Herbal Acne Treatments That Actually Work Great
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In the U.S. alone, there are tens of millions who struggle with pimples. A good number of these people treat pimples using chemicals such as prescription drugs and salicylic acid.
However, there is a large amount of people who choose herbal acne treatments over traditional remedies. Usually, herbal treatments have less side effects, and are not as potentially harmful as some of the prescription remedies.
The problem however, is that the USA doesn’t do that much to mandate the herbal supplement industry. Unlike traditional chemical remedies, herbal remedies are not required with any type of observation to be clinically proven to work, or even to be harmless. A good example of this is the ephedra related deaths, and ephedras subsequent ban that happened not long ago.
This lack of regulation results in many different acne products on the market. All of which claim to heal, prevent, or even cure acne with few, if any, side effects.
The fact of the matter is, there are only a couple of herbal acne remedies that are scientifically proven to work. Traditional chemical remedies are still the most effective in stopping acne.
There are only 2 herbal remedies that have been clinically proven to aid in stopping acne, tea tree oil and green tea cream.
Tea tree oil is an oil from nature, derived from the Melaleuca alternifolia, a specific variety of tea tree found only in Australia. While it has been used for hundreds of years by the native aboriginals as a treatment for just about anything, it has only recently been accepted by modern medicine as being a viable anti-bacterial agent.
Even though tea tree oil has been suspected as an anti-bacterial agent for some time, A markedly innovative clinical study was conducted in 1990 by I.B. Bassett, which compared tea tree oil to benzoyl peroxide in the treatment of pimples. It was found that tea tree oil is as effective as a 5% benzoyl peroxide solution. It takes longer (6 weeks) for the tea tree oil to be as effective, but people in the study claimed to have none of the side effects associated with benzoyl peroxide, such as redness, skin irritation, or dry skin.
This study has helped tea tree oil become a recognized and legitimate herbal acne medication. But, there is no need to purchase pricey cream that contains tea tree oil. Just rubbing several drops of the oil directly on the acne has shown to be the most effective way to use tea tree oil.
This was the only herbal acne medication that had been shown to work until recently, when Dr. Jennifer Gan-Wong conducted a study that proves green tea can also effectively fight pimples.
These findings are relatively recent, and are not yet researched by additional independent studies. However, this evidence does prove that the herbal anti-bacterial characteristics of green tea can be an effective medication for acne.
For people who are overwhelmed by the over abundance of herbal acne remedies available, there really are only 2 that have been proven to be effective in fighting acne. Green tea cream, and tea tree oil. While many other herbal acne remedies may be good to moisturize the skin, or reduce oils, these are the only two that should be considered truly effective acne remedies.
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