Acne Cure Blog

Really, acne is a complex skin condition. Both males and females can be cursed by this nagging problem. Let’s find out a bit about what acne is first, and what causes it, so we can see why a revolutionary new treatment, Acne Complex, works so well.

Acne can be of two types: Acne vulgaris and Acne rosacea. Acne vulgaris is the most common form most teenagers will know much more than they ever wanted to know about it. But for those who don’t know much about it, and in the interests of making the rest of the article, which details a possible treatment for acne complex, clears, let’s have a little look at acne vulgaris under the microscope, so to speak.

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The major problem behind acne is excessive oil. This oil clogs pores and even holds dead skin cells there so that your pores are blocked. In effect, this means that your skin can’t breathe and it can’t get rid of waste products. These just sit around in the lower levels of the skin and allow bacteria to feed so that they grow and multiply. That is when you develop pimples and cysts; they can be red, sore and even quite painful – that’s before you even consider the major embarrassment of having all that red and yellow ‘pizza skin’! For all these reasons, you should be able to see that keeping your skin scrupulously clean is a major weapon against acne.

A regular, daily cleansing routine will help to get rid of excess oil as well as removing excess dead skin and the bacteria which can breed in your pores. Use soap and water three times daily to wash your face and other areas affected by acne; that’s a basic step in your anti-acne campaign.

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Acne is a common problem, especially during the teenage years, but it does not really count as an illness. That means two things:

1. it means that you may not want to involve a doctor

2. it also means that you may feel you have to just grin and bear the unsightly acne outbreaks

You would be right about the first statement and wrong about the second. Unless you have extremely severe, life-limiting acne which is causing you depression and anxiety, there is an awful lot you can do to help yourself with acne. Home-made acne treatments can be used both to control active breakouts of pimples, cysts and lesions and it can also be used long-term to reduce the occurrence and severity of acne symptoms. When used for mild and moderate acne breakouts, home-made remedies are extremely effective in fighting acne.

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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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