Skin breakout

When you've got an oil spill, you tend to want to clean it up.
But over-scrubbing just provokes the skin to break out more angrily—which is why you should wash gently and use a towel that you save only for your face, says  New York dermatologist and psychiatrist Amy Wechsler, MD. The next temptation?

To take that poor pimple out of its misery. You know you shouldn't, but maybe a little squeezing won't hurt, just this once? Honestly, not a good idea.
"This is especially true for patients with darker skin, who often end up with dark brown spots at the sites of pimples—it's actually called post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH)," says Andrew Alexis, MD, MPH, director of the Skin of Color Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital. "PIH generally improves over time, but very slowly."