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Beauty Recipes Of The Week

Hello, It is Beauty Recipes Of The Week again. I learnt this method through a variety show that I watched yesterday. Yet to try out this recipe but it is definitely cost saving and good.

Do you love to eat yogurt? Have you been buying yogurt from supermarket? How about making your own yogurt? This recipe is easy and healthy.

Yogurt is created by the propagation of bacteria cultures. Hence placing yogurt into milk with the right temperature will allow the bacteria to spread and form yogurt.

Yogurt
Ingredients:

• 1 Litre of Low Fat or Full Cream Milk
• 1 Cup of Plain Yogurt (those that you usually buy from supermarket)
• 1 - 2 tablespoon of sugar Or honey (the quantity depend on your preference)

Instructions:

Pour the milk into the stove and cook for 8 - 10 minutes. Stir the milk occasionally.

Let the milk cool down to lukewarm temperature.

Add the Plain Yogurt. Stir to blend in.

Cover the the stove with the stove lid. Use a Thick towel to wrap the stove up. Ferment the Yogurt for about 8 to 10 hours or wait until the next morning.

Unwrap the yogurt. The Yogurt should have form the shape just like jelly beancurd.

Place the Yogurt into the refrigerator until next day or night time.

Mix the Yogurt with your favourite fruits or nuts and it is ready for serving.

Treatments for Acne

There are no actual cure for acne. Different skin suit different products and hence produce a different impact as well. Depending on the seriousness of your acne, dematologist may prescribe topical or oral medication. The most common ones are :

• Topical retinoids - Retin A, Differin, Tazorac
• Topical or oral antibiotics
• Benzoyl peroxide
• Sulfur
• Birth Control Pills for hormonal treatment

When the right treatment are done, your skin will gradually heal.

Other kind of acne treatment include procedural acne treatments

• Comedo extractions: it is often done at a beauty salon during facial by a certified esthetician. For severe acne like cysts or lesions is best done by a dematologist through surgical methods as extreme forcing may hurt the skin and leave scars behind.
• Chemical Peels: Peels help to improve or smoothen your skin texture. Normally this kind treatment exfoliate your skin using AHAs or TCAs. This kind of treatment is most commonly done for lightening acne scars and wrinkles
• Microdebrasion: it is commonly done at beauty salon. This treatment use a machine that rapidly discharge super-fine crystals over the skin's surface. It is suitable for blackheads and whiteheads but not inflammed, red pimples with pus.
• Phototherapy: This treatment involve using light or laser. It can treat all stages of acne. The light can be adjusted to the severity of your skin. Any laser or peels done after that is best to use sunblock after that. This is to prevent pigmentation from forming.
• Corticosteroid injections: Dematologist will inject a cyst with Corticosteroid. It speed up the healing process, reduce inflammation and the chances of scarring after it heal.

You may like to check out this book, Acne Free In 3 Days written by Chris Gibson for some natural therapy treatment. His book will give you a better understanding on acne. A book that is worth taking a look at it. For more information, please click this link :Acne Free In 3 Days

The most common myths on acne

Myth 1
Acne is not caused by poor hygiene. Many people always think that acne is caused by poor hygiene, hence they do vigorous scrubbing on their skin. Vigorous scrubbing not only strip off the protective layer on your skin but also worsen your acne condition. Cleansing your face with mild cleanser twice a day is more than enough. I would only advise scrubbing your face GENTLY once or twice a week.

Myth 2
Chocolate is the main cause on acne. Till now, there are no scientific fact to prove this. However, I would still advise those people who are suffering from acne eat lesser chocolates but that does not mean you cannot eat. It was because eating too much will cause your body to be heaty. When your body is too heaty, more pimples may appear due to this problem.

Myth 3
Squeezing your pimple will let your acne disappear faster. Squeezing your pimples will only give you scars on your face. In certain cases, it may worsen the condition.

Myth 4
Stress is not the direct cause on face acne. However, stress can cause the body to produce a hormone called Cortisol. Cortisol may cause more pimples to breakout or aggreviate your current skin condition.

Myth 5
Only Teenagers who are going through purberty face acne problem. Although it is true that many teenagers undergoing purberty age may experience acne problem. However, there are people who have their first breakout or acne problem when they reaches the age of 30 and above. This is often referred as "Adult Acne".

What Causes Acne?

Many reasons can cause acne but to be exact, it is still not known yet. It maybe internal or external factors. Acne can happened when hormonal changes, bacterial or inflammatory disturbance take place.

When there is a rise or changes in the hormones level, it can cause the sebaceous glands to enlarge and make more sebum. Example: purberty age,menstrual cycle, pregnancy and start or stop birth control pills.

Another factor is Heredity. The tendency to have acne problem can be inherited from the parents. If your friend have absolute, clear porcelain skin, it could be their genes too.

Stress could also be one of the contributing reason to breakout. Hence, having enough sleep and drink more water to lessen the chance of getting acne.

Some people who are on medication can also get acne. Certain drugs, including androgens, lithium, and barbiturates, are known to cause acne.

Unsuitable Topical product can worsen the condition of acne.

Non-Oil based cosmetics may also caused acne. People who are oily skin type should use grease free cosmetic products. Using the wrong cosmetic products or not removing your face make-up will cause your face pores to clog. This will also worsen the acne condition.

Environment Factors. People who are staying in high humid country or country who is facing serious air pollution should take extra care on their face. Especially in hot weather country, you sweat and face become much more oilier. Proper daily cleansing is definitely a MUST to get rid of the dirt and oil on your face.