing will dry your skin out, which will make your skin produce more oil to compensate, which will cause your skin to break out from all the oil.

If the acne pads have a high amount of salicylic acid, I'd stick to using them once a day.

Answer 8

well the dirts is most of the time at night because of the dayly activities but dont wash your face more than 2 times because then you will fool your face into thinking that it is dry wish will triger an oil production leading into an oily face with more acne !! true facts.......

Answer 9

If your skin is oily and prone to breakouts, you may be better off washing morning and night. Try something very mild in the am. Try not to overdue any acne type products. They tend to dry out your skin leading to more breakouts. your skin will react by continuing to overproduce oils. I used to overdue all the skin products for acne and it just got worse. Now I use very few products and my skin has finally evened itself out. Basis all clear bar is great and neutrogena basic original bar is very gentle.

Answer 10

No, you should not use acne pads in the morning, because it will not funct well if you are attacked by sunshine. And I think you would wash your face as often as possible.