How to Get Rid of Chest Acne

it happens to us all. Chest acne! Maybe it’s one or two that cropped up overnight or maybe you’ve been struggling with it for a while. Either way, we can help. 

Here are the most common causes of acne on the chest, easy things you can do to prevent it, and most importantly, how to get rid of chest acne fast!

Causes of Chest Acne

One of the most common reasons for chest acne is clogged sebaceous glands, or oil glands.  

Because more sebaceous glands are on the face, chest, and back than the rest of the body, these areas tend to be hot spots for a type of acne called acne vulgaris. 

Sebaceous glands are responsible for secreting oil into hair follicles, so chest acne is really just a clogged up hair follicle. Excess oil secreted by the gland, sweat, dead skin cells, dirt, and pollution from the environment can all cause chest acne. 

So getting rid of it really just comes down to unclogging sebaceous glands. 

How To Get Rid of Chest Acne Fast

Since acne chest is caused mainly by clogged up sebaceous glands, then we can just take some simple steps to unclog them. But to do that, you need to figure out what you’re doing, in your day to day routine, that may be causing chest acne. 

Common Reasons for Acne on Chest:

• Hot weather and wearing sweaty shirts
• Sweaty workouts with that damp gym shirt lovingly pressing up against your chest on the drive home from the gym 
• Using skin irritating or ineffective laundry detergent that isn’t getting clothes clean
• Reusing the same bath towel too many times in a row
• Using body lotion on your chest
• Wearing tight shirts that don’t let skin breathe
• Sleeping in dirty sheets
• Eating an unhealthy diet or not drinking enough water (these can cause acne on your face, too, but it’s worth mentioning!)

Now that you have an idea of why you’re breaking out, let’s fix it. Most of these interventions are super easy to do. 

• Shower at night (or twice a day) to rinse off the day’s sweat before bed
• Use chest acne products to wash your body in the shower. These are made to unclog pores and control oil production more than regular body washes and soaps. 
• Exfoliate. Use a gentle exfoliator (ideally one made for acne prone skin) every other day to slough off dead skin cells and help pores get unclogged through mechanical exfoliation. If your skin becomes red and irritated, either switch to a gentler exfoliator or use it weekly instead of every other day.  
• Wash your bath towel in hot water after every use, or at least every other use, or grab a fresh towel every time
• Shower before leaving the gym after working out and put on fresh clothes
• Use a gentle fragrance-free laundry detergent to avoid causing skin irritation and making skin more prone to breakouts
• Be sure your laundry detergent is a decent quality and is actually washing out dirt and oil 
• Only use non-comedogenic facial moisturizer on the chest, not body lotion, which usually has pore-clogging oils as a base
• If you have mostly whiteheads or blackheads, use a blackhead remover tool, or extractor tool, to press out the gunk, then follow up with chest acne products

Some Best Chest Acne Products

We love natural and organic skin care products, as long as they actually work! Toxins found in conventional products may actually cause acne, redness, irritation, or worse. We recommend only using chest acne products that are made with ingredients that won’t irritate or dry out the skin and have a natural antibacterial key ingredient, like Tea Tree Oil or Willow Bark Extract. 

Using an acne-fighting body wash, an acne masque, then a spot treatment is going to get rid of chest acne fast. 

Then, once the acne is gone, maintain the routine by using the body wash every day and masque weekly. The spot treatment can be used only if acne pops up again. 

Just Nutritive Acne Clear Face and Body Wash

Just Nutritive is a no-frills, all natural skin care line that uses essential oils instead of chemicals. 

Key Ingredients:

• Tea Tree Oil, Foraha, Karanja and Sea Buckthorn with natural antibacterial properties to fight chest acne
• Aloe Vera to soothe and heal red, irritated skin
• Nourishing Tangerine, Jojoba, and Manuka oils won’t clog pores but will leave skin hydrated

Additional Information:

• Scent: Tea Tree, Aloe Vera
• Brand: Just Nutritive
• Skin Type: Dry
• Item Weight: 16 Ounces
• Target Gender: Unisex

Eminence Clear Skin Probiotic Masque

Eminence makes some of the best organic skin care products you can find. 

Key Ingredients:

• Aloe and Cucumber to soothe irritated skin 
• Willow Bark with antibacterial properties to banish breakouts
• Probiotics to balance skin preventing future breakouts

Additional Information:

• Skin Type: Combination
• Item Form: Cream
• Certified Organic
• Purifies, detoxifies, calms and revitalizes the skin

Alba Botanica Acne Dote Invisible Treatment Gel 

All natural Alba Botanica doesn’t use parabens, phthalates or synthetic fragrance in this spot treatment, just botanical ingredients. 

Key Ingredients:

• Willow Bark to fight acne-causing bacteria
• Salicylic Acid 2%, a powerful BHA, to penetrate the clogged pore and destroy the zit from the inside out

Additional Information:

• Scent: Invisible Treatment Gel
• Brand: Alba Botanica
• Skin Type: Acne prone
• Item Weight: 0.5 Ounces
• 100% vegetarian product

Final Thoughts

Deciding what you might be doing in your day to day life that is causing chest acne is the most important step in getting rid of it. Simply changing some basic hygiene habits might be all you need. Using natural or organic acne skin care products and maintaining the routine will keep chest acne under control. 

Frequently Asked Questions 

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