| ACNE: Is It Easier to Treat than You Think it is? |
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| Written by Sheila Gideen |
| Monday, 08 February 2010 09:36 |
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What's the largest organ in your body? It's your skin! Your skin is a living, breathing body part that serves many important functions. It's helps to eliminate toxins (one of the reasons sweat smells bad!), and it helps to regulates body temperature (natural air conditioning!), as it protects you from environmental toxins and pathogens.
What's the largest organ in your body? It's your skin! Your skin is a living, breathing body part that serves many important functions. It's helps to eliminate toxins (one of the reasons sweat smells bad!), and it helps to regulates body temperature (natural air conditioning!), as it protects you from environmental toxins and pathogens. Your skin is sensitive to it's environment. Give it what it needs and it will look health and vibrant. Abuse it and you'll suffer a host of problems, including acne. Acne sufferers are subject to an onslaught of advice and commercials that are designed to manipulate your emotions and get you to buy the newest products. While some of them might produce good results, you'll stand a far better chance of success if you avoid the following factors: Smoking. Smoking causes heart disease, cancer and the thinning of your skin. Your skin has to have blood flow to cleanse the toxins that cause acne. smoking will reduce your physical activity (exercise) which you need in order to be healthy and fit. In many ways, smoking CAUSES acne! Using Topical Steroids. Be careful when using cortisone-based medicines. They can make your skin thin and cause redness and irritation. Cortisone creams can produce wonderful results in the hands of a skilled physician, but be careful not to believe the claims of drug manufacturers. Cortisone masks symptoms, it doesn't cure underlying CAUSES. Try tea tree oil diluted in water instead. ANTIBIOTICS: Your body is host to billions of bacteria, some of them good and some of them not so good. You need a healthy population of bacteria like acidophilus in your digestive tract in order to digest your food. Antibiotics kill good bacteria as well as bad bacteria. "Good" bacteria protect you from parasites and bacteria. Antibiotics can cause stress and damage to your liver, so be careful to follow your doctor's orders. If you take antibiotics at the advice of a doctor, eat acidophilus-containing foods like yogurt every day. Four-In-One-Blades. During an active case of acne, you need to be gentle to your skin. Unfortunately, frustration and self-loathing due to acne can cause us to treat our skin rougher than we should. Using four blades instead of a single blade cartridge can cause severe irritation and, by slicing the "head" off a cyst, expose it to infection and scabbing. Four-in-Ones can cause permanent scarring if used improperly. If you have bumps, scabs (from squeezing), or cysts, use a single-blade cartridge. Popping your Pimples. If you feel anxious about your acne, you might feel compelled to squeeze your zits. Here's a friendly word of advice: DON'T! If you pop your acne pustules you'll do two things. A) drive the bacteria and pus deeper into the pore, and B) cause scars. While popping your acne may seem like a good thing to do right now, you'll pay for it down the road: scars caused by squeezing acne "heads" NEVER go away. There are safe ways of extracting small whiteheads or blackheads but you would be wise to leave that to a skin care professional. Excessive Vitamin A. Concentrated doses of any supplement are not NATURAL and they are not always SAFE. Every year, people are hospitalized from overdoses of vitamins. Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin, which means that it's not easily flushed from the body, like Vitamin C. Vitamin A from green leafy vegetable and fruits can be very helpful in resolving acne, but taking too much can cause liver damage. Always read and follow the dosage instructions on the bottle. they're there for a reason! Steroid Creams for Rosacea. Over the counters steroid creams for Rosacea. This should be a no-brainer. Taking over the counters make your skin red and irritated is is downright DUMB if you're suffering from rosacea. Always consult your dermatologist prior to applying over the counters on inflamed and highly sensitive skin. Acne sufferers often bear their symptoms on the most visible parts of their bodies, the face, chest, and back. It can be an enormous emotional burden. Luckily, lifestyle changes can eliminate most acne outbreaks. TV commercials would have you think that all you need is the latest portion or pill. In reality, acne is a symptom of a lifestyle problem. Take it as a wake-up call so you can address the underlying causes of acne so you can be rid of it forever! About the Author: Yes there really is a natural treatment for acne and zits. Before you spend another day suffering and before you spend another PENNY on acne medicines, visit TreatmentForAcneAndZits.com to discover how you can treat your acne naturally. |