Acne Cure Blog

You may be totally sick of spots, pimples, boils and cysts; you may not want to leave the house without a paper bag on your head; but you still may not want to subject your already damaged skin under further attack from chemicals and antibiotics. This is where herbal acne treatments come in. These treatments use herbs and other natural plant products to help to heal and prevent acne. These sorts of treatments have been used for millennia.

Tea tree oil is a popular choice for acne treatments. This is an Australian plant which doesn’t actually come from the tea plant but from a species of tree called the Melaleuca. It is a very lucrative exporter product for that country now. Often tea tree oil a main ingredient of facial washes. It is useful for its natural drying properties. That allows it to remove excess oil from the skin, so pores won’t be so likely to be blocked and cause pimples. Tea tree oil may be a little gentler than prescribed acne medication and therefore take a little longer to work, but long-term it is equally as effective as prescribed medication.

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Acne can be caused by many things. One of main problems is the hormones our body produces. Certain hormones can cause more acne problems than we realize. We need to understand that the hormones the body throws off can be a direct result of what we eat. It is a simple formula something like this one:

Sugar = insulin = hormones = oils = bacteria = acne

Understanding what causes acne can help determine where the culprit lies. The first thing is hormone changes. Our body secretes oil, called sebum, which allows the hair follicles to be lubricated. Going through puberty increases our hormones which will increase the sebum in the body. Stress can also cause our hormones to go into an uproar, which will increase the sebum, as well. With a build up of this oil, the bacteria which cause the acne has a food source. Feeding on the sebum, the bacteria begins to multiply. The skin starts to erupt with an acne outbreak.

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