Why do some of us get acne scars easily?

If you are one of those who get acne scar easily after an zit has subsided, I guess you must thinking that life is not fair. You must be pondering why some of your friends who didn't have a single prominent scar on their bodies and faces after a severe pimples breakout.

How does a scar form? When a deep rooted pimple in the skin burst open, bacteria will start to infect the area surrounding the pimple. What happen next is the body immunity system will send blood and white blood cells to the affected area. This will ward off the infection bacteria and also fill up the wound in the process of healing the skin tissues.

The utmost priority of the body immune system is to quickly stop the bacteria from infecting the body and penetrating to the area below the skin. In its rush to do its job effectively, it totally ignores the appearance of the skin tissues and therefore, an uneven skin tissue surface is formed after the "defensive job with the bacteria". This is what we known as scar.

Acne sufferer with lots of toxins in their blood system will develop more obvious scars as during the skin healing process in the bacteria attack, the toxins in his blood are also sent to the skin repaired tissue area. The presence of toxins in the skin tissues will further aggravate the scar appearance as toxins is not part of the natural body components. The body immune system might treat the toxins as harmful agent to the body and rush speedier in repairing the skin which causes an awful deplorable scar outlook.

That is why people with high level of toxins in their blood circulation system get scar even after a small pimple  or blackhead breakout. As toxins is the culprit here in causing those ugly looking acne scars, we need to get rid of the toxins or at least lessen the toxins level in our blood system. That means to lessen the scar effects, we need to purify and flush out the toxins in our blood stream so that only healthy and nutritious substances will be supplied by our blood to the affected skin repaired tissues and cells.

Herbal blood cleansers such as red clover is very effective in reducing acne scars. It improves blood circulation and detoxifies blood by flushing out the toxins and harmful substances through increased urination.             It has the added benefit for people with high cholesterol level as it also lowers their cholesterol level due to its  blood cleansing effect.

Some others blood cleansers include burdock root, juice from beet root, carrot and spinach, celery and watercress.

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Maintaining a beautiful skin

Heard of the following saying?

"Beauty is only skin deep"

True, true but we, human, likes and loves beautiful thing. After all, we are what we see. The visual sight of ourselves is the first impression that we present to others. So, even though beauty is only skin deep, a lot of people think otherwise.

The most basic step in maintaining one's beauty is taking care of one's skin condition. Skin, being the largest organ in us, do need care and maintenance. As we age, it loses its elasticity and it shows through the wrinkles that surface in our faces and bodies.

These are the natural ways to maintain a beautiful skin and face picked from Mark's Traynor Beauty Book.

Honey is a natural moisturizer which is very effective in preserving a beautiful and healthy skin. Take some liquid honey and rub it on the face and body. Leave it for 15 minutes and then rinse the skin area with water until they are free from honey.

For those with oily skin, add one or two teaspoon of orange juice to the liquid honey before applying to the body and face.

A radiant, fresh and soft skin is ours for the taking if we make this honey method a regular routine.

Milk, if added to the water we bath, will soften the skin of our bodies. Add a cup of liquid milk or milk powder to the bath tub, and then soak ourselves in it. After some time, rinse off the milk and water mixture with clean water.

Orange juice can be used to maintain the natural acidity balance in our bodies. It is very suitable for those who have an oily skin complexion. Rinse with orange juice after using the face wash that one used will preserve one's freshness and cleanliness as it is very effective in removing any facial dirt and oil residue.

Do you know that corn grain does has its place in maintaining one's skin beauty? Corn grain mixed with water acts as a very good face wash as it effectively removes any dead skin cells and thereafter makes the skin absorbs moisturizer easily.

Slices of cucumber found its place in the area around the eyes. Left for around 10 minutes in the eye area, it will freshen up our eyelids and reduce the swollen eyes we have when we don't have enough sleep.

Egg is particularly suitable to moisturize dry skin. Apply a mixture of egg yolk with a little bit of honey to the face, leave it for 20 minutes and then rinse off with clean tap water.

For those who oily skin, take the egg white and apply it to the oily skin in the face and leave it for 10 minutes. Then wash off the egg white from the face. This will maintain the balance of the skin acidity and reduce the size of the pores on the face.

Yes, even clay can be used to preserve our natural skin beauty and health. Kaolin, a form of clay, which can be bought in pharmacies and beauty centers, is used to soften one's skin. Add kaolin with water to form a skin pastry. Then apply it to the face and it will gradually harden and form a face mask. If one skin is oily, add a teaspoon of orange juice to the kaolin paste. For those with dry skin, add milk to the kaolin paste before applying to the face area.
  
            

 

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Getting rid of acne scars...Possible?

After a severe attack of acne, one would probably left with the dreadful acne scars. This is mostly an unwelcome sorrowful sight as they do make one's appearance not so pleasing. They surely aren't a pretty sight, so it is normal for everyone with scars to want to get rid of them.

If someone told you that those acne scars can be totally get rid of and restore your skin condition to its porcelain state, then take his/her opinion with a pinch of salt. They might be able to eliminate or lessen its severity and obvious appearance, but to totally restore one's skin to its original pristine state, that's indeed a tall order.

However, I do have a friend who have been successful in getting rid of his scar on his leg without resorting to expensive and painful treatments or medications ( for example dermabrasion). With his undying commitment and patience, he applied Vitamin E cream daily to his scar. Voila! After a year of doing so, his scar was gone forever. I think very few people, especially acne sufferers would have that sort of patience and persistency.

Anyway, if we already have scars, be it acne scars or scar on other part of our bodies, it is wise to treat them early. They will show quicker response to medication and heal sooner the faster we do something about them. Believe me, old scars do take a long long time to "heal".

Vitamin E plus zinc supplement do help speed up the healing process of the scar and reduce the scarring.A herb known as sarsaparilla which is normally found in complex with other herbs can greatly improve the texture and condition of the scar tissue.

To best reducing the scarring effect, take Vitamin E externally and zinc internally plus sarsaparilla. Also supplement your diet with 500 mg of evening primrose oil.

  

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