• Bad food equals bad skin.

  Although a balanced diet keeps both your body and your skin healthy, French fries, pizza and chocolate won't give you acne. But less dairy, shellfish and refined sugars, combined with more vegetables and water as part of a healthy diet can help keep breakouts to a minimum.

• Stress can trigger acne.

  Hormones control the glands that produce oils to keep your skin soft. But too much stress can cause these hormone levels to increase and produce too much oil, thus activating an acne flare up. So take a break and relax. Breathe in. Now breathe out.

• Tanning cures acne.

  In fact, it can do quite the opposite. Too much sun can cause your skin to dry out, which triggers the production of oil and creates more dead skin cells. The perfect storm for blocked pores. So be sure to use a non-comedogenic sunscreen of at least SPF 15 whenever you wander outside.

• You should have a clean routine.

  Making your skin part of your typical hygiene habits will help to keep acne at bay. Washing your face twice a day with a soap-free exfoliating cleanser removes excess oil, dirt and dead skin cells. And avoiding over-washing will help prevent dry-outs. So be Proactiv® as often as you brush your teeth.

• Spot treatments work.

  No dab of medicine, baking soda or even toothpaste on a pimple will clear up acne. The truth is that blemishes take 2-3 weeks to develop, so even if these did work, you'd just be treating a symptom of the problem. The trick is to fix the problem itself — before it even starts, by treating the whole face everyday, even when you don't have pimples.

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