Does washing your face with soap and water actually help?

I wash my face every night with soap and water and I'm not really seeing results. So, does it actually work or am I just wasting my time? Thanks!!Does washing your face with soap and water actually help?
It depends on what kind of Soap you use..make sure to read the ingredients..It should contain no oil..you will find most soaps have oil in them..also try not to touch your face alot..we have natural oils on our hands and the more you touch your face the more oil you put right back on it..Does washing your face with soap and water actually help?
Are you talking about acne? If you are, acne starts below the skin and really has nothing to do with dirt on the skin. Soap doesn't penetrate the pores to clear them out. If you have acne, you need something like benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid to work below the surface of your skin.
try lemon juice i tried for atleast two nights and i saw results on the very first day.








how to put the lemon juice on:





1.cut a fresh lemon open





2.rubber it all over your face





3.it will ich for a few minutes,but just ingore it and don't touch it for strech your face.





4.put it on in the night and in the morning wash it off.
yes it helps


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Yes, it does help but you should use Clean%26amp;Clear, Proactiv, or some other facial medicine. Soap and water alone wont get many results, especially if you do it too often. If your scrubbing your face five times a day, it could actually get worse. Good luck.
I wash my face night and morning using Neutrogena Pore Refining Cleanser. It keeps my skin clean and make the pores look smaller!





I use to have okay skin...then tried Proactiv and it made it much, much worse. The ingredients in Proactiv actually are not any stronger than over the counter cleansers. Some store sold cleanser or ones from a dermatologist actually have more active ingredients in them.





Keep washing your face and trying different cleansers until you find the one that works for you.





And even after you find one, it may slow or quit working after a while....sometimes skin can get too use to a product and its effects are lessened.





Good Luck
try using clearasil or some kind of face wash. you'll get better results.
I'm repeating a bit of what others have said





Everytime you sweat majorly, at least rinse your face


don't use regular soap, use one specifically for your face


salicylic acid works great as ';soap'; even though, for some reason, they refuse to call it soap


toner (some say to clear debris, others say to restore pH of skin


Afterwards, apply benzoyl peroxide (2.5%)


sunblock


at least twice a day


keep hair out of your face


make sure you have clean pillow sheets


dunno if you're a girl or not, but if you use make-up, make sure it's non-cosmogenic (sp?) ie ask the counter ppl if it's good for acne