With the colder season rolling in, hot baths are calling. But how hot are we talking? 🔥🔥
Hot water directly on the skin is actually very unhealthy and inflammatory!
Here’s why 👉 heat inflames the skin and dries out the natural repairing moisture that we have. This forces the pore to clamp shut to prevent further moisture loss, and also sends a “HELP ME” message down to the oil gland to produce more oil. So the result is a closed pore with more oil trying to push its way out.
This deeply inflames breakouts and can even turn a smaller breakout into a cystic breakout, AND creates lasting scar damage.
With cystic acne, ice packing / cold compress is your way to calm things down 🧊