Green Tea for Acne Remedies
Green tea is inexpensive, can be bought in large quantities from a grocery store, and it can be used to treat acne, acne scars, and dark spots. It is even being used to help people lose weight.
Because of the high levels of antioxidants in green tea, it helps with getting rid of radicals that can cause skin tissue damage. Drinking more antioxidants gives supports the immune system Green tea treats acne by balancing hormones, reducing acne inflammation, killing acne causing bacteria, and detoxing. It has drying astringent properties that help with the overproduction of oil keeping from pimples to form and dries out pimples that are already present. Drinking green tea also cleans the mouth and will strengthen the gums and teeth. This is from the high concentration of antioxidants and a small amount of flouride. Drink green tea in the morning to kill any leftover bacteria you have after cleaning your mouth. This helps to prevent acne on the lower cheeks.
No clinical studies prove that they cause acne, but caffeine and sugar may be part of your acne problem. For some people drinking lots of caffeine and sugar it can cause hormones to spike. Another reason why caffeine may cause acne is because it dehydrates the skin. Green tea will help to balance out the effects of any food that increases the production of hormones, but why make your body work harder than it needs to? Minimize the amount of sugar, caffeine, and milk because all of these foods may have some connection with hormones and acne. Green tea contains a small amount of caffeine and doesn’t stain teeth. So try drinking green tea instead of coffee in the morning. Or if you can’t make an all out switch and are drinking multiple cups of coffee in the morning, substitute one or two of the cups with green tea. Substituting green tea for a cup of coffee will reward your body with more antioxidants than you can think of (vitamin A, B, C, and E), and because it has less caffeine your skin will be more hydrated.
Drink a lot of green tea for acne.
Box of Bigelow Green Tea for Acne
Drinking green tea needs to be done often to get the desired result of less acne. Drink at least four to five cups of green tea day a day, and up to six cups a day to get the most from the cleansing effects of green tea. Six cups is a bit extreme, but it will help cleanse the body if you live in a polluted environment, and six cups will also help if you have a hormone imbalance. Green tea helps protect your body from free radicals and toxins that come from pollutants. Drinking green tea will help clear up breakouts that occur on the sides of the chin because pimples in this area can be caused by a hormone imbalance.
A tip when drinking green tea for acne.
When adding flavor to green tea don’t use sugar and especially not any artificial sweeteners like splenda. Use a natural ingredient (except sugar) like honey or honey suckle to sweeten green tea. Sugar and artificial sweeteners will not only neutralize the cleansing effects of green tea, but as mentioned earlier can also cause hormones to spike.
Topical green tea acne remedies.
Heavenly Tea Leaves Organic Green Tea for Acne
After pouring yourself a cup of steaming green tea put your face next to the cup and let the steam cleanse your pores. This will also allow the antioxidants in green tea to penetrate your skin through the steam. Steaming with green tea helps to get rid of blackheads. Use a green tea bag after it’s cooled by gently rubbing it all over your face for a about a minute. Instead of heating a pot on the stove, put a few bags of green tea in some steaming hot water from your sink. Wait until the water cools off then rinse your face with the water and rub a tea bag on your face in circular motions. Hold the tea bag over areas that you are prone to breakout at for a few minutes. After applying green tea to your face let it dry on its own or pat dry with a clean towel. Apply a moisturizer to counter some of the drying effects green tea has. Use green tea at most twice a week if you have average skin or once a week if you have dry or sensitive skin. Daily use will cause the skin to dry out.
Make a green tea acne face wash with apple cider vinegar.
Add a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar (ACV) to a cup of green tea to get the benefits of both remedies. ACV has similar effects on acne as green tea, but it will also give the skin a balanced pH that keeps acne causing bacteriea from forming as much. As with the green tea face wash only use ACV and green tea a couple of times a week if you have average or oily skin or once a week if you have dry or sensitive skin. The ACV also makes the skin sensitive to the sun because it contains an alpha hydroxy acid so put on a sunscreen or moisturizer with SPF 30 or higher that wont clog your pores if you’re applying it in the daytime. Apply ACV and green tea at night so that the smell (ACV smells pretty bad) and the sensitivity will be gone by morning.
Because of the high levels of antioxidants in green tea, it helps with getting rid of radicals that can cause skin tissue damage. Drinking more antioxidants gives supports the immune system Green tea treats acne by balancing hormones, reducing acne inflammation, killing acne causing bacteria, and detoxing. It has drying astringent properties that help with the overproduction of oil keeping from pimples to form and dries out pimples that are already present. Drinking green tea also cleans the mouth and will strengthen the gums and teeth. This is from the high concentration of antioxidants and a small amount of flouride. Drink green tea in the morning to kill any leftover bacteria you have after cleaning your mouth. This helps to prevent acne on the lower cheeks.
No clinical studies prove that they cause acne, but caffeine and sugar may be part of your acne problem. For some people drinking lots of caffeine and sugar it can cause hormones to spike. Another reason why caffeine may cause acne is because it dehydrates the skin. Green tea will help to balance out the effects of any food that increases the production of hormones, but why make your body work harder than it needs to? Minimize the amount of sugar, caffeine, and milk because all of these foods may have some connection with hormones and acne. Green tea contains a small amount of caffeine and doesn’t stain teeth. So try drinking green tea instead of coffee in the morning. Or if you can’t make an all out switch and are drinking multiple cups of coffee in the morning, substitute one or two of the cups with green tea. Substituting green tea for a cup of coffee will reward your body with more antioxidants than you can think of (vitamin A, B, C, and E), and because it has less caffeine your skin will be more hydrated.
Drink a lot of green tea for acne.
Box of Bigelow Green Tea for Acne
Drinking green tea needs to be done often to get the desired result of less acne. Drink at least four to five cups of green tea day a day, and up to six cups a day to get the most from the cleansing effects of green tea. Six cups is a bit extreme, but it will help cleanse the body if you live in a polluted environment, and six cups will also help if you have a hormone imbalance. Green tea helps protect your body from free radicals and toxins that come from pollutants. Drinking green tea will help clear up breakouts that occur on the sides of the chin because pimples in this area can be caused by a hormone imbalance.
A tip when drinking green tea for acne.
When adding flavor to green tea don’t use sugar and especially not any artificial sweeteners like splenda. Use a natural ingredient (except sugar) like honey or honey suckle to sweeten green tea. Sugar and artificial sweeteners will not only neutralize the cleansing effects of green tea, but as mentioned earlier can also cause hormones to spike.
Topical green tea acne remedies.
Heavenly Tea Leaves Organic Green Tea for Acne
After pouring yourself a cup of steaming green tea put your face next to the cup and let the steam cleanse your pores. This will also allow the antioxidants in green tea to penetrate your skin through the steam. Steaming with green tea helps to get rid of blackheads. Use a green tea bag after it’s cooled by gently rubbing it all over your face for a about a minute. Instead of heating a pot on the stove, put a few bags of green tea in some steaming hot water from your sink. Wait until the water cools off then rinse your face with the water and rub a tea bag on your face in circular motions. Hold the tea bag over areas that you are prone to breakout at for a few minutes. After applying green tea to your face let it dry on its own or pat dry with a clean towel. Apply a moisturizer to counter some of the drying effects green tea has. Use green tea at most twice a week if you have average skin or once a week if you have dry or sensitive skin. Daily use will cause the skin to dry out.
Make a green tea acne face wash with apple cider vinegar.
Add a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar (ACV) to a cup of green tea to get the benefits of both remedies. ACV has similar effects on acne as green tea, but it will also give the skin a balanced pH that keeps acne causing bacteriea from forming as much. As with the green tea face wash only use ACV and green tea a couple of times a week if you have average or oily skin or once a week if you have dry or sensitive skin. The ACV also makes the skin sensitive to the sun because it contains an alpha hydroxy acid so put on a sunscreen or moisturizer with SPF 30 or higher that wont clog your pores if you’re applying it in the daytime. Apply ACV and green tea at night so that the smell (ACV smells pretty bad) and the sensitivity will be gone by morning.
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