
Acne is a skin disease caused by changes in the pilosabaceous units (skin structures consisting of a hair follicle and its associated sebaceous gland). Acne lesions are commonly referred to as pimples, spots or zits.
How to Treat Acne Naturally?
Honey
It has anti bacterial properties for disinfecting and healing minor blemishes and gentle on sensitive skin. Apply it twice a day or during bed time.
Washing Your Face
It’s advisable that you are going to wash your face using sulfur based soap that is purely designed for acne treatment. Do it when you first wake up during morning and right before going to bed at night.
Keep Your Hair Off Your Face
When you got a long hair, try to pull off your fair from your face. Your hair actually contains oils that will contribute acne formations.
Take Multi-Vitamins
Your skin depends on what you have intake as nutrition, think of it that having lack or proper nutrition your body will produce excessive nutrition, clogging pores and reducing the ability for your skin to heal and fight certain bacteria.
Carrots
Carrots is rich in beta-carotene or Vitamin A, it strengthens the protective tissue of the skin and actually prevents acne. It helps reducing sebum production and essential in maintenance and repair of the tissue of the skin.
Avoid Wearing Non-WaterBased Make-Up
Those makeup will contributes clogging our pores that causes pimples and blackheads. Just try to look on waterbased make-up.
Drink 8 Glasses of Water
Drinking water is very essential for clean skin and our health. Water acts as a carrier of our waste materials out from our body, so be sure you have adequate drink water daily.
Do not Pick or Squeeze your Pimples
It is very tempting to pick or squeeze our pimples and blackheads. But do not do it because picking your pimples will actually increase the sebum production and rupturing the membranes of your skin that will result to infections and more pimples.
Stay Clean in your Surrounding
Staying clean is the best way to eliminate pimples and blackheads, always check your hygiene specially clothes, pillow cases, handkerchief and other things you directly or indirectly used to your face.
Medical Treatments
There are also existing medical products that were developed for Acne Treament. Herein listed below some treatments used as prescribed:
Topical Batericidals
Bactericidal products containing “benzoyl peroxide” used to moderate acne formation. This cream or gel that has benzoyl peroxide is rubbed twice daily over the affected region.
Topical Antibiotics
External antibiotics such as “erythromycin, clindamycin, stievamycin or tetracycline, kill the bacteria that are harbored in the blocked follicles.
Oral Antibiotics
These include erythromycin or tetracycline antibiotics. Tae note that side effects of tetracycline antibiotics can include yellowing of the teeth and an imbalance of gut flora.
You may consult your attending physician or dermatologist for their proper prescription on drugs to be used during your acne treatment.