Monday, December 15, 2008

Treatment For Acne And Scars Using Herb

By Zul Rahman

It seems that making the right choice of acne treatment is as difficult as trying to get rid of the acne itself. Sometimes you have to swim through hundreds of products before you can get the right one.

There are a lot more people today prefer to go with herbal treatment rather than using prescription drugs. Acne treatment is no exception, in recent years herbal treatment products appeared ont he market like mushrooms.

Why do more people are turning away from prescription drugs?

Most of the pharmaceutical products are using antibiotics to treat acne. Largely the prescription drugs are using antibiotics for acne treatment.

One of the disadvantages of treatment using antibiotics is that the treatment becomes less effective when the body becomes more tolerant to the drug. Another thing is that you have to go through many hit and miss trial until you find the product that works for you.

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

There is a controversial drug which is popularly used known as Accutane. It is a vitamin A based drug and it is very strong.

The function of Accutane is to close the pores of the body. The understanding is that when the pores are closed they will be prevented from clogging.

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.

On the extreme case Accutane could also cause mental instability that could result in suicides. There are clearly some very high risk involved with the treatment using this drug.

What makes the herbal treatment for acne becomes so popular?

Nonetheless not all of the herbal treatment are without side effects and also not all of them are 100% effective. But the overall score is that people are more comfortable with natural treatment because it is herbal base.

Herbal treatment are known to have less side effects that could cause other medical problems. Some of them have the reputation for healing dated back to the ancients time. Since it is from plant people tend to associate it with natural and pure. - 15252

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