Avoid rubbing, touching, or itching your skin with your hands. Your hands contain a lot of bacteria that can cause acne flare-ups. This is definitely one of the most often overlooked remedies. Seriously, stop putting your hands by your face! And everything else too? here are a few things that come into contact with most people?s faces every day:

• resting hands on your cheeks while reading.
• rubbing your chin, or resting it on a surface while thinking ? How gross do you think that desk is?
• Be careful of your cell phone... it spends lots of time in dirty places. How many minutes does it spend pressed against your cheek? Clean it daily with an alcohol pad to prevent bacteria from forming.

Touching your face is probably one of the most difficult things to avoid since you don?t even think about it. You aren?t alone, everyone communicates with their hands and their face, so most of your hand to face contact throughout the day is completely unconscious in nature. Make it a habit to avoid hand contact and be conscious of it during the day to avoid bacteria.