Skin care tips for Skin Problems

Your complexion usually reflects the kind of food you eat, the amount of sleep you get and of course your feelings and emotions. Most of us have some kind of spots on our face like blackheads, pimples, whiteheads or freckles.

We have nearly 21 square foot of skin, which exudes about one litre of perspiration in a day. When these sweat pores are clogged due to dirt, some ailment of skin appears. An oily skin has excess oil or sebum which sometimes blocks a pore. If this oily blockage is not removed immediately by steaming or any other method, it hardens in a few hours and a whitehead is formed. This whitehead becomes a blackhead when oxidized by the air.

Sometimes extra sebum emerges only under the skin and after forming into a bump, becomes a pus-filled pimple. You get many of these pimples and if you have a few of these pus-filled pimples, they develop into acne. In such cases, you should keep your face scrupulously clean, otherwise acne spreads.

To check the excess oil secretion in you skin, Vitamin B complex helps. Brewer’s yeast contains a lot of Vitamin B complex. Liver capsules or fresh cooked liver, taken about thrice a week, also checks excessive oiliness of the skin.

An intake of lots of water works wonders with an acne-infected skin. The rainy season brings along with its share of skin problems oily skin, open pores, boils, pustules and prickly heat. If the atmosphere is heavily polluted as in our cities, particles of dirt tend to cling to the skin, giving it a dull grey appearance. Fortunately, frequent cleansing and refreshing will help keep it looking and feeling dean.

Try this special skin cleaning powder.
Green gram powder – 1 tablespoon.
Bengal gram powder – 1 tablespoon.
Fenugreek seeds powder – 1 teaspoon.

Use a teaspoon of this powder mixed with rose water on your face daily.
Even if your skin is well balanced or slightly dry, it may be a good idea to change your moisturizer for a very light weight one formulated for an oily skin which will fed less cloying.