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Natural Acne Remedies

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Many people prefer natural acne remedies over prescriptions and medications. It's a reasonable argument as well, seeing as how medical costs are rising at extrememe rates, and most medicines only quell the symptoms, not the cause.

You will rarely ever find a medical doctor that suggests you take natural remedies as opposed to the prescribed medicines. To add to that, you will rarely ever hear a friend to tell you to take medicine. No wonder so many people are confused.

What is one to do? The answer is a combination of both medical treatment and your own self-help methods. The simplest and easiest way to rid yourself of acne is to watch what you eat, perform routine facial cleansing, and specifically watch your intake of junk food.

Hereditary genes play an important role as well and they cannot be controlled like your food can, so that is why you have to monitor what you can and leave the rest to nature. Where do you begin?

Start with a good facial cleaning each morning. Use plenty of soap and good hot water. With a damp washcloth, towel, or facial cleaner, scrub your face and areas where you are affected by acne.

One thing to keep in mind is to always keep your skin somewhat moist. Dry skin can lead to a buildup of the sebum with dead skin cells, which in turn can block more pores.

If you took a sideways view of your skin, you would find that the pore is on top, followed by the stratum cornerum, epidermis, dermis, sebum, sebaceous gland, and last but not least, the hair follicle.

By giving yourself a good scrub each day, you help the skin to breathe and also wash away all the sweat and guck which has built up on your face throughout the night. As you may have guessed, it is recommended you do the same thing at night. This way you remove all the crap that collected on your skin throughout the day (so as not to add to your condition).

To add to your own self help, you could use Benzoyl Peroxide as a cold acne treatment. This cream helps to get deep down in the pore and open up any clogging, thereby allowing the pore to breathe and rid itself of dry dead skin and other matter.

Vitamin B and C foods can't hurt either as they contain essential ingredients which serve to act as antioxidants and swelling reducers. They even help to repair damaged skin from previous acne scars. Though severe scars may require the use of a good chemical peel, such as Phenol Acid.

For more information on how food can change the way your acne looks, visit Acne Free In 3 Days.

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