Essential oils, although based on oils, can help solve problems due to excessive sebum production, the cause of acne skin.
It is necessary to avoid too aggressive treatments to clean the skin: the glands could react with a further production of sebum, going to worsen the situation. Essential oils instead act on acne rebalancing where necessary in a delicate and natural way.
Essential oils for acneic skin
Essential oil mixtures for acne skin: first phase
The first fas e is the cleaning of the skin from excess sebum and bacteria. Therefore essential oils are used which are able to inflam the congested skin, essential oils able to eliminate bacteria and oils able to rebalance the quantity of sebum on the skin.
The skin can be cleaned with simple warm water, followed by a tonic.
The following mixture is used for the daily cleaning of acne-prone skin:
> 100 ml of apple vinegar
> 10 drops of essential eucalyptus oil
> 15 drops of lavender essential oil .
Gently tap on the skin thoroughly rinsed, leave to act for a few minutes and rinse one last time.
A few drops of the following mixture are applied to the clean skin:
> 30 ml of almond oil
> 8 drops of essential rose oil> 3 drops of myrrh essential oil
> 3 drops of essential oil of chamomile
This mixture has an antibacterial and soothing function. After spreading a few drops on the skin with a light massage, excess oil is removed with a tissue. It is left to work all day and all night.
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Essential oil mixtures for acne skin: second phase
During the first phase the excess of sebum was removed and the bacteria responsible for inflammation were eliminated. In the second phase it is kept hydrated and the skin is regenerated .
The mixture with apple vinegar is used as a tonic: rinse the skin with plenty of warm water in the morning and evening, dab a few drops of the tonic, let it act and then rinse it one last time. When the skin is so clean and dry the following mixture is used:
> 30 ml of almond oil
> 10 drops of carrot essential oil
> 2 drops of geranium essential oil
> 2 drops of lavender essential oil
As for the mixture of the first phase this is also used after cleaning the skin with the tonic for acne skin. If they spread a few drops on clean skin, it is allowed to absorb and the excess is eliminated with a tissue.
This mixture allows the sebaceous glands to maintain a stable production of sebum and at the same time helps regenerate the skin that is suffering or with scars.
Notes : a test with oil mixtures is always recommended, on a portion of the skin of the wrist or neck, to test for subjective hypersensitivity.
Acne: origins and causes
Acne is defined as a dermatosis, that is an affection of the skin . In the acne the hair follicles and the sebaceous glands are affected, leading to inflammation of the surrounding skin areas.
In acne, the sebaceous glands produce an excessive quantity of sebum that goes to deposit on the hair follicles, obstructing them, and leading to the proliferation of bacteria.
The first stage of excessive sebum production it is a particular greasiness of the skin: in fact sebum is a lipid-based substance that serves to keep the skin hydrated and elastic; when sebum is produced in excessive quantities for the needs of the skin and when it is not adequately disposed of, it settles on the surface of the skin, in particular on the hair follicles, which have the function of bringing sebum from the inside to the outside.
When the sebum deposited on the follicles comes into contact with the air it oxidizes forming the black points; when it is colonized by bacteria there is instead the pimple which, in the most serious cases, can degenerate into infected pus, creating very painful and red areas, which, if not properly treated, can also leave scars .
The causes are many. Acne usually affects 70% of adolescents: due to hormonal changes, the skin produces more sebum than it needs. But even adults can be affected by acne.
The hormonal factor is one of the causes, but also a bad diet (remember that the skin is an excretory organ, that is, it has the function, among other things, of disposing of toxins: when the primary excretory organs such as intestines, kidneys and liver, do not they can cleanse the body of introduced toxins, help the skin), or stress and environmental factors can trigger acne symptoms.
