Five of the Best Acne Treatment Remedies You Can Get Without a Prescription

Posted: Aug 28, 2009 |Comments: 0 |

If you're trying to find acne treatment remedies at your local dermatologist's office, you're probably barking up the wrong tree.  Unless you get a sympathetic dermatologist, the most an expert like this will do for you is sell you some expensive acne products and persuade you to undergo some drastic treatment options.  Sometimes, they'll only suggest using Accutane or birth control pills to control your acne.  I don't know about you, but these don't seem like very good options to me.

Many times, you can find acne treatment remedies right in your own pantry.  I'm not one of those people who will tell you chocolate causes acne, because it doesn't (and besides, I love chocolate, and I'll bet you do, too).  However, there are certain foods, vitamins, and supplements you can eat that will help your body fight acne.


Here are five acne treatment remedies you can find at your grocery store, Walmart, Target, or online to start treating your acne right now:

1. Zinc - this is by far my favorite acne product.  50 mg of zinc per day helps me control my acne.  It also keeps me from catching colds and the flu, both of which I'm pretty susceptible to.

2. Vitamin C - this is also a great vitamin to take.  Vitamin C kills a lot of bacteria within your body, and it's also helpful when ground up and mixed with water and applied as a sort of facial on your acne.  

3. Aloe vera - if your acne is bright red, inflamed, and painful, there's nothing better than aloe vera to soothe the skin.  Apply it just as if you had a sunburn.  I usually do it twice a day if I have a bad zit (or many zits).

4. Sulfur treatment - I use the sulfur treatment that comes in my Proactiv kit, but you can order sulfur ointments online for less than $8.  Just do a search for "acne sulfur treatment" and you'll get some good results.

5. Ice - you're probably scratching your head thinking, "ICE?"  Believe me though, if your pimples hurt and are really inflamed, putting a pack of ice or a paper towel full of ice cubes on your skin brings down the swelling immediately.  My experience has shown that my zits are smaller and less noticeable (and much less painful) after applying ice to my skin for 15 minutes or so.

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