Can Your Phone “Cause” Your Acne?

We live by mobile phones. We sleep with them, eat with them, guard them (sometimes better than people in our lives) and get helpless and depressed when we lose them. Americans check their phones about 47 times per day, according to a survey by Deloitte.

But do you know that the phones “pay us back” for this devotion in a less impressive way? Research has varied on just how many germs are crawling on the average cell phone, but a recent study found more than 17,000 bacterial gene copies on the phones of high school students. Scientists at the University of Arizona have found that cell phones carry 10 times more bacteria than most toilet seats. YAK!!

Considering how our phones are practically glued to our hands these days, it’s easy for such bacteria to jump back and forth from the phone to our skin including but not limited to bacteria such as Propionibacterium acnes that are the culprits behind those painful and unsightly pimples and cysts we try to fight.

How To Keep Your Phone From Impacting Your Skin

There are a few general guidelines that can be helpful for everyone to follow when it comes to avoid having your phone’s impact on your skin.

• Wash your face twice a day. This will remove all the oil, bacteria and other impurities that can build up on your face during the day, or overnight while you’re sleeping. Rember to wash your hands first, use a non-comedogenic cleanser and clean towel.
• Keep your phone clean. We constantly touch our face—and our phones—so cleaning your phone regularly could theoretically prevent bacteria from causing acne flares. If you're not disinfecting it regularly, you're likely spreading that buildup without even realizing it. The good news is you don't need pricey gadgets or special gear to clean it. With a soft cloth and a safe cleaning solution like alcohol wipes, you can wipe away bacteria without damaging your screen.
• Use earphones, they will keep your phone off your face at least part of time.
• When you talk near your desk or table and have privacy - use the stand instead and speaker phone keeping your face from being glued to the screen
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