Heat Rash or Acne?
Have you ever had a really long day out in the hot sun, like say if you’ve ever gone to an amusement park with blacktop and the sun is beating off of it all day long, drenching you in sweat and making your face a veritable oil slick? Well, on days like this, many people notice that they break out in little bumps on their forehead and maybe sometimes elsewhere on their face like their chin.
So is this acne, or is it something else? Since the tiny little acne bumps that some people get do greatly resemble a heat rash, many people think they’ve had an acne breakout when in fact they’ve really only gotten a heat rash simply from being exposed to long periods of heat and sun, and perhaps even from environmental pollutants and dust, which tend to cling to your face when it’s very hot and humid, and your face gets extra oily.
Either way, the best way to beat this is to thoroughly cleanse your face when you get home, and apply a very light layer of an acne treatment cream or solution with a light amount of either benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid. My preference is salicylic acid, but it may be different for you if you have experience with both of these common OTC acne fighting ingredients.
What this will do is help to act as an astringent and “mop up” the excess oil, without overdrying since it’s a one time application, and it’s very light. Don’t overdo it. You don’t want to make it worse by breaking out further and getting dried out and irritated.
