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It never fails doesn’t it? You are preparing for a party and you finally have lost the weight to get into that snappy strapless dress. However, when you look in the mirror at your back, you see zits! Aaah, back acne! Where did it come from? Both males and females across a variety of age ranges have experienced back acne. It can be somewhat embarrassing, especially for men who want to take their shirts off or women who want to wear their swimsuits.

Back acne aka bacne can be hard to detect unless you feel them. And chances are that once these pimples form a head, you will. Just like facial acne, back acne is the result of thousands of oil glands producing oil with some of these glands becoming clogged. When some of your skin cells within the hair follicles located at the clogged oil gland site becomes trapped, bacteria start to fester. The result is a zit or pimple or whatever you want to call them.

There are several possible causes of back acne. First, wearing constrictive clothing which hinders air circulation around your body is one likely cause of bacne. Tight clothing tends to trap your sweat and body oils against your body leading to those clogged oil glands. Wearing a backpack or even carrying a large satchel or purse can cause back acne due to the irritation from the straps rubbing on the back repetitively.

Unlike some reports that say stress, diet or genetics play a part in facial acne; these triggers don’t seem to affect those pimples on your back. However, like pimples on your face, bacne can be in the form of blackheads, whiteheads, pustules, papules and even cystic acne, the worst form you can get. Men and women with long hair should try and avoid having their hair drag across their back as the oils from the hair would only make matters worse.

Clearing Up that Back Acne

Because the skin on your back is thicker and you have different culprits causing your bacne, treatment will be a bit different from facial pimples. First of all, when you exercise, wear loose clothing on top. And if you cannot shower right away, use a towel to wipe off the sweat.

In the shower, use a back brush or gentle exfoliating loofah or sponge to loosen dead cells and invigorate the skin. This will help keep those oil glands from blocking. In addition, use a mild cleanser with glycolic or salicylic acid which will help “medicate” those back zits.

Once out of the shower and dried, you will need to apply a topical pimple treatment like products with benzoyl peroxide. Do not apply all over your back, just to the areas where your back acne breakouts are occurring. Be sure to ask someone for help if you cannot reach certain areas. After the treatment application, allow it to dry completely as some products have been known to stain your clothing.

If you are experiencing a greater frequency of back acne or are developing what you believe are nodules or cysts, you will need to visit your dermatologist for help in determining a more aggressive treatment to rid yourself of those back zits once and for all.