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Acne comes in different forms and blemishes come in various sizes. Whether you’re fighting cystic acne that forms deep down in your pores due to your hormones raging out of control as if you were a teenager again or stubborn little whiteheads that just won’t get a clue, we all have the same goal- to control acne. Acne is the most common skin condition in the United States and dare I say, among the top skin conditions in the world. Although accurate information about acne is available, myths about acne are as common as the skin condition itself. One common myth about acne is that you have to let acne run its course. Dermatologists say that following this advice is not always the best advice because:

  What does Noncomedogenic Moisturizer do and what does it Noncomedogenic mean? In order to understand what “noncomedogenic” means, it may be helpful to break down the word. A comedo (or comedones, if more than one) is a type of pimple that can form on your skin. A comedo is the result of a clogged pore. Pores are the tiny openings in your skin that you can see when you look very closely, especially in a magnifying glass. Inside those pores are hair follicles- sacs beneath the skin that house the hair roots. When your body produces excess sebum (the oily substance on the skin) this excess sebum can combine with dead skin cells and sometimes bacteria to plug up the pore. The result is a pimple – a comedo. “Non-comedogenic” is a term used to refer to ingredients that do not block pores and promote pimples.