Aromatherapy To Treat Acne
Acne is a scourge that mostly affects younger people. It is usually caused by an imbalance in hormones and has nothing to do with eating chocolate, contrary to popular myth. The treatment of acne generally entails going to a physician and getting medication such as tetracycline, or using over the counter ointments. You can use certain essential oils that have been used for centuries to heal cuts and infections, to treat acne breakouts.
When using aromatherapy to treat acne, you will want to make sure that you use a light carrier oil. There are light vegetable oils on the market today which work better than a heavy oil. The essential oils that promote healing for acne include lavender, which is pretty much a cure-all for everything, bergamot and tea tree.
Because it is one of the few essential oils that is safe to use directly on your skin, you can use lavender alone and put a drop on the affected area. Or you can use this recipe:
Acne Treatment Aromatherapy Recipe
1 ounce of carrier oil 15 drops lavender 4 drops bergamot 2 drops lemon
Like tetracycline, an oral drug often used to treat acne, bergamot is also photo toxic. This means that exposure to the sun after use can have adverse affects. If you have ever taken tetracycline to combat acne, you know that you need to stay out of the sun while on the medication. The good thing about using bergamot, however, is that you need only stay out of the sun for about 12 hours after use.
This means that you can put the treatment on at night before you go to bed and then rinse off in the morning before going out. It is a lot easier to use than tetracycline and just as effective.
Treating acne also involve healing from the inside. In addition to creating a topical ointment to combat acne, you can eliminate stress by using aromatherapy. There are some indications that some acne breakouts are caused by stress. Use aromatherapy as a means to relax yourself, either in the bath or as a massage treatment.
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