Showing posts with label home treatment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home treatment. Show all posts

Monday, June 22, 2009

Acne- Causes, Treatment and Diet for Acne

Almost every body faces acne problem during their teen age. It is caused by a bacterium which builds up in pores of your skin, and spreads to different areas of the skin. White and black heads are both considered acne. But with some care we can get rid of this problem.

Causes of Acne
  • Heredity
  • Improper Food
  • Stress
  • Dust
  • Hormones
  • Cosmetic

Home Treatment For Acne
  • Apply orange peel well pulverized with water to the acne-affected areas in your body.
  • Apply a honey mask to your face once or twice a week.
  • Wash your face twice a day with a sulfur based soap designed for acne.
  • Apply a mixture of 1 teaspoon lemon juice and 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder.
  • Grind nutmeg (jaiphal) with unboiled milk and apply on acne for 1-2 hours. Pimples should disappear without leaving a mark.
  • Apply a mixture of 1 teaspoon lemon juice and 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder.
  • Rub fresh garlic on and around pimples. Pimples will disappear without a mark with regular applications.
  • Mix 1 tablespoon groundnut oil with 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice to prevent formation of blackheads and acne.
  • Drinking of wheatgrass juice may remove acne.
  • Make a paste of salt in vinegar. Rub it on the pimples. Wash it off after 20-30 minutes with lukewarm water.

Diet For Acne
  • Drink at least 8 glass of water a day. Water not only maintaining the skin’s elasticity but also clears skin and eliminates waste from the body.
  • Take Aloe Vera juice in the morning as well as night for a good time.
  • Vitamin A strengthens the protective tissue of the skin and actually prevents acne, so eat food rich in vitamin A like carrot, papaya, mango etc.
  • Eat foods rich in zinc - Zinc is an antibacterial agent and a necessary element in the oil-producing glands of the skin. A diet low in zinc can actually cause acne breakouts.
  • Carbohydrate foods with low glycemic index or a low GI diet can improve acne by 50 percent.
  • Drink 3 glasses of water with squeezed lemon and honey.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Causes of Under Eye Dark Circle & Its Treatment

If you are suffering from dark circle then this is the right page for you. Now a days dark circle is very common problem approx 9 out of 10 people are suffering from dark circle.

Appearance of dark circle makes under eye skin look dark and dull because of which beauty of your face gets reduced.


Main causes of dark circle
  1. Lack of less sleep and stress
  2. Aging
  3. Nutrition deficiency like shortage of vitamin K or E.
  4. Parental Inheritance of bone structure and skin pigments
  5. Exposure to sun
  6. Indication circulatory problems, including kidney and liver malfunction.
  7. Allergies, Eczema, Asthma.
  8. Chronic diseases
  9. Hyper pigmentation
  10. Excess use of drugs or medicines
  11. Fluid retention such as due to changes in weather or hormone levels.
  12. Pregnancy
  13. Menstruation.
But these dark circles can be cure with some simple chemical or home treatments.

Treatment
  1. Apply daily moisturizer with sunscreen
  2. Healthy and Balanced diet, with plenty of iron and vitamin K,
  3. Getting 8 hours of good sleep.
  4. Cosmetic treatment from a qualified cosmetic dermatologist.
  5. Concealing the dark circles around eyes through make up techniques.

Home Treatments

  1. Close your eyes and cover eyelids with slices of raw potato or cucumber for 15-20 minutes. Wash with warm water and apply a cream.
  2. Apply a mixture of lemon and tomato juice (equal parts) on the dark circles 2 times a day.
  3. Apply a paste of turmeric powder with pineapple juice
  4. Crush some mint and apply it around the eye.
  5. Massage with almond oil under and around eyes at bed time daily for 2 weeks.
  6. Rub the area with a powdered Vitamin E capsule and wipe off with a mixture of honey and egg white. This will reduce darkness around the eye.
  7. Put warm and cold piece of clothes alternatively under eyes for 10 minutes. Then apply some almond oil on the dark surface.
  8. Application of used cold tea bag will soothen the eyes and cure dark circles of the eyes.
  9. Drink tomato juice with some mint leaves, lemon juice and salt. This is a good diet for dark circles.
  10. Make a mixture of lemon juice, cucumber juice and lanolin cream. Apply under the eyes and keep for 10-15 minutes.