Basic First Aid

Teenagers across the world have a problem with acne. Teens and adults alike wage an almost constant warfare on the condition, which causes blackheads, puss-filled inflammation on the skin of the face, back, scalp, and just about anywhere else that is likely to get dirty and/or oily.

Regular skin care is essential to treating and preventing acne, but since the most common root cause is not necessarily oil or dirt, but genetics, acne can rear its head any time, anywhere, for any person. Despite Hollywood’s best efforts to hide them, even movie stars with so called perfect skin get pimples. Fortunately for us who aren’t movie stars, we don’t have to give an arm and a leg just to get our acne treated. Just by applying some simple home remedies for acne, you can keep the skin on your face appearing smooth and clear for many years to come.

One simple way to help shrink and eliminate pimples is to apply a raw papaya juice.When you include the pulp of the fruit, the skin, and the seeds, you get the full reduction benefits of the papaya fruit. You want to put it on your face and leave it on your face for 20 to 30 minutes before washing it off, and when you wash it off simply use warm water to do so.This will give your skin good conditioning and help to exfoliate and smooth out any blemishes.

Sandalwood power is another extremely powerful remedy for acne if you can get your hands on it. You need to either mix it up into a paste with lime juice or milk that has a high fat content. Apply the paste and let it sit for a while, then wash it off. The milk is going to help the moisturize your skin and the Sandalwood going to help you to get rid of any of the extra oil that is built up on your skin. All that Sandalwood is really is just really dry crushed sawdust which works really well to remove and soak up oil.

Believe it or not drinking water is another really good remedy for acne although it is kind of slow to work. Your body needs water, and if it doesn’t get enough, it diverts water from less important areas to more important ones. Your heart and lungs and stomach play a much higher role in your survival, so when the water levels become little in these organs your body will replenish that water supply from your skin. This can be avoided by drinking a lot of water.

You could use medicinal remedies as well, but what cost are you going to pay? There are some medicinal treatments that even have a petroleum based to them, or they will use solvents to help clear your skin up. For the most part only the medicinal products that come in a very high price are good for your skin, but you can really afford these? Home remedies for acne are the way to go if you want to be environmentally responsible and naturally healthy.

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