Skin Solutions - Acne

What is Acne?

We usually think of acne as adolescent blemishes and breakouts, but adults through their 50s can also suffer from breakouts of pimples, lesions, redness and scarring. Even babies can suffer from breakouts of pimples and infantile acne.

Acne is most common on skin with higher densities of sebaceous glands such as the forehead, chin and mid-back, but acne can also flare up on the shoulders, chest, neck, upper arms and scalp.

What might surprise you about acne is that the source of breakouts is actually the hair follicle.
Sebaceous glands in follicles produce sebum. Sebum is an oily substance that travels up follicle to the hair shaft at the skin’s surface, carrying normal bacteria and dead cells from the follicular lining to be discarded. Greater the sebum production can clog the hair follicle with dead cells that stick together to form a plug at the opening.

When this happens, a pimple, or blemish, appears. Worse, however, this mixture of sebum and dead cells can become a pool for bacteria to grow. The sebum, bacteria and dead cells, trapped in the skin, cause inflammation, swelling and pus, finally resulting in acne. Acne breakouts can become severe, spreading across and under the skin causing redness, bumps, irritation, ugly lesions and permanent scarring.

The body responds to this infectious mix by producing chemical defenders whose action can lead to the formation of free radicals, causing oxidation and further inflammation.

(For more info see: Types of Acne, Causes of Acne)

The Wellness Solution for Acne

Total Oxidation Management (T.O.M.) of acne is a lifestyle choice for controlling bacteria production, stopping oxidation and inflammation to relieve and prevent the symptoms of acne. For acne, this means a simple routine involving just two steps, two minutes, two times a day.

Step One: Vitamin C plus Zinc

Malibu C Zinc C Serum. After proper cleansing (we recommend Malibu C Pure Blend Wellness Cleanser), apply Zinc C Serum, a light gel formula containing 12 percent pure, freshly activated L-ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) plus 1 percent Zinc.

In clinical studies, Zinc has been shown to kill bacteria on skin with no negative side-effects.
L-ascorbic acid, freshly activated and formulated to pharmacological levels (12 percent potency), is the only form of Vitamin C clinically proven to effectively scavenge free radicals that cause inflammation.
Malibu C's unique delivery system ensures ingredient integrity, limits exposure to bacteria and maintains stability and freshness without preservatives or additives.

Step Two: Hydration without Oils

Malibu C Sensitive Skin Oil-Free Wellness Moisturizer. For skin that is acne prone, or for oily and combination skin, a non-irritating, non-acnegenic, non-comedogenic, non-drying wellness moisturizer is critical. Malibu C Sensitive Skin Moisturizer is a “smart” formula that normalizes sebum distribution while providing deep hydration to sensitive skin.
Malibu C's advanced breakthrough technology is designed to normalize and balance oil production in and on surface layers without dryness or irritation. Moisture is added and the transepidermal seal is reinforced, helping skin to maintain natural hydration levels.

Define: Wellness

Common approaches to pimples, blemishes and acne use drying, peeling and extracting which causes irritation, inflammation and oxidation, often leading to permanent damage to the skin. Then they add moisturizers to attempt to calm the ravages of the treatment. (For more info see: Common non-wellness-based acne treatments.)

When you choose a wellness approach to acne, you treat symptoms without harsh medicines or exfoliating, oxidizing ingredients such as alpha/beta hydroxy acids or benzoyl peroxide.
The wellness approach goes right to the cause of breakouts by gently preventing bacteria growth and balancing oil production. In addition, Malibu C Skin Care products are: