Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Treatment For Acne And Scars Using Herb

By Zul Rahman

If you have been trying to get a treatment for acne, you surely know that there are many kinds of treatment available out there. All methods of treatment either over the counter or by prescription have their own pros and cons.

In recent days, more people are looking for natural treatment or natural healing. Therefore many people are becoming more interested in herbal acne treatment. Herbal treatment for acne has become more popular than ever before.

What's wrong with pharmaceutical treatment?

Normally for pharmaceuticals products, antibiotics is the common medication used to treat acne. In fact most of the pharmaceutical treatment largely are using antibiotics.

Antibiotics treatment has its own disadvantages, for example after sometimes the body will becomes more tolerant to the drug. As this happens antibiotics treatment will becomes less effective. Also you have to try many different products before you find the one that is suitable for your skin.

Compared to the treatment using prescription drugs or pharmaceutical products, herbal acne treatment are normally have less side effects.

There are a lot of talks centered around a very controversial drug known as Accutane. Accutane is a very strong vitamin A based medicine.

Accutane acts as an anti clog agent. This drug will close the body pores, therefore it will prevent clogging from happening.

Accutane, unfortunately known to cause some very serious after treatment effects. Some of the side effects are damage to the liver and also a major birth defects. That's the reason why Accutane patient are required to take blood test weekly.

There could be a very serious risk involved when using this drug. For example there are cases of mental instability and even suicides.

Why does acne herbal treatment is preferable?

Herbal acne treatment also are not completely free from negative side effect. On the same token there is no 100% guarantee on effectiveness. By and large people tend to like herbal treatment because it is from herbs.

Herbal treatment has been practiced for thousands of years. People also tend to believe that herbal treatment is safer compared to prescription drug. Since it is plant base treatment most people are ready to accept it. - 17943

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