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Acne is a common skin disease that causes pimples. The truth is, there is currently no cure for acne, only treatments.
Some people have success treating their acnes with over-the-counter acne treatments and traditional prescription medications. But recently natural remedies such as green teaŁ¬fruit-based masks, homemade facials, and special oils have found a ready market. People have stopped looking at the expensive medications to cure various conditions, and have started looking at remedies found closer to home.
Green tea, which has long been used by the Chinese as a traditional medicine to treat many ailments, has proved to be effective in treating acne. Some experts said that it can help to reduce inflammation, hormonal activity and aids in detoxification. Its antioxidants have been shown to be highly beneficial to acne prevention and they help your body to fight against free radicals that cause damage to cells and tissues in your body.
In an independent study Dr. Jennifer from Memorial Medical Center in Philippine have found that results in treating acne were the same when he compared a green tea cream with having 3% of green tea, to a 4% benzoyl peroxide solution on people suffering with moderate to severe acne. The results showed that green tea in treating acne is as good as the benzoyl peroxide. Besides, green tea cream also lighten patients' skin color and improve the overall skin complexion. The study suggested that green tea extract cream causes fewer side effects than the benzoyl peroxide and the green tea group reported fewer cases of dry skin, itching and allergic responses.
According to some experts, green tea therapy is more attractive to the public because it is less toxic and has fewer or no side effects as compare to other drug based products. This herbal acne treatment is available in the form of green tea cream, a pill or drunk as a tea. It has been pretty well proven that the green tea extract cream is safe, well tolerated and effective.
Green Tea with Honeysuckle is often known as 'Pimple Tea' in China. It aids digestion and helps to detoxify your system when drunk after a meal and getting rid of the toxins cause acne. All in all, green tea has more beneficial properties than other anti-acne treatments and worth trying.