Acne Home Remedies-Do they Really Work?
However chiseled your facial features are, if you skin is not healthy or if you sport facial acne your beauty is undermined. There are several remedies available in the market but women still prefer home remedies to the costly acne lotions. So many acne treatments really work and the traditional medicines such as herbal medicines are more effective in reducing and to eliminate acne without any side effects. Some herbs have anti-inflammatory properties and used as acne treatments. They include calendula, German Chamomile, Witch hazel, Licorice root, Flaxseed and flaxseed oil and also Tea Tree Oil.
Simple home remedies include using neem seed cake, as paste that is applied to face and due to its powerful blood purifying action as well as detoxifying the skin acne will be routed to the cause. There are numerous scientific evidences that neem increases the body immunity by revitalizing the lymphocytes and thereby responding to infection and other challenges to the body immunity.
It’s the antibacterial properties that make it very effective in curing acne.
Tea Tree oil is compared to benzoyl peroxide in reducing the acne and having fewer side effects such as stinging, itchiness and dry skin which is associated with the benzoyl peroxide otherwise. The oil is diluted and applied on the lesions of acne. The oil contains a constituent called terpinen-4-ol, which is useful in the anti-bacterial activity. Apply topical tea tree oil to the acne lesions at home and it acts on the Propionibacterium acnes which is the bacterium that causes acne and in fact control it.
Calendula flowers are also in acne treatments. Prepare tincture from Calendula flowers and apply it on the affected skin portions. Since the petals of the flowers have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties acne is controlled.
German Chamomile oil also has anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, ant-itching agent and helps in curing and repairing of the skin. The oil can be applied on the skin with acne.
Flaxseed supplements are very popular in home remedies of acne segment. Flaxseed oil is rich with omega-3 essential fatty acid. The deficiency of omega-3 fatty acid causes dry skin, sticky platelets and inflammation of the tissue and hence the inclusion of the omega-3 fatty acids in the diet is a natural acne treatment in itself. Alpha linolenic acid (ALA) is found in flaxseed oil, which is one of the three types of omega-3 fatty acids and an intake of ALA to about 2,220 mg a day can correct its deficiencies and acne indirectly.
Amaranth seeds can be used as a face wash by making a tea from the seeds. Get basil based oil and apply as directed on the affected parts.
There are several acne treatments that can be done at home and still one can get guaranteed results without any untoward side effects. So, try your hands on these! Wish you acne-free face soon.