Where is the T Zone and why is it acne prone?
Your t zone starts with the forehead and spans down and across the nose onto both parts of the checks. It extends down the chin to form the rest of the t, hence the name t zone. This area of the face is very prone to acne. It is the oiliest part of the face and has the most crevasses where bacteria can form.
Combination skin and the T Zone
A lot of people have combination skin in this area, a dry forehead and an oily chin. This results in different kinds of face acne requiring different treatments. Keeping your hands and hair off your face will help improve forehead acne, nose blackheads and chin acne.
Forehead Acne and the T Zone
Forehead acne in the t zone is very common. Hair is often rubbed on the forehead 24 hours a day. Whatever you put in your hair this morning you also probably rubbed on your forehead. Using bangs as away to cover forehead acne will only make this area more congested and prone to breakouts. Exposing this area to sun and removing hair will improve forehead acne. Picking your face will only make your acne worse. In the long run picking your face regularly will leave scars. Most people pick there face and if you are going to pick do it right.
Chin Acne and the T Zone
Chin acne is a very common place for blackheads. The area around your mouth is touched and rubbed a lot. You want to avoid rubbing this area with oily napkins, leaning your hand on your chin etc. There are a lot of mindless actions that involve touching our face that we are not aware of. Restraining from touching your face will reduce a current breakout and prevent more from occurring. Concealing chin acne with makeup will only clog your pores further.
How to Keep the T Zone Acne Free?
Keeping your t zone acne free is best accomplished by having a skin regime that covers all skin types. Using proactive or Clinique has been effective keeping my face acne breakouts to a minimum. I still use Clinique moisturizer even after taking Accutane and only having occasional breakouts. It is effective in moisturizing the dry areas of my face and not adding oil to the oily parts of my face.
Removing acne is very difficult because for most people it is an internal problem. Topical creams cannot remove severe acne because cystic nodules are too deep in the skin to be reached. Occasional breakouts in the t zone are completely normal and should be treated with a topical acne cream. Exfoliating once a week and keeping this area clean will be effective in controlling these occasional outbreaks. If your face acne consists of nodules I highly recommend seeing a dermatologist before they scar. The only way I was able to effectively get rid of pimples was using Accutane. This is recommended for people with very bad acne.