As you already know, acne-prone skin sheds more dead skin cells than dry skin, and these cells stick to the oily skin surface forming a great breeding environment for all sorts of bacterial. To remove the dead skin cells you need a careful approach. Scrubbing them away would seem a logical option, but if you have inflamed lesions, you risk damaging the fragile skin on top of them and introduce new irritants and bacteria to the mix. Result? Even more inflammation. Read more of this post