Alternative Acne Treatments – A Brief Users Guide For Parents, Teens And The Rest Of Us.

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Article Title: Alternative Acne Treatments – A Brief Users

Guide For Parents, Teens And The Rest Of Us.

Author: Mark MacKay

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Everyday numerous acne suffers turn to alternative methods to

treat their acne. The two main reasons for the growing

popularity of such treatments are; people looking for

medication with less harmful side effects then tradition acne

treatments. Secondly are the people who have been unsuccessful

with the various over the counter and prescription options.

Generally alternative treatments are not regulated by the FDA

and hence you will not receive much guidance from medical

doctors on their use. Word of month and the alternative medical

community is the main source of information on such options.

For teenage girls and women herbs that balance hormone levels

such as chaste berry, black cohosh, dong quai, evening

primrose, wild yam, and red clover are quite commonly tried.

Herbalists believe that these herbs balance the female sex

hormone estrogen and will counterbalance the hormone androgen.

Since androgen is believed to trigger excess sebrum production,

which can cause hair follicles to clog and acne to form, acne

could be prevented or reduced.

Herbs that are thought to help reduce inflammation and

infection can be used for both male and female acne suffers.

Echinacea, licorice, dandelion root, and burdock are all

thought to contain properties that help with the above by

killing bacteria. The herbs salvia and red peony are also used

sometimes to help acne suffers improve their skins ability to

heal.

Vitamin B5 also known as pantothenic acid is a commonly used

vitamin to treat acne. It become widely popular after Dr. Leung

a Hong Kong acne expert published a paper on its effectiveness.

His paper was based on the theory that acne sufferers are

deficient in vitamin B. The result is excess sebum production,

the root cause of clogged hair follicles leading to acne. Dr

Leung also tested his theory through a clinical trial where 100

acne suffers were given 10g of B5 daily, after six months Dr.

Leung’s test group had a ninety percent success rate.

Topical treatments such as tea tree oil and seaweed, which are

both believed to have powerful antibacterial properties are

also widely regarded as being effective on acne inflammations.

Tea tree oil comes from the ti tree in Australia and seaweed

from the oceans.

A common belief is that controlling stress reduces the severity

of acne. So anything you can do to alleviate stress will help.

Many acne suffers turn to exercise for stress relief, yoga

being very popular. Aromatherapy can also be used in stress

relief, along with acupuncture, and meditation.

While the predominate reason many people turn to alternative

acne treatments is to reduce the harmful side effects of

tradition medicines the reverse may actually be true. Caution

should be used before trying any alternative treatments. They

may have adverse side effects not common known due to the lack

of regulations on most alternative treatments.

About The Author: Mark MacKay is a researcher, marketer, and

former Acne sufferer. For more information on Acne Myths,

Causes, Types of Acne, Acne Treatments, Skin Care, Adult Acne,

Teen Acne, Acne Discussion forum, latest research articles and

much more visit Mark’s Acne Explained web site at

http://www.acne-explained.info

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