Natural skin care and acne treatment
Remember the old saying “ You are what you eat!” I discover that not only is this true for our body weight and mass but it applies to our skin condition as well. After all what happens inside your body is reflected on your skin. The type of food that you eat will determine the condition of your skin. Oily and fatty food will lead to in balance of hormones in your body and most of the time will lead to acne outbreak on your skin. If you love your skin very much, you may want to take sometime to read the rest of this article on the best natural form of acne treatment.
My article will not be complete with defining what acne is. I know you probably already know this but please just bear with me, I promise that it would be short and sweet. Acne is a skin condition that shows up as different types of bumps. They include whiteheads, blackheads, red bumps (pimples) and bumps that are filled with pus (cysts). How then does it happen? It’s caused by a problem with the sebaceous glands which produce sebum. When the channel through which the sebum reaches the skin surface becomes blocked, the dead cells forming the blockage can turn black, hence causing blackheads. If the blocked gland situated at the base of the blockage becomes infected, a reddened inflamed spot may develop. Acne is particularly common among adolescents because of hormonal activity on reaching puberty. Severe acne especially if goes untreated can leave long term scars and pockmarks.
The best type of acne treatments are the ones that are non drug or natural remedies. Some of the traditional remedies for acne include using various herbs as facial steam. One of these steams consisted of chickweed, elderflower and marigold, used in equal parts. Agrimony applied externally was also thought to be curative. Another remedy involves the spreading of sulphur ointment over the infected areas. Another natural cure involves mixing two ounces of clover flowers, two ounces of nettle tops and two ounces of comgrey flowers with four pints of boiling water and simmering this until only two pints are left. A wine glass of the resulting liquid was to be taken every three hours. However before you try any of these remedies, it’s advisable to consult your doctor to ensure that you’re not allergic to these ingredients.
I learned the hard way that alcohol should not be used as a home remedy for acne treatment and with the back cut severe acne in processed foods that replaced by a healthy diet, including lots of fruits and vehicles.
Eating healthier food like fruits, vegetables, wholegrain and grain not only helps your skin but promote overall wellness as sometimes, problematic skin could be due to some other underlying problem like colon disorder..
Apart of eating healthier food and cutting down on the junk food especially tea, coffee, microwave and fatty food, you can also try out some of herbs that are normally use for promoting healthier skin or treat skin problem. Some of these include avens, betonym borage and burdock. Other herbs include rosemary, sage, slippery elm, sorrel coltsfoor, confrey, dandelion, dock, flax, groundsel and hawthorn. Cinnamon can also be used externally as are lemon, raw potato juice, vinegar, carrot and turnip
Psyllium is a great fibra-ricos food which is good for the skin. Psyllium can be easily found at your local supermarket or natural food store. Mix a spoonful of the psyllium soup in a glass of water and drink. The shells and husks of psyllium are also useful in keeping your skin acne free and youthful by acting like a sponge in cleaning up the unwanted toxic on our skin
Just like any other acne medication, natural acne treatment needs to thoroughly checked before you start using any of them especially the oral type as sometimes it could lead to other problems. You can check out herbal sites or talk to the herbal experts and I’m sure they can point you to the right direction. However once you find the right natural acne remedy, it’s worth the effort as it’s cheaper and certainly better for your health in the long run as opposed to those factory manufactured acne medication.
