Usually, a good, no-frills cleanser is all you need to get rid of back acne, but sometimes you need to break out the big guns and use a specially formulated body wash. Pick a gentle treatment like Soap & Glory Clean On Me Creamy Clarifying Shower Gel, $10. This moisturizing shower gel uses natural exfoliators, such as mandarin peel extract, to wipe out back acne. Or try Proactiv+ Cleansing Body Bars, $40, which unclogs pores with smooth exfoliating beads and salicylic acid.

To keep your sebum levels in check, give your post-showering routine a makeover, too. Steamy hot showers zap skin of moisture, leaving you with parched pores that overcompensate by producing more oil than usual, paving the way for back acne.

To prevent body acne, lower the temperature from scorching to tepid and resist the urge to scrub with your towel. Once you step out, slather on a non-comedogenic lotion, like Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion, $13.99, while your skin is still damp, then gently pat yourself dry.

Kudos for hitting the gym. But while you're pumping iron to look your best in that new bikini, your adrenal glands are pumping out testosterone, the lovely hormone that stimulates the creation of sebum. The end result: your skin gets a boost of pore-clogging oil that can lead to body acne.

Your best bet to get rid of back acne is to shower ASAP after each workout. If that's not doable, Zeichner recommends wiping off with cleansing towelettes, like The Body Shop Tea Tree Cleansing Wipes, $13.50, for normal skin. And while we're talking gym germs...

The sweat, the dust, the oil from last week's class, whatever your feet picked up since you changed into your yoga pants...there's a whole colony of pore-clogging bacteria living in your yoga mat just waiting to cause body acne.

Wipe down your mat after every use to prevent back acne. Stash some mat wipes in your gym bag to wipe down communal mats (We like Herban Essentials towelettes, $16 ). Alternatively, pick up a pre-bottled yoga mat spray, or make your own cleaner by mixing tea tree oil or vinegar with water in a spray bottle. Once a month, throw your mat in the washer without detergent for a thorough scrub down.

If you tend to be oily and frequently have bacne breakouts, Zeichner suggests spritzing your back with a spray containing salicylic acid, like Glo Therapeutics Back Acne Treatment , $33.50, to remove excess oil until you can hit the showers. We also like AcneFree Body Clearing Acne Spray, $10.99, a quick-acting formula that contains 2 percent salicylic acid, as well as glycolic acid, vitamin B3 and aloe.