14 Beauty Editors on the Products They Turn to When They Feel a Breakout Coming

Beauty editors may have access to top dermatologists, regular facials, high-tech skin-care gadgets and the fanciest of pimple potions — but even they still get pimples. However, they've learned to cope with a little insight from their expert esthetician and dermatologist buddies.

As a group, beauty editors' approach to dealing with breakouts is surprisingly low-key and inexpensive. Take, for example, the super simple (and basically free!) treatment both PopSugar's Kelsey Castañon and Hypebae's Stixx M. swear by: ice.

"Weirdly, any time I feel an undergrounder coming on, I immediately reach for an ice cube. I'll apply one to the area a few times a day, any time I can remember: ice on for one minute, ice off for two, repeat," Castañon tells Fashionista. "It's the only thing (for me) that stops the bump from forming." Her followup treatment: "I force myself to sit on my hands so I don't touch my face."

We asked a whole bunch of our beauty editor friends to share their go-to tips and products for that moment they feel a breakout coming on — and let's just say, these people are not shy about talking about pimples.

Read on for their favorite acne-fighting spot treatments, pimple patches, salicylic acid cleansers, clarifying masks and clearing serums, as well as their advice on how to maximize their effects.

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