Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Treat Acne Home Remedies

By Ian Lenny


Acne cases are a problem that many people have at some point or another in their lives. Usually acne cases are caused by dirt getting caught inside the pores where hair follicles are meant to grow. This clogs the pores and results in the discoloration that is normally seen in the skin. When this occurs the majority of people will seek treatment from a trained healthcare professional. This usually is not needed. IF you take the time to look around you will see that there are lots of ways to deal with acne using items you can find at any store. Actually, altering someone's diet is in many cases enough to result in a reduction in the symptoms and discoloration of the skin. Beyond this there are many unconventional treatments that are usually ignored.

Jojoba oil is a treatment that until recently was largely ignored. Jojoba oil is a tree extract that's spread over the skin. This oil is very similar to the type that is produced in human skin, and is therefore useful in treating acne. When you apply it to the sin, eventually, the body mistakes it for its own oil, and begins producing less of this oil. This helps to dry the skin out, relatively speaking, and may assist in unclogging the pores. Normally people have a well-balanced amount of oil being produced in the skin. When either too much or too little is produced it can cause skin irritations. Jojoba oil keeps the skin from over producing this oil while also acting as a moisturizer.

There are a number of methods to assist in taking care of your acne with lots of products you probably already have. For example you may use a mixture of baking soda and water that can help to dry the skin out. Using a mixture of egg yolks and oat meal over the skin can also work for those who don't want to use something as harsh as baking soda. For topical treatments to the affected area only, you can try a more targeted approach. Using a cut of ginger over the blemish has a soothing affect that may speed healing. Also vinegar and salt mixed with a little bit of lime juice is another widely used topical aid that is said to assist in the recovery of a blemish.

Most of the same home remedies that are used on blemishes can be used on acne scars as well. Lime juice for instance may be used very effectively against scars. It can help to smooth your skin, and can dry the surrounding area out. Generally if you have a scar you'll either have a raised scar or a flat scar. Flat scars have a much smaller amount of grown collagen skin across the affected area and may therefore be treated far more easily.

The larger problems are the raised scars referred to as hypertrophic or keloid scars. These types of scars have penetrated the epidermal layer and have extra collagen formed around the wound. When a cut goes this deep the body accelerates production of collagen around the wound and has a tendency to slightly overproduce. This causes the raised surface that is seen in this type of scar. To be able to remove this slight overproduction of collagen most people will normally buy microdermabrasion strips. These strips are used to scrape this small overproduction of sin off. In doing this the necessary collagen that was used to heal the wound remains while the extra is scrapped off. Obviously this type of treatment cannot be made at home, but can easily be purchased over the counter




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