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Do you have problems with skin blemishes and pimples or suffer from gum inflammation or dandruff? In our guide articles we give you valuable information and tips on various topics and explain how medical plants (e.g. tea tree oil) can help with your problem.

Causes of Pimples around the Chin – And How to Get Rid of Them!

They are not exactly our best friends and yet most of us make acquaintance with them: pimples on the chin. They appear in a wide variety of forms. Small or large pimples, superficial or underground pimples, painful or less painful pimples. How pimples on the chin develop, what causes them and how you can treat pimples on the chin, you will learn in this article.

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Face Mapping

In this article you will learn what face mapping actually is, which zones there are in face mapping and how these different zones can be interpreted.

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Get rid of stress acne: Recognize causes & Treat stress pimples

Stress is not good for our psyche or our body - that's nothing new. Nevertheless, many people underestimate the influence of stress on our skin. Stress spots can be caused by the body's stress response, or more precisely by the hormones that are released.

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How do you recognize comedogenic products?

Care products that cause skin impurities? Sounds contradictory at first, but it can certainly be the case. Find out here how you can recognize such products and ingredients.

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Impure skin due to hormones

Since our hormones are often to blame for blemished skin, here's an overview of the most common causes, development and treatment of hormonal acne.

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Initial worsening – What is behind Skin Purging?

Initial aggravations due to skin purging when introducing a new product can be quite normal. However, it is important that you are able to distinguish initial aggravations from allergies and know how to care for your skin during this time.

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Milia: Know the Underlying Causes and Prevent Skin Grains

Blemishes on the face are quite normal. But white spots under the eyes are not classic pimples, but so-called milia. What exactly milia are, how you can treat them and what you can do preventively against milia, you will learn in this article.

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Proper facial care for blemished skin

You have blemished skin and are looking for the right care? Find out how impure skin develops, what causes impure skin and what the right care for impure skin looks like.

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Squeeze out pimples? If so, then do it right!

Can you squeeze pimples and blackheads? While squeezing pimples offers quick relief for many people, there are some risks involved that need to be taken into consideration. Here you can find out what really matters when squeezing pimples to prevent further inflammation or pimple marks.

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What are the types of skin blemishes?

In this article you will learn what types of blemishes exist and how they are caused.

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Cosmetician Alexandra Beck

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What are sebaceous filaments and how to get rid of them?

Do you also have small spots on your nose and chin? These are not blackheads, but follicular filaments. Learn in this article what follicular filaments are and how to treat them.

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Underground and Encapsulated Pimples

Although hardly visible from the outside, subterranean pimples or even encapsulated pimples are nevertheless unpleasant and often painful. Discover the causes of blemishes and what you can do about them.

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Smoker’s skin and non-smoker’s skin – The skin after quitting smoking

Smoking is considered one of the unhealthiest habits, yet it is widespread and embedded in everyday life. While it mainly harms the lungs, most consumers forget that the skin also suffers. In this article you will learn how quitting smoking affects your skin and how you should care for your skin after quitting smoking.

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Blemished Skin and the Gut: The Gut as a Cause of Oily Skin and Acne

Even if the gut and the skin have little in common at first glance, the health of the gut can be reflected in the skin. A damaged gut can lead to oily skin and acne. What you can do about it, we reveal here.

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Impure skin in men

Even after puberty, some men are still prone to pimples, blemishes or acne - also called late acne in adulthood. Find out here how you can improve the state of your skin.

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Skin and hormones: blemishes like pimples after ovulation

Find out why the condition of your skin is related to your menstrual cycle and why pimples are normal after ovulation.

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Cosmetician Alexandra Beck

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Skin care for blemished skin – 12 care principles

Struggling with blemished skin? Here you'll learn 12 skin care principles that will help you create a clearer complexion.

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Does tea tree oil help against pimples?

In this article you learn what pimples are, how they are formed and how tea tree oil can help against them.

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Cosmetician Alexandra Beck

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Causes of impure skin

Struggling with recurring blemishes and tired of treating the symptoms? Learn more about the causes of blemished skin here and find sustainable beautiful, clear skin.

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Cosmetician Alexandra Beck

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Blemished skin and pimples after stopping the pill

You have stopped taking the pill and have problems with blemished skin and pimples? Find out here how blemishes and pimples develop after stopping the pill and how you can treat them.

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Cosmetician Alexandra Beck

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Pimples during pregnancy

Are you pregnant and struggling with blemishes? Find out here why your skin reacts this way and how you can effectively combat pregnancy acne.

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Cosmetician Alexandra Beck

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Maskne – what to do when masks cause pimples

You struggle with blemished skin since you wear a mouth and nose mask every day? Learn more about the reasons for a so-called maskne and find back to a sustainable, beautiful and clean skin.

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Cosmetician Alexandra Beck

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Menopausal skin problems

Do you have skin problems during menopause? Find out here how your skin changes during menopause and how you should best care for it now.

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Diet for blemished skin: what kind of food and nutrients can help

In this article you will learn which foods are responsible for blemished skin and which foods help to improve blemished skin.

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Cosmetician Alexandra Beck

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Backne – When pimples on the back become acne

Learn how to best deal with pimples on your back and what to look out for if you have acne on your back.

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Cosmetician Alexandra Beck

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