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Natural Skin Care Products Are The Answer To Your Skin Care Problems.
Natural skin care products, or as I prefer to call them these
days Holistically-Natural skin care products are most definitely
the only answer to responsible healthy skin care. Any effect
achieved by synthetic product can be achieved using natural
means, if you know how.
These days many consumers treat synthetic ingredients in their
skin care as potentially harmful, and so they should. To settle
this in your own mind, just have a look at this vast list of chemicals commonly found in
mass-produced skin care products (some of these are also found
in so-called natural skin care products).
If you are asking yourself whether natural skin care products
are the answer to all your skin care problems? The answer is a
definite Yes. I have not come across a single skin problem that
cannot be addressed equally well using natural skin care
products as using any other types. Admittedly, I've only been in
practice for just over 20 years, however, so far I have yet to
see a skin condition that cannot be treated using a natural
approach, excluding of course emergency medical conditions such
as severe 3rd degree burns over large parts of the body,
etc.
In an article I can across recently, entitled "Are Natural Skin
Care Products the Answer To All Problems?", the author asks the
following questions:
So, are natural skin care products the answer to all of our
problems? What if a natural skin care product is not available
for the treatment of a particular skin disorder? Are the
synthetic skin care products so harmful that they should be
banned?
The answer is - No natural skin care products do not fix all
of our problems. Maybe the author should have asked ...so,
are natural skin care products to answer to all our skin
care problems? - then the answer would have still been
No, and neither do any other skin care products on the market
today - natural or otherwise.
Not all skin problems can be treated using some topical
application - Many diseases such as measles, chickenpox, herpes
and many more are diseases, which as part of their
symptomatology, have a skin component. To think that using
natural skin care products or for that matter a synthetically
formulated skin care product could treat this types of
conditions is ludicrous.
Sure, combine your internal medication (natural or drug-based)
with a good quality, natural skin care product to address the
itching, irritation and redness, etc., but don't think for one
moment that a skin care products is going to effect the
chickenpox virus or any other infectious disease.
Similarly, skin problems just like any other long-term disorder
have a multi-faceted complexity and require a systemic approach
to treatment.
If on the other hand we are simply referring to dry,
oily, mature or sensitive skin, than there is no need for
synthetic chemicals. Nor is this the case in the treatment of
dermatitis, psoriasis or similar conditions, unless they are of
a genetic origin - then there is very little that can be done
other than symptom control, which natural skin care products can
do just as well as any synthetic equivalent, if not better.
You see most mass-produced skin care products, whether they are
100% natural skin care products or have a synthetic component,
will not work on any condition that has an internal disease
process involved. For example a hormonal imbalance may cause
acne. This acne will persist until the hormonal imbalance is
corrected.
Similarly, viral infections can cause skin rashes and they will
persist until the viral infection has been addressed. Again,
sure use a topical ointment or cream for the rash and yes, make
sure it is a natural skin care product, because you don't need
to introduce more chemicals into the body, which it may have
difficulty in utilising and/or eliminating.
In the same article, the answers to the above questions
states:
Different people have different answers to these questions.
However, the reality is that due to presence of synthetic
preservatives, it's really tough to find a natural skin care
product that is 100% natural. There are natural skin care
products that have natural preservatives, but their cost might
be detrimental. Moreover, such natural skin products have a
shorter shelf life and hence are not preferred by the
manufacturers
of natural skin care products.
Firstly, 100% natural skin care products are really not hard to
find. There are dozens of companies that produce good quality,
natural skin care products and they can be found using Yahoo,
MSN or Google without much difficulty. Yes, they can be
expensive, but they are no more expensive than similar, products
containing synthetic chemicals produced by major brands such as
L'Oreal, Lancôme, and others. In fact, most are a lot less
costly.
Secondly, just because a natural skin care product has a natural
preservative does not make them any more expensive. I should
know, as we make a large range of natural skin care products and
have done so for over 20 years. We supply customers all over the
world, as well as our own patients, and over 80% of our
customers have been long-term customers. Some of our products
use natural preservatives such as Grape seed Oil or Wheat Germ
Oil and neither of these oils are very pricey.
In addition, Essential oils are some of the most powerful
antiseptic substances around, some are also have powerful
antibiotic properties and if used correctly, they will preserve
natural skin care products for at least 2 to 3 years without any
trouble. Furthermore, many of our natural skin care and personal
care product contain herbal extracts. Herbal extracts are by
nature alcoholic and alcohol is a very good preservative. So you
see, good quality natural skin care products do not need to have
preservatives (synthetic ones) added to them.
This author further states:
Some people carry a wrong notion that since natural skin care
products are natural, they cannot cause any harm to the skin.
The suitability of a skin care product is not based on whether
it is synthetic or natural. An unsuitable natural skin care
product can harm you in almost the same way as a synthetic one.
So, use natural skin care products, but be open to synthetic
ones too (you might need them when a natural solution is not
available)
Sure, we all know that nature produces powerful substances and
some of these are the most potent killers if we are exposed to
them - strychnine is an example that comes to mine, but any
substance found in nature has the potential to create problems,
some more serious than other. Why else would herbalist have to
be trained for years if you could take any old tea and drink it
to your heart's content?
Many people have allergies to all sorts of chemicals (I mean
naturally occurring ones as well as synthetic ones). However,
that is not the product's fault, these people unfortunately for
them have a hypersensitivity to particular substances and their
immune system needs to be treated. DON'T use a synthetic
substitute - the natural substances are just as powerful as
synthetic chemicals, why do you think is it that modern medicine
still uses morphine-based drugs to treat severe pain? - there is
no synthetic substitute that is more powerful a pain killer.
Natural skin care products that have been properly formulated to
target a specific skin care need, are safer, usually more
effective and cost no more than their synthetic counter parts.
When ever you choose to buy a new product which you use on your
skin be it a natural one or not, you should consider the
following:
* Always look at the ingredient list and see if there are any to
which you may be allergic.
* Before you start using a product apply a small area of your
skin first to see if you have any undesirable reaction. You may
be allergic to something in the product, which you are not aware
of and this may or may not be a natural substance.
* Know what the product does and what it is indicated for before
you buy it.
* Choose products to suit your skin type and your skin's
needs.
If you are not sure, ask the manufacturer, write them an email
or ring them up and ask them to explain or help.
Natural skin care
products are definitely the preferred option when it comes
to taking care of your skin's needs.
About the author:
Danny Siegenthaler is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine
and together with his wife Susan, a medical herbalist and
Aromatherapist, they have created Natural Skin Care Products
by Wildcrafted Herbal Products to share their 40 years of
combined expertise with you.
© Wildcrafted Herbal Products 2004 - 2005
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AAD - Acne |
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