Does talking on the phone cause acne?

The discovery - It turns out that talking on a telephone or cellphone while pressing it up against your face or cheek, may actually cause your acne to worsen. In fact, this may actually be the one reason why you have acne altogether.

[Note: If your acne resides on only one side of your face it's likely because

1. You rest your hand on that side of your face.
2. You sleep on that side of your face.
3. You press your phone up against that side of your face. ]

This may be old information to some of you folks, and others may be thinking: "Well duh! Of course talking on the phone causes acne..." However, I found it interesting that talking on the phone while pressing it up against your cheek really made that much of a difference in my facial complexion.

How I made the acne caused by phone discovery.

Earlier tonight I was looking in the mirror. I noticed that the left side of my face near my ear had 3 small pimples. Considering how my face is otherwise clear, I began to question why I might have been having breakouts in the area.

I figured that the small-3-pimple breakout may have been due to:

However, when I was talking to my girlfriend on the phone earlier tonight, I realized that my small breakout was due to the fact that I talk on the phone with my face and my shoulder pressed against it almost every night.

Oils from the phone may cause acne.

My only theory is that dirt and oils from your

• Hands
• Face
• Hair

likely transfer to your phone, and then back to your face.

As a result, your acne either

• Appears
• or Appears to be worse

than it would be if you simply wouldn't talk on the phone, and when you do talk on the phone, not press it up against your cheek.

So in essence, yes, Talking on the phone may cause acne, or at least small breakouts. [However, this is only true if you press your phone up against your face while you're talking.]