Green Tea and Acne
What about green tea and acne? Headlines sing praises about the health benefits of green tea but its benefit for treating acne is less well known.
Green tea is an antiviral and an antioxidant and it is known for preventing colds and flu plus many other ailments. Read about the known benefits of green tea.
Thousands of people suffering from acne have discovered that drinking green tea for its many benefits also reduced or cleared their acne completely. It is a very inexpensive acne treatment that will:
- reduce pimple size
- reduce redness
- fade scars
- make skin glow
- prevent new pimples
- make skin soft
People who have had the greatest success with green tea and acne both drink it and use it topically on their skin. Most people use green tea bags or loose leaf tea but some use green tea powder with equal success. Bottled green tea drinks that contain sugar or sugar substitutes and preservatives do not give the same results.
The biggest drawback to green tea is that many people just do not like the taste of it. However, persistence pays off because a taste for it can be acquired. You can add some lemon juice to it if you are not one whose acne is triggered by citrus fruit. Most people drink three to five cups a day for acne treatment.
It is important to brew green tea with water that is heated only to just before the boil both with tea bags and loose leaf tea.
To apply green tea topically to your skin, brew your tea and let it cool. Apply it with a cotton ball. You can also open the cooled tea bag and apply the leaves to your face as a mask and leave it for ten minutes. If you like, you can brew up a batch of tea and put it in a jar with a lid in the refrigerator to use during the week. Don't keep it longer than a week though. Most people use green tea topically just before bedtime.
It is unusual for anyone to be allergic to green tea but just in case, you might want to dab some behind your ear and wait for 24 hours to see how your skin reacts to it.
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