Essential oils can be used to treat acne and pimples. Pimples, acne and spots all have the same cause – bacteria in your pores. Although your skin makes natural oil, called sebum, it seems to go into overdrive when you hit puberty. Dealing with sebum is bad enough without sweat and dirt and your fingers complicating matters any.
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One of the simplest ways to get the benefit of essential oils is to buy anti-pimple products that already include or are made up entirely of essential oils. However, these products are not always available in America and sometimes are costly. A more cost effective method is to dab the oil onto your acne a few times a day. Which essential oil? Pimples, acne and spots seem impervious to most anything. Tea tree, lavender, jasmine, sandalwood, helichrysum, grapefruit and ylang ylang are the most popular and widely available to clean out bacteria and keep any open pimples from infection. Give yourself a patch test first on your arm or leg to see if you are allergic to the oil. Tea tree is considered the best essential oil. Pimples, acne and scarring from them are greatly reduced by the pure oil.
Another popular remedy is to use no more than 6 drops of essential oil(s) in your bath to help clean, disinfect and relax you. The more you stress about your acne, the more it seems you get acne.
One a week, you can have a steam facial massage for ten or fifteen minutes with essential oil. Pimples, acne and spots are given the rough treatment then. Three or four drops of your choice oil in the water, lean over into the steam and put a towel over your head and that’s all there is to it.
Don’t Overdo It
In the fight against acne, more is definitely not better. Don’t wash more than two times a day (depending on how sweaty or dirty you are), don’t scrub your face, and avoid really harsh alcohol-based treatments. Your body is used to having a normal amount of sebum out and about at all times. If it suddenly all disappears, the body freaks out and makes loads of sebum, which can block pores and cause acne.
You also need to eat healthily, and learn how to deal with stress. This will help the effectiveness of your essential oil. Pimples, acne and spots can be defeated with time, patience, and general good health.
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