Mixing acne remedies is a common idea. After all, if one works and the other works, wouldn’t they be twice as effective if used together. Yes and no. You have to choose your acne remedy combinations quite carefully. Basically speaking, for example, if you mix tea tree oil and witch hazel, you will probably be fine, in fact your skin will be great. But for example, there’s no real need to mix tea tree oil and benzoyl peroxide, because they do the same thing!
This being said, there are more important things to worry about when it comes to mixing acne remedies. Mixing the wrong acne remedies together can be not only damaging, but dangerous to your skin! I’m not exaggerating at all. Actually, they say that you shouldn’t mix vitamin A or benzoyl peroxide with any other acne remedies, let alone with each other. They should be the sole ingredient in that mix and the other ingredients should be moisturizers, preservatives, or something else that is not technically an acne remedy. Why?
Both vitamin A and benzoyl peroxide are extremely damaging and harsh to the skin on their own, as is glycolic acid. When you mix them together, you are asking for far more trouble without actually getting better results. This is why it’s so ironic that one prescription that claims prescriptions are the only way is the only one stupid enough(outside of Acne Free Severe)to combine those particular ingredients. The other problem with mixing acne remedies is that sometimes they negate the benefits of each other such as combining antibiotics and birth control.
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