Natural Acne Remedies

It's a generally known fact that acne haunts the lives of teenagers and even adults every day. It can be the worst experience of some people's lives due to self esteem issues stemmed from acne that sometimes leads to horrible other things like drug use or even suicide. The torture that consumes most teenagers can definitely lead to similar issues in their adult lives. I would like to discuss some acne treatments that could improve the lives of some teenagers in their very sensitive years of self-esteem growth.

Acne is something that needs to be attacked aggressively. Like I said above, it tends to bring hard to repair self esteem issues in teenagers and young adults that can cause problems in later years. The difference between chemically based acne treatments and natural ones is a very thick line. Not only do most acne treatments that are chemically based contain ingredients that dry out your skin and make it a lot harder to regenerate healthy cells for healing, but some of them can cause cancer, liver/kidney damage, or even male sexual reproductive problems. Are any of those things a fair trade for acne? The risk for using them sometimes is never clear due to the slick marketing scams that companies are known to use. Consumers are mostly blind to these harmful attributes and needless to say, the best acne treatments are not as easy to find as they look. Most of them do more harm than good and often are mistaken by attractive sales pitches.

Natural acne treatments are a lot less abrasive and even more importantly, safe! In using these acne treatments you are hitting two birds with one stone by effectively treating your acne and not putting harmful chemicals into your face that will in time lead to much more problems. Ingredients in some natural acne treatments to look for contain things like Resveratrol, a miracle that comes from the skin of red grapes. It is found in most red wines and it is use in aiding heart disease prevention. It lowers your chance of cancer by having anti-cancer/anti-inflammatory agents, and also does wonders in fighting the bacteria that causes your acne in the first place. Chamomile is also a wonderful ingredient to look for because of its soothing agents; it will reduce your redness and help calm inflammations. Other natural ingredients should contain tangerine oils, rose hip oils, and aloe vera. These all help with reducing scarring and your over all skin health.

Any natural acne treatments should never contain chemicals like benzoyl peroxide. Benzoyl peroxide not only dries out your skin and irritates it, but it also makes it near impossible to regenerate healthy skin cells. A common miss-leading sales pitch in the cosmecuticals industry to keep you buying more. It also has been linked to cancer and caused cancerous tumors in lab rats during clinical testing. Parabens are easily distinguished in another form called ethyl/methyl. Parabens are carcinogens that not many people know about and rub into the skin to be absorbed everyday to treat their acne. This is very dangerous and should never be found in skin care product.

Felix Owns is one of the most influential and respected skin care authorities in the world. He has provided advice on everything from the best acne treatments and organic facial cleansers to questions for your dermatologis and the most effective dry hand creams