How do you get rid of back acne you might ask? I remember dreading being invited to pool parties or going to the beach with family or friends. Don't get me wrong, I would have loved going to both of these kind of activities, if it wasn't for my back acne.

Through experience I've come up with a couple ways to help get rid of acne on the back, and I'd like to share them with you because I know how hard having back acne can be.

The first tip, is to exfoliate the skin. This is simply breaking away the dead skin cells and allowing new, healthy skin to grow back faster. This will help you get rid of back acne faster. To do this, you'll need a gentle shower scrubber (a simple one from your local store will do). You don't need anything real fancy, but you shouldn't irritate the skin as that would only make the acne you already have worse.

Second, use baking soda. The first tip and this one go together. Apply enough baking soda to your gentle shower scrubber to cover all the areas on your body that have acne. Then, softly rub in a circular motion. Again, you don't want to irritate the skin, so take your time and be gentle when doing this. The baking soda will smooth away the skin, lessen the redness of the pimples, and will help go into the pimple and dry it out. The best thing about baking soda is that it hardly costs anything.

Third, use cold water. I'm not trying to torture you by suggesting cold water on your body. Surprisingly enough, cold water has the ability to tighten up the pores, reduce the redness around the pimples, and help new skin growth. And cold water is a lot better for the skin than hot water as it doesn't dry it out nearly as much. This is a pretty good method on how to get rid of back acne. So, at the end of your shower when your getting ready to rinse off the baking soda, switch the water to cold and use that to rinse off your body. You can also get a towel wet (with cold water) and gently apply it to the areas with acne on your back. You can do this as many times as you'd like throughout the day and it will help reduce the pimples that you already have.

These are some really simple, and greatly effective tips on how to get rid of back acne that I've been using, and has given me a clear back that I'm not afraid to show off.