Sun Improve Acne? Myth? I’m here to debunk the truth!
Many people have a different experience whether the sun has helped to improve their skin completion and clear their pimples. When i was on summer vacation last year, i discovered that the sunlight dramatically improved and cleared my skin completion. However it was short lived and after a couple weeks my acne came back. From this experience I can comfortably say it’s a very short lived solution, also being in the sun for long durations of time, can also increase your risk from getting skin cancer. Another possible reason to why acne might clear during a summer period is the whole idea of being relaxed. Relaxing and basking in the sun, in most cases equals less stress, and stress has been proven to be a contributor to acne and breakouts.
While lying in the sun, the sunlight dries out your skin, thus slowing the process of acne from developing. However from drying out the skin, the skin will produce much more sebum to compensate for dried up skin. Therefore the extra seburm, will clog up your pores, thus creating more acne, in which you will breakout in the long run.
So basking in the sun may improve your skin in the short term, you may see some minor improvements, however in a couple weeks, 80%, of the time you will breakout. Also if you are trying to get a facial tan while having acne, it will increase the time in which acne marks (normally red marks on your skin) from previous breakouts will diminish. If you want a tan and have acne, I wouldn’t recommend staying in the sun for long periods of time. However if you desperately want a tan, make sure you obtain one of those tan lotions which contain at least 15SPF of sun cream, and is Non-Comedogenic (doesn’t clog your pores)
To conclude, in the short term your acne may improve, but in the long run 80% of the time you will breakout. So the whole ide a of the sun improving acne is false, and in actual fact it will make your acne even worse.
