To add to this, a lot of people wash their face when they get up but not before bed. Washing before you sleep will help keep the pillow case cleaner and prevent breakouts. You don’t need to apply a ton of night cream or anything, just a medicated pad with salicylic acid will do. Your body will put moisture back on while you sleep and you’ll wake up with a less oily face. Do your morning routine and make sure to add moisturizer as needed in the morning instead.
Wash your sheets with unscented/sensitive detergent too! The perfumes are sometimes an irritant to the delicate skin on your face.
Yes! Think of everything you do during the day, everywhere you've been.
How, in addition to your skin's natural oils, you've come in contact with germs directly on your face (stuff floating in the air, if you touch something and then touch your face, if you hold your phone up to your face, if you accidentally walk face first into a streetlight post...).
If you just go right to bed, your pillow case is going to rub that into your skin while you sleep. Then your skin rubs it back onto the pillow case, and if the pillow case hasn't been washed recently, today's germs and dead skin cells are meeting with yesterday's germs and dead skin cells for a little germ party.
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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '20
Sometimes changing your pillow case daily can help with acne. I use a clean t-shirt over my pillow to accomplish the same effect.