He also shared that this tip can be especially helpful for people with acne. “One of the first questions I ask my patients with acne is how long they wash their face for. A full 60-second wash allows the active ingredients time to sink in and clean our your pores and preps the skin for anti-acne medicine that often comes next in the routine.”

For acne-prone skin, he recommends using a cleanser with salicylic acid. “For my patients with acne, blackheads, oily skin, using a cleanser with salicylic acid is critical. It is a beta-hydroxy acid that has an affinity for our pores. It helps to dissolve the ‘junk’ and decrease oil production over time.”