20 TIPS FOR GETTING RID OF ACNE SCARS

If you have acne on your face, following tips can be very useful:

1. Do not touch face, hands a continuously contaminated with germs, moreover your hands can transfer additional oil to infected area.

2. Scars tend to be more noticeable on pale skin. You can combat this with a safe self-tanner.

3. A solution that speeds up the healing of scars is Neosporin. It will increase healing time thus causing lesser scarring.

4. Apply plain yogurt twice a day to help fade scars. It will moisturize your face, purify it and your skin will heal much faster.

5. Speed of healing up can be increased by applying aloe vera or Vitamin E.

6. Cocoa butter is a rich moisturizer that is very effective. Palmer's Scar Serum contains Cocoa butter, Vitamin E, Shark Liver Oil, Silicone, and Allium CEPA.

7. Lemon also help to keep skin disinfected, but must use moisturize before going to bed, because lemon may cause skin to dry.

8. To make your face acne free mix these things and apply to your face: Honey + Lemon + Almond Oil + Milk.

9. To heal scars use moisturizes,but make sure not to clog the pores, it would make them worse.

10. Do TCA peels of 12% three weeks apart. Amazing, effective, and inexpensive.

11. Aloe-vera often helps. If you rub the gooey inside of an aloe-vera plant on the affected area, you will see results in a matter of days. Do it once or twice a day, and simply leave it on. Aloe-vera also helps to eradicate acne scars.

12. For mild scars and cuts, using Neoporin works well. Put a little on each morning and night after cleansing your face.

13. Increase the variety of fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds in your diet. The easiest way to do this is to create delicious smoothies and juices from ripe fruit, have at least one salad every day with your main meal, and snack on nuts and dried fruits.

14. Brazil nuts and pumpkin seeds are fantastic for acne because they contain selenium (Brazils) and zinc (pumpkin seeds), deficiencies in these minerals have been linked to acne. If you're stuck for recipes containing a good variety of fresh ingredients.

15. Aim to drink at least two liters of still mineral water. If the skin becomes dehydrated, dead skin cells are not effectively shed, which can lead to blocked pores and further acne.

16. Antibiotics destroy the bacteria in your digestive system, which can lead to poor digestion, constipation and reduced absorption of essential vitamins, minerals and nutrients — all of which can lead to more acne.

17. A good quality probiotic can help re-establish the good bacteria in the gut. Just because your body isn't able to get rid of waste effectively and toxins get expelled via the skin instead. If you have been taking antibiotics for your acne, you should start using probiotics; these include honey, onions, artichokes and bananas. Taking a probiotic supplement and eating prebiotics foods will help restore the levels of beneficial bacteria that are destroyed by antibiotics.

18. Caffeine increases the levels of stress hormones in the body and can aggravate acne. Avoid or lessen the intake of coffee, tea, chocolate and other stimulant containing drinks.

19. Sunshine stimulates the creation of vitamin D in the body — an essential vitamin for healthy skin. A little bit of fresh air and sunshine every day will also reduce stress and increase oxygen to the skin. Even when it's overcast, the sun's rays reach us, so take a 10 minute walk outside every day. Don't get burnt in the sun though — apart from increasing the risk of skin cancer, burnt and heavily tanned skin forms a thick layer on the skin's surface that doesn't exfoliate quickly enough and leads to blocked pores.

20. There is recent research pointing the finger at diet — eating refined carbohydrates (white bread, pasta, rice, flour etc) and sugar leads to a surge in insulin and an insulin-like growth factor called IGF-1. This in turn leads to an excess of male hormones, which encourage the skin to excrete large amounts of sebum. This grease-like substance encourages the growth of bacteria responsible for acne.