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| IS THIS YOUR FACE? |
Acne sufferers can relate. But when you are breaking out, you may actually not even have acne.
Here's a list of NINE ACNE IMPOSTORS, that CAN BE TREATED before they ruin your day!
1. Rosacea: Flushing, redness, blushing, and broken blood vessels mark this chronic disease that is often mistaken for acne. Totally manageable.
2. Pityrosporum folliculitis. Multiple red, identical bumps on oily skin, especially forehead, back and chest. Did you know that 40% of "acne" in the tropics is actually due to this pesky yeast infection? Clears up in a month with proper medicine.
3. Perioral dermatitis. This one looks like red bumps and blemishes only around the mouth and nose. Affects ladies in their 30's and up. Hormonal, and gets worse with all the stuff you put on your face!! Get pills to fix it now!
4. Seborrheic dermatitis. Red bumpy patches on the cheeks near the nose with dandruff on the scalp give this one away. Clears up within a week!
5. Staph infection. If you spend a lot of time in the gym, have facial hair or frequently get boils, beware of this common pimple impostor. Let us clean you up!
6. Side effects of YOUR OTHER PILLS. Oh no, drugs can have side effets. Especially prednisone, steroids, and seizure medication. Let's pick an alternative.
7. Side effect of YOUR FABRIC SOFTENER. Seriously. Lose it.
8. Retention hyperkeratosis. Plugged pores from stress. Get help.
9. Contact dermatitis. All those chemicals in face washes and make up can wreck your complexion. Stay away from these worst offender ingredients (ready, it's long long long....)
| Comedogenic | Ingredient: |
| Ranking: | |
| High | Acetylated Lanolin |
| High | Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol |
| High | Algae Extract |
| High | Algin |
| Medium | Almond Oil |
| Medium | Apricot Kernel Oil |
| Medium | Arachidic Acid |
| Medium | Ascorbyl Palmitate |
| Medium | Avocado Oil |
| Medium | Azulene |
| Medium | Behenic acid |
| Medium | Benzaldehyde |
| Medium | Benzoic Acid |
| Medium | BHA |
| High | Bismuth oxychloride may cause cystic acne |
| High | Butyl Stearate |
| Medium | Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA) |
| Medium | Cajeput Oil |
| Medium | Camphor |
| Medium | Capric Acid |
| Medium | Caprylic acid |
| High | Carrageenans |
| Medium | Cetearyl Alcohol |
| High | Cetearyl Alcohol + Ceteareth 20 |
| Medium | Cetyl Alcohol |
| Medium | Chamomile |
| High | Coal tar |
| High | Cocoa Butter |
| High | Coconut Butter |
| High | Coconut Oil |
| High | Colloidal Sulfur |
| High | Corn Oil |
| High | Cotton Aws Oil |
| High | Cotton Seed Oil |
| High | Crisco |
| High | D & C Red # 17 |
| Medium | D & C Red # 19 |
| High | D & C Red # 21 |
| High | D & C Red # 3 |
| High | D & C Red # 30 |
| High | D & C Red # 36 |
| Medium | D & C Red #27 |
| Medium | D & C Red #40 |
| High | Decyl Oleate |
| High | Dioctyl Succinate |
| High | Disodium Monooleamido PEG 2-Sulfosuccinate |
| High | Ethoxylated Lanolin |
| High | Ethylhexyl Palmitate |
| Medium | Evening Primrose Oil |
| High | Glyceryl Stearate SE -MUST have SE after the stearate |
| High | Glyceryl-3-Disostearate-(MUST have a "3" with it) |
| Medium | Grape Seed Oil (extract is OK) |
| High | Hexadecyl Alcohol |
| Medium | Hexylene Glycol |
| High | Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil |
| High | Isocetyl Stearate |
| High | Isodecyl Oleate |
| High | isoproply linoleate |
| High | Isopropyl Isosterate |
| High | Isopropyl lanolate |
| High | Isopropyl Myristate |
| High | Isopropyl Palmitate |
| High | isostearic acid |
| High | isostearyl acid |
| High | Isostearyl Isostearate |
| High | Isostearyl Neopentanoate |
| High | lanolic acid |
| High | Laureth 23 |
| High | Laureth 4 |
| High | Lauric Acid |
| High | Linseed oil |
| High | Mink Oil |
| High | Myreth 3 myrstate |
| High | Myristic Acid |
| High | Myristyl Lactate |
| High | Myristyl Myristate |
| High | Octyl Palmitate |
| High | Octyl Stearate |
| Medium | Octyldodecanol |
| High | Oleic Acid |
| Medium | Oleth-10 |
| High | Oleth-3 |
| High | Oleyl Alcohol |
| Medium | Olive Oil (but Olive Oil Extract is OK) |
| Medium | Palmitic Acid |
| Medium | Peach Kernel Oil |
| Medium | Peanut Oil |
| Medium | PEG 100 Distearate |
| Medium | PEG 150 Distearate |
| High | PEG 16 Lanolin |
| High | PEG 200 Dilaurate |
| Medium | Peg 75 lanolin |
| High | PEG 8 Stearate |
| Medium | Pentarythrital Tetra Isostearate |
| Medium | PG Dipelargonate |
| Medium | PG Dipelargonate |
| High | PG Monostearate |
| High | Polyglyceryl-3-Disostearate (the "3" must be present) |
| High | Potassium Chloride |
| High | PPG 2 Myristyl Propionate |
| High | Propylene Glycol Monostearate |
| High | Red Algae |
| Medium | Sandalwood Seed Oil |
| Medium | Sesame Oil |
| High | Shark Liver Oil |
| High | Salt - Table Salt or Sodium Chloride |
| High | Sodium Laureth Sulfate |
| High | Sodium Lauryl Sulfate-leaves a film on skin-clogs pores |
| High | Solulan 16 |
| High | Sorbitan Oleate |
| High | Sorbitan Sesquinoleate |
| High | Soybean Oil |
| High | Steareth 10 |
| Medium | Steareth 2 |
| Medium | Steareth 20 |
| Medium | Stearic Acid |
| High | Stearic Acid Tea |
| Medium | Stearyl Alcohol |
| High | Stearyl Heptanoate |
| High | Sulfated Castor Oil |
| High | Sulfated Jojoba Oil (Jojoba beads are OK) |
| High | Syearyl Heptanoate |
| Medium | Tocopherol (Tocopherol Acetate is OK) |
| Medium | Triethanolamine |
| Medium | Vitamin A Palmitate-(ONLY this form of Vitamin A) |
| High | Wheat Germ Glyceride |
| High | Wheat Germ Oil |
| High | Xylene |
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