Want to know how to get rid of pimples fast?

Then essential oils, may just become your new best friend!

These precious oils are gentle, extremely effective and best of all completely natural….

Many  have a real affinity with the skin, check out some of their awesome properties below:

• Boosts a dull skin
• Calms inflammation
• Rehydrates a
• Keeps an oily shine at bay
• Helps to clear infection
• Helps with cellular turnover
• Controls the amount of sebum that is produced within the skin

So let’s have a look at natures healing oils:

How to get rid of pimples fast

Chamomile

There are many ,

If the skin is inflamed, it is important to treat sensitivity first, the ethylene content in German Chamomile, helps to calm and soothe an inflamed skin.

Lavender Oil

This is a well known anti bactericidal oil, that has lovely soothing properties, it works really well as a preventative treatment, helping to keep pimples at bay.

Lavenders dual action, means it is also great at clearing the skin of inflammation, which is often associated with breakouts?

Tea Tree Oil

This essential oil has wonderful anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, the oil is widely used in topical treatments, for treating mild to moderate causes of breakouts.

Clinical trials have shown, a significant reduction in the number of inflamed and non inflamed breakouts on the skin.

Tea Tree Versus Benzyl Peroxide

The trials also carried out comparative trials with Benzyl Peroxide lotion, an over the counter treatment for breakouts.

What was found, was that Benzyl Peroxide created some inflammation within the skin tissues, whilst Tea Tree gel showed fewer side effects.

These findings are quite significant! They show that natural components within Tea Tree oil, can be especially useful when treating pimples and an oily, acneic skin.

Add some Lemon Myrtle into the mix

Interestingly, the microbiological effects of Tea Tree were further enhanced, by adding Lemon Myrtle oil to the solution, this showed even greater benefits on pimples and P. Acnes bacteria.

It is important to note that Lemon Myrtle should not be used alone….

Because  of its high citral content, it can cause sensitisation on the skin.

As this article is all about how to get rid of pimples fast, lets look at some more useful essential oils:

Sebum regulating: Lemon, Rosemary and Cypress.

Fighting infection: Tea Tree, Lemon and Lavender.

Disinfecting oils: Tea tree and Bergamot.

Control of bacterial activity: Naiaouli or Juniper.

Although you do need to remember that citrus oils are photo toxic.

Essential Oil Benefits

Astringent: Inhibits sebaceous gland secretions, ,many oils help to clear and totally eliminate the build up of sebum on the skin.

Anti bactericidal: Neutralises bacteria on the skin responsible for skin eruptions, helping to keep scarring to a minimum.

Anti Inflammatory: Oily skin is often stressed and inflamed, many Essential Oils are anti-inflammatory and healing, helping to reduce inflammation in the skin’s pores.

Anti Microbial and fungal: Helps to fight fungal infections and other microbes.

Balancing: Many oils can help to mop up excessive sebum (oil), working as a preventative treatment, returning the skin back to its natural state.

The Naked truth

You only want to use these oils as a spot treatment, or in very minute dilutions, because if you have signs of sensitivity, they could potentially do more harm then good.