How To Get Rid Of Jawline Acne With Our Holistic Approach

Did you know that your jawline acne is the most common form of breakout? The bottom half of your face is ruled by stress and hormones, making it more prone to pimples. But breakouts on your jawline tend to be cystic so they can appear quite red and sore without a head appearing. While jawline acne is quite hard to keep under control, thank goodness there are at-home steps and products you can use to reduce inflammation and bacteria.

Up your skincare game: Now is not the time to let your skin care routine slip. Start by making sure you’re cleansing morning and night.
Introduce acne fighting ingredients: If you suffer from jawline acne and the rest of your face is in the clear, try spot cleansing. By using a salicylic infused cleanser on your chin only, you’re helping to exfoliate and breakdown the acne without drying out the rest of your face.
Reduce swelling: Wrap an ice cube in a tissue and press on the affected area for a few minutes. Ice helps to reudce constricted blood vessels.
Kill bacteria: Spot treat ance with benzoyl peroxide. It helps to reduce bacteria by drying the skin out, so be sure to use a minimal amount.
Don't stop moisturising! When you have pimples it can be tempting to try and dry the area out, but this can actually make the problem worse.

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But you can also make changes to your diet and daily habits to help resolve jawline acne.

Don’t pop: Because cystic pimples are under the skin, this doesn’t work. Popping a cystic pimple will only spread the infection and make it redder.
Change your diet: Try eliminating inflammatory food like diary. But also add complexion-boosting foods like that are rich in zinc, beta carotene and probiotics.
Don’t touch this area: We tend to touch this area quite a bit throughout the day, so be mindful not to. Instead of putting your phone to your face, to keep this area bacteria-free, try using a hands-free headphone set.
Destress: Studies have shown that stress can have an effect on your hormones that leads to an increase in oil production and, therefore, increased pimples. Try a daily meditation practice or a form of excercise you enjoy to try and relax.

Have you ever had jawline acne? How do you treat jawline acne?

*This article has been updated since its original publication date.

69 Member Comments

Rpear 9 Apr 2020 10:47 AM

Good tips ! Thanks so much ! I get the occasional one along the jaw if I’m stressed.

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susancrook 30 Sep 2019 8:52 AM

I can definitely recommend using Zinc Cream and zinc tablets. from the chemist. Cleared up my skin in a week. I was so amazed. Definitely works on hormonal acne. I had previously tried other products and nothing had work. I had the acne for months and it wouldn't go away. I was desperate so went into the local pharmacy and the assistant recommend trying Zinc. and it worked.

Chenstar 23 Sep 2019 4:56 AM

I can not refrain from squeezing!

Hayley644 20 Sep 2019 7:51 PM

Luckily not an issue for me.

Chrystalage 20 Sep 2019 4:01 PM

But it’s so hard not to squeeze...

Neel8888 20 Sep 2019 11:20 AM

Strangely enough, over the last 15 years that I have been battling acne, I never used to breakout at the jawline or chin until around 6 months ago. No idea what caused that but I have started using a retinoid and it seems to be helping somewhat.

Mandy_1987 19 Sep 2019 7:05 PM

Great advice. Especially adding zinc and probiotics

CaitMay 19 Sep 2019 6:16 PM

I usually get any spots on my chin, usually hormone related.

Lisa359 19 Sep 2019 4:54 PM

It's always hormonal for me, every month , always on my jawline.

ThisIsMe 19 Sep 2019 11:42 AM

Luckily I haven't had an issue with acne but great details article

Peach perfect 19 Sep 2019 11:17 AM

Great article

Isabelbolton 19 Sep 2019 9:37 AM

I need to practice not touching breakouts when I get them. It’s such a bad habit that I have.

LadyLola 19 Sep 2019 8:55 AM

I have had hormonal breakouts but so grateful I have never had to deal with acne.

Petal 18 Sep 2019 8:35 PM

I had breakouts on my jaw/chin in my late twenties for about a year but they cleared up. It was probably hormonal.

Miss19 18 Sep 2019 8:34 PM

I found that taking supplements high in GLA has helped me SO much with my acne along with changing my diet

Tigerlily 18 Sep 2019 7:41 PM

No not so much jawline acne touch wood

Yohanna 18 Sep 2019 7:11 PM

I had bad case of acne and more...especially jawline area (hormones messed up with bad dies etc)...all until my diet change, whole food plant based. Then it all went away.

Snailor 18 Sep 2019 7:08 PM

If it’s cystic see a doctor to see if it’s PCOS...I was wondering why my cystic acne never let up!

Shop A Everyday 18 Sep 2019 7:00 PM

Always important to wash my face after exercising, especially if I have sunscreen on

clearcrystalwater 18 Sep 2019 6:49 PM

I've had this and I conquered it (most of the time!) by using Aspect Purastat5 Cleanser alongside with cutting out dairy altogether. It works for me so I've stuck with this and I've mostly had no trouble in this area. So it's been greatly controlled on my jaw by doing this.

Rose_P 18 Sep 2019 5:41 PM

Thank goodness I’ve never really had any problems with acne.

Tee631 18 Sep 2019 5:34 PM

Oops I meant *no (in my comment above)

I can’t help but pop it - oh ni

S-P 18 Sep 2019 5:12 PM

I do agree that stress is a huge factor.

Margi59 18 Sep 2019 4:38 PM

Definitely sounds like good advice you would think as a mature woman, that I would be over pimples but occasionally, I do get Jawline Acne very annoying until they finally go away.

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