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f you have ever stood in front of the mirror, looked at a fresh breakout and felt the sudden urge to scrub your face cleaner than ever, you are not alone. Thousands of people fall into the same cycle. The skin feels bumpy, oily or congested, so the instinct is to reach for grainy scrubs, foaming cleansers or daily exfoliating acids, believing that harsher must mean better.
But here is the twist that surprises almost everyone: the more you try to “clean” acne-prone skin with aggressive routines, the more the breakouts multiply. The inflammation worsens, the redness increases and your skin begins to sting at the slightest touch.
This cycle exists because acne-prone skin is far more delicate than it appears. It needs a strong, healthy barrier before any active treatment can work. When the barrier is weak, the skin reacts to everything around it such as pollution, sunlight, harsh products, friction and even temperature changes.
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