Here are some of the biggest acne mistakes that people still make, which can worsen your acne, or start it in the first place.

1. Don’t Use products that contain skin irritants.
   Skin irritants are substances or products that interfere with your natural skin, kill off the healthy skin cells and leave instead alot of dead skin cells, thus creating those clogged pores that cause acne in the first place.
   Some of the skin irritant products are alcohol (all types), lemon, grapefruit, lavender, all sorts of essential oils (check which can or cannot come into contact with skin), eucalyptus, mint, peppermint.
2. Using strong ingredients products (think benzoyl peroxide I talked about before). Sometimes milder means safer, cleaner, more natural and healthier.
3. Avoid touching your face. Your fingers are usually carriers of all kinds of bacteria. Touching your face - whether you have acne or your skin is clear, is a big cause for troubles!
4. Don’t use hot water to wash your face. It will irritate your skin. Only use luke warm water.
5. When you towel your face, don’t scrub it hard and make sure your towel is not a rough type.
6. Don’t pop your pimples. I know how hard that temptation can be, but try to resist it! If you really have to, avoid scratching, picking at it or squeezing it. Just pop it gently by applying a light presure and wash your hands beforehand.
7. Don’t use cleaners that come in bar forms. Their ingredients will irritate your skin and clog your pores

Avoiding these things above doesn’t mean that it will cure your acne. But it will mean that you will avoid in return many problems that are caused by these unknowingly to you. Avoiding acne mistakes means winning half the battle in the first place.