Green tea has long been used as a health drink which is useful for traditional
Chinese medicine, and one of them is the treatment of acne. Even the efficacy of green tea
effective for therapeutic treatment of acne. The content of green tea rich in
antioxidants, especially epigallocatechin gallate with the activity of
antioxidants even 200 times more potent than vitamin E in fighting free
radicals.
The habit of drinking green tea,
can help rid the body of toxins and maintain healthy cell structure. Other properties of green tea
helps fight bacteria and reduce redness, inflammation, and hormonal activity.
If green tea is used to treat
acne, it can speed healing and help prevent acne. The trick may be drunk, can also
be made in the form of pills or in topical cream preparations.
You can also put a warm tea bag
on acne lesions on the face, point to draw out toxins and trigger faster
healing.
For treatment of acne therapy,
it takes a higher dose, by taking as many as eight cups of green tea without
sugar every day to clean skin. Because Preservatives and sugar
will neutralize many of the benefits of green tea.
If used as a pill, then green
tea is used as a vitamin for acne that focus on detoxifying the skin through
antioxidant activity. But has the disadvantage because
of the way to reduce the nutritional benefits contained in it, unlike if the
drink directly.
Today, green tea is made in the
form of green tea extract cream. Studies from the American Academy of Dermatology 2003 show
that the use of a topical cream with green tea extract can clean
patient's skin color and improve the overall appearance of the patient's face.
With the results of the study,
of course, most likely the preferred therapy green tea consumers especially
this therapy has fewer side effects than other drug products. So that green tea seems to be
very effective as a therapy without causing dryness and irritation of the skin
that are generally common in the use of benzoyl peroxide. The only downside at about the
effects of topical therapy is limited to the applied area, and reduce the
nutrients include therein, different if the drink directly. Another disadvantage, does not
include hormonal effects that can help avoid or at least reduce the intensity
of the onset of acne in the future