Herbal Acne Supplements
I get a lot of questions about how herbs and natural supplements may help acne prone skin, and the truth is, there are quite a few herbal ingredients and naturally derived chemical compounds and nutrients that will definitely help your acne clear up - many times dramatically.
The degree to which an herbal acne supplement helps to clarify your skin and eliminate acne really depends on the herbs that go into the supplement, as well as how well your body reacts to the particular supplement you are taking.
For example, some people may take the exact same herbal supplement for acne and get dramatically different results from others. You also need to take other factors into consideration, such as your diet and your skin care routine. What types of products are you using to cleanse your skin?
Are you cleansing your face and acne affected areas twice daily, without fail? Are you mindful of touching your face a lot, wearing sunscreen, and the types of makeup you wear?
All of these factors play into how well your skin will react to an herbal acne supplement as well, since it’s not just one thing that’s going to clear your face up, but rather a comprehensive approach to getting the your face cleansed and cared for correctly, as well as taking in the right foods.
We all know the amount of sugar and junk food greatly impacts our skin and therefore our acne. So, we know that by increasing our natural sugars like fruits, while eliminating the bad sugars like candies, pop, cookies and other sugars, we will also help to comprehensively treat our skin.
Herbal acne supplements (like my favorite the Dermacleanse herbal capsules) most times will contain ingredients which have historically been used as beauty tonics to be taken internally to clarify and internally cleanse a person’s skin, like antioxidants for example, which are excellent defenses against skin imperfections such as acne.
Chinese herbal acne treatments, such as the one I mentioned above, use the principle of battling internal heat that is caused by stress, hormone imbalance and other factors, and strive to gain and maintain a hormone balance so that acne doesn’t have a fighting chance. I highly advocate the use of such herbal remedies, because although it’s true that using the right topical products such as acne cleansers and so forth are important for healthy, clear skin, it is mostly true that fighting acne internally will yield that greatest results.
You will see that theme over and over in this blog, because I am a huge advocate of using herbal and natural supplements to battle common human conditions, even skin conditions, not just other bigger types of issues. If you think about it, all modern pharmaceutical medicine has been based on vitamins, herbs and natural ingredients being morphed into something much more potent, so using the herbs in their natural form makes sense for it’s therapeutic benefits.
Also other “calming” ingredients may be included, which are known to help balance one’s overall body and hormones to ensure a smooth, even complexion and less breakouts, or elimination of breakouts (this especially happens when one stays on a good herbal acne supplement for long enough to realize substantial acne clearing as well as permanent results).
I’m a huge fan of such herbal supplement, for your skin as well as the support and maintenance of a youthful and glowing appearance to the skin. Products packed with naturally soothing botanicals and herbs will definitely not only help your acne, but you will notice a new softer and smoother overall appearance to your skin – as long as you take the right product!
