Ex­perts are al­ways rav­ing about the ben­e­fits of ex­er­cise, and right­ful­ly so, since the list is a long one. But no one ever dis­cuss­es the draw­backs to your skin when work­ing out reg­u­lar­ly - chaf­ing, pim­ples on your back, chest, and face, and blis­ters on your feet. While the ben­e­fits of ex­er­cise ex­ceed these un­want­ed skin is­sues, it doesn't make them any less an­noy­ing. Here are ways to pre­vent them:

Chaf­ing:

Sweat and bac­te­ria clog pores and cause pim­ples -- and not just on your face. Work­ing out can lead to ac­ne, as well as blem­ish­es on your chest, neck and arms Since you can't pre­vent the sweat­ing while work­ing out (es­pe­cial­ly in the Sum­mer), the wick­ing fab­rics used to pre­vent chaf­ing will al­so help pre­vent break­outs. They draw mois­ture away from your skin and al­low it to breathe. Be sure the clothes that di­rect­ly touch your skin are made of breath­able, wick­ing ma­te­r­i­al. When it comes to your face, make sure to re­move any make­up be­fore work­ing out, and to wash it once your work­out is over.Af­ter your work­out is com­plete, get out of those sweaty clothes im­me­di­ate­ly and hit the show­ers. Use a gen­tle body soap or scrub that con­tains ac­ne-fight­ing sal­i­cylic acid. Don't scrub too vig­or­ous­ly, since that can ir­ri­tate your skin and lead to more pim­ples.

Blis­ters:

To avoid blis­ters, find a shoe that works for your foot, and buy the same brand and even the same mod­el when you need a new pair. Make sure your sneak­ers aren't too loose, as the con­stant shift­ing of your foot in­side the shoe will in­evitably lead to blis­ters.Since work­ing out in new shoes al­most al­ways leads to hot spots and blis­ters, when break­ing them in do it slow­ly. Al­ter­nate work­outs be­tween your old and new pair for a week or two, and once you switch over com­plete­ly to the new ones, start off with short­er work­outs, and grad­u­al­ly build up. This will help avoid ir­ri­ta­tion on your feet.New sneak­ers aren't the on­ly cul­prits when it comes to blis­ters, so is mois­ture. When your feet get sweaty, it rubs eas­i­ly on the in­side of your shoe. To pre­vent this from hap­pen­ing, try some wick­ing socks.

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