Herbals for Acne Scars

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Herbals treatment has been in existence from very ancient times to cure any disease. There are many such herbs and methods to improve the skin metabolism and keep it healthy.

In addition to the chemical and surgical treatment of acne scars another therapy that is now becoming popular is the Herbal Treatment of acne scars. The acne scar remedial course can be carried out in two ways either by external topical treatment or internal body metabolism treatment or a combination of both.

The basic component of body is water and the skin is healthy when the water content is duly flowing along the layers in the skin system. Drinking lots of water helps out to reduce the toxins and maintain the skin health. The dead cells are flushed off and the new skin layer constantly grows in healthy and perfectly hydrated state.

The water content can also be taken indirectly through fruit juices, raw vegetables and other green vegetable that contain the Retin-A natural Vitamin-A. The spinach, carrots, wheat germ juice etc., are more helpful. Water as external washing agent also helps to remove the dirt from the skin pores and keeps it moisturized.

The Citrus (lemon, orange) juices are very important source of the Alpha Hydroxy Acids. The sugarcane juice is also very helpful as it is the source of the Natural Glycolic acid. These juices do ward off the dead cell accumulation under skin and maintain the proper hydration so that skin texture remains tightened and smooth.

A skin washing mixture of 50ml of citrus or sugarcane juice in 200 ml of water works well in cleaning the skin and maintaining its proper tone. The continued use can remove the scar to very significant level.

Essential Oils are some of the better herbal extracts with antiseptic and cell regeneration properties. Lavender Oil has properties of healing wounds and restructuring the skin cells. Due to this it is often used in various lotions and gels to remove the acne scars. This oil can be applied to the live acne and the scars to disappear further in some way.

Tea tree oil has antibacterial and anti fungal properties, which makes it suitable for acne cure to reduce and prevent scars from developing further. Bulbinella is an herb that heals the cuts, rashes, burns and the skin defects very effectively. The paste or extract of this herb is used to cure the skin defects.

Aleovera is another herb that can be taken in juice form or applied topically in gel form to reduce the acne scars. This herb heals the skin maladies of burns, cuts and skin rashes etc. The extracts of this herb is also available commercially branded products.

Herbal home made face packs are better solutions to improvement in scar removal. A face pack of rose water with sandal wood powder can be applied overnight and to be washed off next day. Similarly the lemon juice with rose water can be used to wash the skin blemishes.

Lemon juice with basil leaves when made as a paste and applied to the pigment scar then it effectively reduces them also stops the acne to reappear. Lemon juice with Fuller’s earth (Multani Mitti) is also a very effective face pack in removing the acne scars.

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