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Not everyone experiences a seasonal variability in their acne, she says.

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However, if you tend to be prone to acne, its unlikely to improve in the summer.

Heres what the experts recommend.

Salicylic acid is oil soluble, so it can sink deep into pores and clear out clogs.

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It can also address the sweat, gently sloughing away dead skin cells trapped on the skins surface.

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This French-made paste dries out pimples with yellow clay and quells inflammation with turmeric.

In other words, they provide both treatment and prevention for summer acne.

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In fact, the weather might even work in your favor.

Be wise and moisturize

Those with acne still need tomoisturize.

Simply swapping a morelightweight moisturizercan make it more tolerable.

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In day-to-day situations, it does far more harm than good.

Not only that, but a trick of the eye is at play here too.

And immune cells carry out important roles, particularly in the skinso its best not to suppress them long-term.

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All these things can contribute to an uptick in breakouts.

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