Friday, March 23, 2007

Stop Your Acne In Its Tracks

During my career as a registered nurse, I learned a lot through the years aboutacne, acne scars, and acne treatments. Natural treatment methods are always abetter choice for acne due to less exposure to drugs and chemical-laden acneproducts. By their mid-teens, nearly 35% of teenagers have acne severe enoughto require some treatment from a medical professional.While almost all young people experience acne at least once, it has beenreported that 47% of those in their 20s and 30% of those in their 30s had acne.Acne is most common in teenagers and young adults. Acne is the most common skindisease.Acne rosacea is a red rash predominantly on the face. The most common type ofacne is acne vulgaris. The cause of acne is really unknown. It's not true thatdirty skin and stress cause acne. Understanding that hormones may have someinfluence on the cause of acne needs to be considered.For a good acne treatment, that has worked for many, try applying virgin coconutoil daily, but on a small test area first. You want to avoid squeezing,pinching, or picking your pimples because it can cause scars or dark spots onthe skin. One good natural method is to apply a thin layer of coconut oil andmassage it deep into the skin to heal and soothe it. Try not to touch your skinto eliminate possible contamination.It's easy to treat acne cheaply, simply, naturally, yet effective, at home. Rawapple cider vinegar application is a cheap, alternative acne treatment that hasworked for many adults, teens and children with acne, zits, pimples, orblemishes. Coconut oil is very inexpensive, therefore, a good, cheap homeremedy.A number of treatments are currently available to remove or improve acne scars.Acne scars result from increased tissue formation, response to the inflammationof acne and loss of tissue. Healed acne leaves scars in some people however,and it isn't easy to predict who will end up with scars after an acne outbreakand who won't.The liver sluffs off toxins from bad foods, drinks, drugs and chemicals andsends them through your skin resulting in skin eruptions, acne, pimples andother skin disorders. In any case, no matter what skin or acne treatment youchoose, whether it is chemical, drugs, alternative, or natural methods, changingyour diet will result in your overall good health! Drink lots and lots of pure,filtered water.Some alternative doctors recommend eating raw cloves of garlic daily for acne.Eat high-fiber snacks like raw nuts, raw seeds, and dried fruit, such as dates,and figs. Consider taking cod liver oil or fish oil supplements every day. Eatat least one organic apple with the skin on every day.Unclean skin favors the development of pathogenic organisms - the dead cellsthat continually slough off of the epidermis mix with the secretions of thesweat and sebaceous glands and the dust found on the skin to form a filthy layeron its surface. Many skin conditions can be converted into healthy skin usingnatural home remedies.Pick two or three home remedies or natural treatments and try them out on yourskin carefully. With cheap, safe, simple, natural, effective, alternative hometreatments for acne and pimples, your skin should be well on its way torecovery. And you should be able to get rid of your acne, zits and pimples andtheir symptoms, providing you've removed the cause, so it doesn't reoccur.For more information on natural treatments for acne and acne light therapy, goto Helen Hecker R.N.'s http://www.Best-Skin-Solutions.com specializing inacne, pimples, and skin disorders with tips, advice and resources for adults,teens and babies, including information on acne scar treatments

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

good info, thanks