Natural Remedies for acne is the best way to go. Most of those face washes and three step acne treatments do more harm then good. Take a look at any of those products and chances are that the active ingredients inside are either benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid.
These acids basically "treat" acne by killing the bacteria in pores and drying the *#$#^ out of your skin until it sloughs off as dead skin cells. Needless to say, this approach is ridiculous. Side effects I have personally experiences are increased redness and very dry skin (which led very oily skin).
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So ditch those and stick with natural remedies for acne. Let's get started.
Quick Fix
When I refer to quick fix I am referring to how to treat existing acne. In order to cure acne you must kill the source, which is internal.
To prevent external factors i.e. bacteria, oils, dead skin cells, etc. from causing breakouts you need to
(1) Exfoliate
(2) Keep skin and pores clean
(3) Keep oils from staying too long on your skin
To exfoliate you want to use baking soda mixed with baking powder (3/4 baking soda and ¼ baking powder). Take this mix and very gently rub your skin once a week.
To keep skin and pores clean you want to:
(1) Go out to your local health store or supermarket and get yourself European clay and apple vinegar. What you want to do is to make yourself a clay mask. To make this mask, just mix the powdered clay with water and a very little bit of apple vinegar (a few drops). Apply this mask to your face.
This will suck out toxins and dry out existing acne or pimples. Remember to lotion liberally (a lot) afterwards. Cetaphil offers a very decent lotion but if you are prone to redness then try a light lotion with aloe in it. Even better, get aloe vera itself and apply liberally after mask.
(2) Buy a gentle face wash. Any will do (pick one that you like:-]) as long as it isn't an acne face wash of any kind. Wash your face at night with this wash. If you don't get oily or dry skin easily then wash your face in the morning as well with this wash. But if you do get oily or dry skin easily you want to wash your face with warm water only (in the morning).
(3) Next you want to go to your dermatologist or doctor and ask for a prescription for ZIANA (clindamycin phosphate 1.2% and tretinoin 0.025%) Gel. This is basically an antibiotic and treats pimples virtually overnight. Very effective.
To keep oils from staying too long on your skin go and get oil absorbing sheets from any Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, or the likes. Dab your face with these sheets throughout the day as needed. Prolonged oil on skin is the leading external cause of acne.
If you have really excessive oily skin then you may consider taking Vilantae (a dietary supplement) for three months. It's very effective.
Long Term
Start strengthening, detoxing, and cleansing your internal system. This is where acne stems from; how severe your acne is simply reflects how unhealthy your internal system is.
(1) Start taking Pro-biotics daily - healthy bacteria in your stomach
(2) Drinking plenty of detox tea - detoxing your system
(3) Drinking plenty of lemon water - detoxing and cleansing your system
(4) Taking one garlic tablet a day (there are odorless garlic tablets) - kills parasites
So yea, I hope this answered any questions you had about natural remedies for acne but if there's anything else you need to know please feel free to drop me a line, I'd be glad to help.
I have pretty sensitive skin and I've gone through the whole trial and error process. The quick fix provided I have personally used back when I used to get acne and it was very fast at getting rid of pimples and acne (remember to use only a thin layer of the ZIANA gel though; putting more on will make the pimple worse).
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The long term suggestions come from the acne treatment system that I used to cure my acne; you can learn about the system now by reading my Acne No More Review!
Best Regards, Lawrence Park
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