Best Acne Treatment To Get Rid Of Acne And Acne Scar:Acne Treatment :Alternative Medicine :Primrose Oil
Acne treatment therapies focus upon two aspects of acne: its prevention and management, and the removal of its more lasting effects. Looking at
the latter first, acne scars can be unsightly, and there are several methods currently used either to remove them or to hide them. Some of the more
radical are surgical, while others involve modifications the surface of the skin by means of techniques akin to sandpapering, and also cosmetic
techniques. However, such therapies are needed only if the condition is permitted to have a significant effect on your skin. There are therapies that
can be used to mitigate the condition if not remove it altogether. Before discussing these it will be necessary to consider what causes acne, because
without that knowledge there can be no effective treatment. Acne is cause by blockage of the sebaceous pores in the skin. That blockage is generally
caused by a mixture of dead skin cells and skin oil, otherwise known as sebum. Why should this occur with acne sufferers and nobody else, when all
of us have the ingredients of acne as normal components of our skin? The answer lies in our hormones. The reason that acne is most prevalent in
teenagers is that the generation of sebum is promoted by our hormones: specifically the male hormones known as androgens that both males and
females begin to create in quantity during puberty. These cause the sebaceous pores to enlarge, and sebum to be produced in larger than normal
quantities. The hormones also tend to disrupt the usual desquamation rate, or shedding of dead skin cells. What happens is that the skin cells within
the pores begin to shed in clumps, rather than singly, and when mixed with the excess skin oil form a plug that clogs up the pores. This plug of oils and
skin cells then gets contaminated with bacteria that in time initiate the immune reaction, resulting in pus being formed through the action of
macrophages on the bacteria. The therapy needed to reduce the incidence of acne, then, can be either proactive or retroactive. Proactively, they can
reduce the production of the sebum/skin cell plug. Gamma linolenic acid (GLA) as found in Omega-6 oil can block androgen receptors and so
decrease the amount of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) produced. The less the amount of DHT, then the less will be the severity of your acne. Evening
primrose oil contains large quantities of GLA, and even applying this topically on your skin will dilute the sebum and reduce the likelihood of sebum
and skin cells blocking your pores. This is an extreme simplification of what GLA does, but it does accurately represent the end result of its use. There
are also medications you can take to reduce the rate of shedding of your skin cells, so that your pores have less chance of being blocked.
Retroactively, you can apply antibiotics to kill off the bacterial that act on the plug and that initiate the immune response responsible for the lesions.
You can also give your skin a good wash with an effective skin cleanser, including a mild antibiotic to enhance the cleansing of the bacterial plug.
However, there are alternative treatments, such as the proactive diet control, and the use of vitamins and appropriate herbs to control or even prevent
the condition. When you think of diet, don't think chocolate. Acne is not caused by eating too much chocolate, or even by fatty foods. We have
already discussed the causes of acne, and if we can find any components in our diet that can create these conditions, then by eliminating them we
should be able to avoid the condition. As a corollary, if we can identify any substances that could prevent androgens from creating excess sebum, or
even control the androgens themselves, or that could help the skin cells to shed more evenly, then we could include these in our diet. In fact such
substances do exist. By going deep into the science, we will find that the secretion of testosterone is promoted by a hormone known as IGF-1 and also
by insulin. IGF-1 stands for Insulin-like Growth Factor 1, and is important in the growth of children. It also promotes acne! Insulin does the same, and
what that infers that anything in the diet that promotes the production of insulin will also promote acne. What promotes insulin? Sugars and
carbohydrates! Therefore, if you eat a diet low in sugars and carbs then you should have less production of sebum, and hence less acne. What this is
leading to is that if you have a tendency to get acne; then switch your diet from carbohydrates and sugary foods to vegetables, grains and seafood.
The Japanese get very little acne, which supports this theory. You should also take foods rich in zinc, since a zinc deficiency has been found to lead
to acne. Nobody knows why yet, but use the information and either take a zinc supplement or eat zinc rich foods such as shellfish. Strangely, it is a
deficiency of zinc that causes an increase in testosterone, not the surplus of zinc provided by eating oysters! These have another effect. There are
also herbal treatments that can be effectively used for acne. Most are topical, and tea tree oil is one the more recent such treatments used to treat
acne. Among the chemical constituents of tea tree oil is terpinen-4-ol, with powerful antimicrobial properties. Little wonder then that it is effective in
preventing the bacterial infection of the sebaceous gland pores. The oil helps to dry out the skin, again creating conditions alien to bacteria. You could
use tea tree oil by itself, though many people simply mix it with the acne creams they are currently using. That makes them much more effective.
Another option goes back to the zinc again, but rather than take it as a supplement, use it topically. Chamomile and lavender are useful in calming skin
that has been inflamed both by over-zealous use of skin scrubs and also the immune system's inflammatory response to the infection of the pores.
There are many healthy options to the severe pharmaceutical treatments offered by your physician. These can be used in place of, but preferably as
supplements to, the treatment recommended by your doctor. Each of the natural treatments has a sound scientific basis, and if you suffer from acne
can be well worth trying.
Acne treatment therapies focus upon two aspects of acne: its prevention and management, and the removal of its more lasting effects. Looking at
the latter first, acne scars can be unsightly, and there are several methods currently used either to remove them or to hide them. Some of the more
radical are surgical, while others involve modifications the surface of the skin by means of techniques akin to sandpapering, and also cosmetic
techniques. However, such therapies are needed only if the condition is permitted to have a significant effect on your skin. There are therapies that
can be used to mitigate the condition if not remove it altogether. Before discussing these it will be necessary to consider what causes acne, because
without that knowledge there can be no effective treatment. Acne is cause by blockage of the sebaceous pores in the skin. That blockage is generally
caused by a mixture of dead skin cells and skin oil, otherwise known as sebum. Why should this occur with acne sufferers and nobody else, when all
of us have the ingredients of acne as normal components of our skin? The answer lies in our hormones. The reason that acne is most prevalent in
teenagers is that the generation of sebum is promoted by our hormones: specifically the male hormones known as androgens that both males and
females begin to create in quantity during puberty. These cause the sebaceous pores to enlarge, and sebum to be produced in larger than normal
quantities. The hormones also tend to disrupt the usual desquamation rate, or shedding of dead skin cells. What happens is that the skin cells within
the pores begin to shed in clumps, rather than singly, and when mixed with the excess skin oil form a plug that clogs up the pores. This plug of oils and
skin cells then gets contaminated with bacteria that in time initiate the immune reaction, resulting in pus being formed through the action of
macrophages on the bacteria. The therapy needed to reduce the incidence of acne, then, can be either proactive or retroactive. Proactively, they can
reduce the production of the sebum/skin cell plug. Gamma linolenic acid (GLA) as found in Omega-6 oil can block androgen receptors and so
decrease the amount of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) produced. The less the amount of DHT, then the less will be the severity of your acne. Evening
primrose oil contains large quantities of GLA, and even applying this topically on your skin will dilute the sebum and reduce the likelihood of sebum
and skin cells blocking your pores. This is an extreme simplification of what GLA does, but it does accurately represent the end result of its use. There
are also medications you can take to reduce the rate of shedding of your skin cells, so that your pores have less chance of being blocked.
Retroactively, you can apply antibiotics to kill off the bacterial that act on the plug and that initiate the immune response responsible for the lesions.
You can also give your skin a good wash with an effective skin cleanser, including a mild antibiotic to enhance the cleansing of the bacterial plug.
However, there are alternative treatments, such as the proactive diet control, and the use of vitamins and appropriate herbs to control or even prevent
the condition. When you think of diet, don't think chocolate. Acne is not caused by eating too much chocolate, or even by fatty foods. We have
already discussed the causes of acne, and if we can find any components in our diet that can create these conditions, then by eliminating them we
should be able to avoid the condition. As a corollary, if we can identify any substances that could prevent androgens from creating excess sebum, or
even control the androgens themselves, or that could help the skin cells to shed more evenly, then we could include these in our diet. In fact such
substances do exist. By going deep into the science, we will find that the secretion of testosterone is promoted by a hormone known as IGF-1 and also
by insulin. IGF-1 stands for Insulin-like Growth Factor 1, and is important in the growth of children. It also promotes acne! Insulin does the same, and
what that infers that anything in the diet that promotes the production of insulin will also promote acne. What promotes insulin? Sugars and
carbohydrates! Therefore, if you eat a diet low in sugars and carbs then you should have less production of sebum, and hence less acne. What this is
leading to is that if you have a tendency to get acne; then switch your diet from carbohydrates and sugary foods to vegetables, grains and seafood.
The Japanese get very little acne, which supports this theory. You should also take foods rich in zinc, since a zinc deficiency has been found to lead
to acne. Nobody knows why yet, but use the information and either take a zinc supplement or eat zinc rich foods such as shellfish. Strangely, it is a
deficiency of zinc that causes an increase in testosterone, not the surplus of zinc provided by eating oysters! These have another effect. There are
also herbal treatments that can be effectively used for acne. Most are topical, and tea tree oil is one the more recent such treatments used to treat
acne. Among the chemical constituents of tea tree oil is terpinen-4-ol, with powerful antimicrobial properties. Little wonder then that it is effective in
preventing the bacterial infection of the sebaceous gland pores. The oil helps to dry out the skin, again creating conditions alien to bacteria. You could
use tea tree oil by itself, though many people simply mix it with the acne creams they are currently using. That makes them much more effective.
Another option goes back to the zinc again, but rather than take it as a supplement, use it topically. Chamomile and lavender are useful in calming skin
that has been inflamed both by over-zealous use of skin scrubs and also the immune system's inflammatory response to the infection of the pores.
There are many healthy options to the severe pharmaceutical treatments offered by your physician. These can be used in place of, but preferably as
supplements to, the treatment recommended by your doctor. Each of the natural treatments has a sound scientific basis, and if you suffer from acne
can be well worth trying.
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