Acne Natural Remedies to Clear Your Acne in a Week or Less

Aug 18
15:37

2009

Harley Molina

Harley Molina

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Teen acne and adult acne are often caused by hormones. Acne starts when your pores get plugged up or when your sebaceous glands produce too much oil. Your hormones dictate how much oil your sebaceous glands produce, and when your hormones are irregular, so is the oil production in your glands. This leads to an overdose of oil poured out onto your face, back, and chest, and causes the insurmountable pain and embarrassment of acne pimples, blackheads, and cysts. To combat this, you need to find acne natural remedies to control your acne.

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Some acne natural remedies are just plain hoaxes.  Others are wives' tales that may or may not work for your skin.  And yet others work very well for lots of people,Acne Natural Remedies to Clear Your Acne in a Week or Less Articles and will clear up your acne without causing you to go to the doctor for an Accutane or birth control prescription.  So are you ready to find acne natural remedies that work for you?  Here's three to get you started.1. Zinc: Taking zinc internally is your first step to clearing up your face.  Zinc is a powerful supplement that targets the bacterial development in your skin and clears away the stuff that's plugging up your pores.  Take one 50 mg tablet every day with lunch.2. Orange Peel: Next, you're going to need something to put on your face.  Grate an orange peel with a grater or knife, mix the shavings with a little bit of water or lemon juice, and apply the paste to your face.  The Vitamin C in the orange will calm down the pores and clear out your glands.  Another good way to increase your Vitamin C intake is by taking a 1000 mg (1 gram) tablet every morning with breakfast.3. Aloe Vera: Now you'll need something to tame down the redness.  I've found that applying aloe vera to my zits works much like applying it to sunburn: it soothes the pain, calms the redness, and relieves the puffiness and inflamation.  You can also put a pack of ice on your zits to reduce the swelling and inflammation.