7 Best Natural Ways To Heal Acne Scars
Posted on Feb 23, 2009 | Comments 20
Acne is very difficult to deal with and the scars that acne caused can be quite a frustrating and embarrassing problem for any one.
How to heal acne scars? Laser treatment can be helpful for eliminating embarrassing acne scars. But, not everyone can afford to have a laser treatment, so here is the good news for you. There are many ways to remove acne scars.
However, you will require lots of patience because it will consume some time to completely get rid off the scars and strong determination is required, followed by conscientious measurements to eliminate the acne scars.
Natural remedies for acne scars
- Drink lots of water: Drinking water is one of the most recommended measures to reduce acne scars. It improves blood circulation in your body and increases the chance of wound-healing-ability to your body. So, you should drink at least 7 to 8 glasses of water everyday, each glass should be around 300ml.
- Apply honey: It is believed that honey is a great skin builder and wonderfully heals scars. You can directly apply honey to acne scars and leave it to settle for about 10 minutes. There after rinse your face with cold water.
- Eat tomatoes: Tomatoes are rich source of vitamin A and has excellent healing properties to reduce appearance of scars. You can eat fresh raw tomatoes everyday to help heal and decrease the appearance of acne scars.
- Apply Aloe Vera gel: Gel or juice of Aloe Vera is highly useful in fading of acne scars. You can grow Aloe Vera plant in your home and apply freshly taken pure Aloe Vera gel to your scar. Otherwise many branded cosmetic companies manufactures pure Aloe Vera gel, so you can choose the best cosmetic companies to get Aloe Vera gel.
- Drink lemon juice: Lemon essentially contains good amounts of citric acid, which is a part of AHAs group that has amazing properties to reduce acne scars. Drink lemon juice as often as possible or as much as you want to get rid of acne scars.
- Apply ice cubes: This is one of the easiest and simplest ways of healing acne scars. Even though it may not give you immediate results, regular application can give you effective results. Apply ice cubes on acne scars for at least 10 to 15 minutes everyday.
- Reduce stress level: Stress is one of the major causes for acne and it might also disable the healing process of acne. Try to stay away from stress as much as possible. If it is not possible for you, at least explore different stress management techniques to eliminate stress.
Select any of them according to your convenience and of course to match your requirement. This review of exposed skin care also offers treatments to help clear up your skin. Treat yourself and stay away from Pimples!
Apart from following these particular healing ways, limit your intake of alcohol drinks and include more healthy diet with lots of antioxidant diet along with fruits and vegetables to successfully get rid of acne scars.
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my daughter had acnes but then she started using proactive solutions and she is getting amazing results..i think her 90% of acnes got cleared in the first 2 weeks itself.. i think more people should be using it up..
My daughter too is a teenager, who ha started having acne… does this really work? where will i find this proactiv solution? could u please tell?
hmm i see… i too have heard abt this product …. sum US cousin of mine told me…but tell me how can get hold of it?
A new LED light therapy product called Facial Secret can also be very effective in reducing acne scaring. It only takes five minutes per treatment in the privacy of your home.
My daughter got a scar on her face. She picked off a scab on her face and the resulting scar was bright red. I gave it some time, but the redness did not fade readily. I understand scars can fade over time, especially on kids; but since it was on her face, I did not want to take any chances. That it only might work was good enough for me.
I’ve used the Dr. Max Powers Scar Serum regularly on her face for about a month and it is definitely faded, not so noticeable anymore.
I also have a deep scar that is 35 years old right smack on the bridge of my nose. It’s not fading any more than it has. I decided to try it on that and also a recent burn scar on my arm. The scar on my arm is looking better. It’s still there but smooth and fading. The one on the bridge of my nose is deep. I think it looks better but it will be many months before I think I’ll truly know. I’ll be back to update at that time.
For now, I think it does seem to help and really doesn’t hurt new scar formation. I definitely recommend the Dr Max Powers Scar Serum if you have a scar on your face and are looking to fade it.
the blatant product placement in the previous comments is pretty annoying, BUT - good, straightforward article. thanks.
Your blog is awesome. I sent the link to my brother down at Georgia Tech because he still has acne and it is dreadful. I hope this could help him out. Thanks for that info!!!
Usually it can be rather hard to remove acne scars at all. I am a long time sufferer myself and I am still hoping to find a effective cure. I will try out what is mentioned here, maybe it provides relief. I hate to look scarred, particularly in my face.
Acne scars heal naturally over the period of six to one year maximum. Try not to remove scabs, they will fall off on their own, if they are removed it slows down the healing process. Treating acne itself is important, than the scars, because no acne means no scars to deal with.
Aloe vera and bio oil helps acne and the scars mine skin is amazing now!
Try it,and good luck (:
hey, m a teenager……..after dealin wid acne, i hv d scars left………hv no remedial measure, i juzz apply aloevera gel regularly..cn u plz help me to get some faster results becoz m gtng frustrated nw……….!!!!!!!!1
i 2 had a big pimple on mt cheek and i scratched it which resulted in a bod scar .. i have tried all the natural remedies and even tried mederma skin cream .. bt no results then i tried some chemical peels ..which gave the quick results .. but after few months the scars returned with side effects .. i don`t know what to do now .. can anyone please help????
ok also ifis you take hot showers your acne scars will dry up and fall… if u use a mix of honey, olive oil and brown sugar + a hot show with full of steam …. your acne scars will leave right away
hope this helps
um, just to let you know proactive does not work i am the mother of a teenage daughter and she tried it and bleached out her skin, successfully it is a waste of money and time but if it worked for you guys then it most only work for certain skin types.
I’m an African American 14 year old and acne has not been that big of a problem for me but the dark Marks that pimples leave is a horrible and embarrassing. I’ve been called spots,freckle forehead,a cheetah.but I using ambi now and since reading this blog Im gonna try drinking more water.thx 4 the tip
I picked off my scar and now it’s bright red but It is starting to go away
I am a MALE…Will applying honey on face affect hair growth(beard) on my face???
Hey Nevaeh let me know if it works.I’m also african American and 14. I’ve been drinking alot of water and my acne has pretty much gone away from that, but I have some bad scars. So let me know if ambi does anything.
Hey!!
i have had acne for over 4 yearz. nothing seemed to work i hve tried every thing. but thn my dermatologist recomended ORATANE. i worked wonders 4 me. i donot have breakouts any more. and thts the key thing. you hve to kill acne from the root. i wish i had taken it long ago life would have been different now
Honey have a cleaning effect when applied on your skin, but will not stop your hair from growing, it will not affect your hair follicles or disturb their formation.