Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Acne Treatment


Acne Treatment and Vitamins

Vitamins can help your acne treatment and fight acne breakouts. Below are those "anti-acne" vitamins and how much you need to take.

Acne Treatment - Vitamin A
Is needed for maintaining acne free skin. That's because Vitamin A reduces oil production and helps strengthen the protective tissue of the skin. If you have acne, the recommended dose is 10,000 IU (International Unit), however pregnant women should contact their doctor before taking anything over 5000 IU daily.

Acne Treatment - Vitamin B
There are several benefits to taking Vitamin B. One of the biggest is helping you maintain good skin tone. Additionally there are tremendous added benefits for relieving anxiety and stress. Studies have shown that stress can be a major contributor to acne.
The B complex vitamins are Niacin (B3), Thiamine (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Pantotheneic Acid (B5) and Pyridoxine (B6). These are all big contributors to promoting and maintaining healthy skin. The recommended daily dose for fighting acne is 100 mg 3 times daily of B1, B2 and B5, B6 and 200 mg 3 times daily of B3.

Acne Treatment - Vitamin C
Taking Vitamin C with bioflavanoids has an anti-inflammatory effect. It also aids in the healing of your skin and is beneficial in boosting your immune system. Vitamin C also removes toxins and other pollutants from your body.
The recommended daily dose for fighting acne is 3000-5000 mg.


Acne Treatment - Vitamin E
Taking Vitamin E helps in skin protection from environmental and oxidative damage. Has great healing components, especially for acne. Vitamin E helps in enriching red blood cells with oxygen, which can fight against acne causing bacteria. It also speeds up the process of removing dead cells that accumulate in the pores or hair follicles, which can result in acne. It's also an excellent remedy for dry skin as well. The recommended daily dose for fighting acne is 400 IU.
Vitamin E can also be applied over skin before bedtime. Vitamin E oil moisturized the skin and its anti-oxidants can help heal acne scars. You can also get Vitamin E in foods such as almonds, sunflower seed kernels, sunflower oil wheat germ oil, and hazelnuts.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great!!!
I like your Health care policy
Thanks

Pam said...

I love your tips on controlling acne. I'm definitely going to try them. Thanks for the post.