Home Remedies For Acne

June 3rd, 2009, Posted in General

A lot of the problems of Acne can be caused by your diet. While it has been proven that chocolate does not cause acne, that doesn’t mean diet is unrelated to the disease. In fact it is very important - and a healthy diet will help more than just acne, but your overall wellbeing. Home remedies for acne include but are not limited to diet changes.

Many people look for natural home remedies as they are often more convenient as well as being cheaper. However everyone is different so make sure you see your doctor before trying and of these. Home remedies for curing acne can be quite difficult to judge, so if you aren’t sure you should always visit a doctor to get professional medical advice!

There are plenty of home remedies for acne, and some are more effective than others. The list below shows some of the more common ones that you can try. Be aware that every person is different and these methods may or may not help your situation. Eating a healthy diet rich in vitamins can only help the process.

  1. Toothpaste is regularly recommended for reducing swelling os spots and pimples on the skin. This one is easy to try out, just put some toothpaste on your skin before you go to bed and see if it has made a difference in the morning. It’s best to test this for yourself on a small area of your face rather than trying the whole face in one night, as it’ll be easier to see if a real difference has been made.
  2. A mixture of rose and lemon water can sometimes help reduce the swelling of acne. Put the mixture (one part each of rose and lemon) on your face and then rinse about half an hour after. Try doing this regularly to see whether it makes a difference.
  3. Orange peel is another common one. After mashing it mix it with water before putting it on your face. Again, do this regualarly for maximum benefit.
  4. Garlic is another treatment often passed around for acne, although it isn’t the most comfortable! If you can stand the smell, then try applying it to the area of acne regulaarly to aid in reducing the swelling of the pimples.

Again, these methods won’t work for everyone although they seem to have worked for people in the past, so it may be worth giving them a go if your doctor says that it is advisable to do so. Always get the go ahead from your doctor before doing any home remedies for acne just to be on the safe side - you don’t want to make the situation worse!

Home remedies for acne scars are usually less effective than for acne itself. This is because scars are difficult to treat, but it can be done as long as you are willing to pay a bit of money for laser surgery.

Causes Of Acne

June 3rd, 2009, Posted in Causes

If you really want to know quick home remedies for acne, it’s important to know what causes acne. With just a little bit of knowledge it will be easier for you to distinguish between home remedies that are likely to work and those that aren’t!

Scientifically, the reason acne starts is because the follicles in the skin becomes clocked. White heads are then caused by the skin pores becoming clocked by an oil that occurs naturally in the skin. Under certain conditions a bacteria that is naturally found on the body can cause inflammation. This is what causes puffiness, redness and in the most severe cases permanent scarring.

Acne is a complex problem and because of that it’s very difficult to understand exactly why it happens. It is thought to be hereditary in some - but not all - cases. It is defiitely more common during adolescence when a teenager is going through puberty which is unfortuantely one of the wost times it could happen as many teenagers already have low self esteem. The reasons it occurs more often at this time is due to an increase in the hormone androgen in the body. However acne can begin at any time during a persons lifetime - it is just more likely to happen in puberty.

While acne isn’t easy to get rid of, there are plenty of acne skin care products on the market that claim to do so.

There are many other causes of acne, some are proven while others are yet to be conclusively proved. These include:

  • Stress. It has been shown that in some cases the severity of acne is increased when a person is highly stressed. This can be made worse by the fact that acne itself often causes high stress for the person who has it.
  • Bacteria in the skin pores can also make acne worse which is why antibiotics are now starting to be used to treat acne.
  • Hyperactive sebaceous glands can also cause acne
  • The effect of diet on acne has been a point of immense debate. It has been shown that chocolate is not a cause of acne as many people still think, instead it may actually help acne due to some complicated scientific reasons. A high in carbohydrate diet may worsen acne although this has yet to be completely proven, although studies are currently ongoing.

Androgen isn’t the only hormone that can cause acne. High amounts of testosterone as well as several others can also cause it. There are various other factors that may cause/worsen acne but these are the most common.