ACNE

Natural Acne Treatment -

• At first for pimples, put an ice cube in a piece of plastic wrap and hold it on the area affected at least twice a day for 5 minutes at a time. The cold will reduce the redness and ease the inflammation.

• Apply a drop of tea-tree oil to blemishes three times a day to discourage infection and speed up healing.

• Apply vinegar or lemon juice to pimples using a cotton wool ball. The acids present in lemon juice and tablespoons of vinegar can help to flush out pores.

• Apply Aloe vera. It heals the skin within a few days Buy the product containing aloe vera, Or squeeze the gel from the middle of a freshly cut leaf and apply it to the skin.

• Applying live, natural yogurt to the skin helps soothe and heal particularly after a camomile steam bath has opened up the sebaceous glands. Allow the steam to rise over your face.

• For acne that flares up before a menstrual period, drink 1 to 2 cups of chaste berry tea a day. This herb helps to regulate female hormones but give it 2 or 3 months to work. Sage ad red clover may also help control the excess production of sebum by moderating hormone levels.

Your skin produces too much sebum a natural oily lubricant and the excess is blocking your pores. There are two kinds of acne.

• The most common form of acne vulgaris occurs on your face, chest, shoulder, or back as blackheads, whiteheads or red spots.

• Cystic acne occurs as painful cysts or firm painless lumps. Hormone fluctuations caused by puberty

• Other culprits include certain types of makeup sunbathing and stress.

• Acne is usually hereditary.

To Squeeze or Not to Squeeze - Don't squeeze or pick the spot - you'll make it worse. To deal with blackheads, buy a blackhead extractor available online or in some pharmacies. Soften the blemish with a hot-water compress for 10 minutes before you use the device, rest of the natural remedies are given to you to see which works for your skin.