Many people have been flooding my inbox with the question, "Should I wash my face with warm or cold water?" This is a great question, and since this week is Face Washing Tips and Mistakes week, I want to take the time to answer it.
However, before I say anything, I would like to thank all of you who are continuing readers. Acne Teen is really starting to become popular, and if it wasn't for you guys, I wouldn't be anything. This is probably the 50th blog or so that I have built, but the first blog I have built without quitting. Again, I give thanks to all of my readers for continuous motivation.
Should I wash my face with Hot Water?
From personal experience, hot water causes a lot of unnecessary irritation. Cool Fact #1: I've been doing research on the topic, and I found that hot water actually closes your pores. It's weird because most people believe that warm and hot water actually opens the pores. However, this doesn't hold true.
Should I wash my face with Warm Water?
For the past 5 years, I have been washing my face with warm water. It's my personal favorite, and in my opinion, causes the least amount of irritation. My recommendation to you is to use warm water.
Should I wash my face with Cold Water?
Like hot water, cold water can be very irritating to the skin. Cool Fact #2: Cold water actually opens the skin's pores. Originally, it was thought the exact opposite.
Warm water closes pores, cold water opens pores.
I was watching this video: Hot vs. cold water when washing the face, which was created by Dan from Acne.Org. According to Dan, warm water closes pores, while cold water opens pores. Dan also notes that it really doesn't make too big of a difference when it comes to the temperature of the water that you use when washing your face.
Acne Teen Recommendation
So should you wash your face with warm or cold water? I recommend using whatever makes you and your skin comfortable. If cold water works best for you, then use cold water. If warm water works best for you, then use warm water, and so on. I personally like warm water, but again, I recommend using whatever makes you and your skin comfortable.
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6 comments:
in Using proactiv? can i use cold water?
Yep. As long as it doesn't irritate your skin, use whatever temperature of water that you'd like to use.
How do you make big acne go smaller overnight
topically apply the treatment (if using any) on the affected area
Cold water opens pores,and hot closes??? This is some bull***t
for the last comment i was followed.
sir you're not reading those text carefully. said to be there its opposite. he said that hot water closes the pores. saw the " However, this doesn't hold true."?. read it carefully.
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