this post has three pages of replies so i dont know if this has already been mentioned but just incase it hasnt
firstly i find pure lavender oil works well for getting rid of my acne and reducing swelling and redness as it is an antiinflamatory. most essential oils cant be applied directly to skin but lavender is so gentle that it can, just stop if you do have a reaction to it of course. also although it is claeed an oil it doesnt feel greasy at all so wont clog pores.
i cannot praise vitamin E oil for getting rid of scars enough! it is a mircle! although it can be quite sticky which is its only drawback. you are able to get some creams with vitamin e in them which arent sticky which would be betta if you find the pure stuff makes you break out more.
with scars it is best if you are going to try and reduce them to apply the treatment within the first hundred days of the scars healing period. as they heal at 1% per day. after that they are more difficult to fade. i used to be a cutter, and earlier in the year i cut really deep and was worried about the scars i would get, i applied vitamin e oil twice or three times a day for 100 days and now they are barely visable. they look like faded stretch marks, and my older scars which were not as deep but i did not use vitamin e oil on are more notciable even after years of time for them to fade. vitamin e is absolutly wonderful, and relativly cheap! it really works a treat.
good luck
Sonia |