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Aloe Vera for Acne Scars
Aloe Vera for Acne Scars; The worst part of acne is the scars. When we have acne, our skin tries to heal it and causes scars. Sometimes cuts can damage skin tissue and causes scars. There are two types of acne scars:
Atrophic scar (deep scars) and hypertoric scar (skin crest)
Cosmetic products with harmful chemicals will harm the skin. Ins, using Aloe Vera, Indian oil, honey, or coconut oil will eliminate acne scar and make the skin look beautiful.
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Do Aloe Vera Help Acne Scar?
- Polysaccharide and gibberellin in Aloe Vera has anti-bacterial property and help to fight against bacteria, heals scars, and increases cell growth.
- It sooths painful acne, accelerates healing process, and reduces the scar.
- It will clean excess oil and dead skin cells, and acts as natural firming element.
- Anti-inflammatory property will decrease swelling, blemishing, and pain in infectious acne.
- Anti-oxidants in Aloe Vera will fight acne radicals and restores damages skin. Vitamin E and C, and zinc are helpful to reduce acne scars.
How to Use Aloe Vera Recipes to Eliminate Acne Scars?
We have listed several methods to eliminate acne scars with Aloe Vera. You can try one of these recipes.
1 – Aloe Vera Gel
Regularly applying Aloe Vera gel cleans spots and sooths painful acne.
1 Cut an Aloe Vera leave, extract the gel, or buy ready-made Aloe Vera gel.
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Apply Aloe Vera gel and wait for 10 minutes.
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Apply one more layer and massage the areas with intense scar.
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Rinse the gel with water.
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Repeat this application twice a day.
Note: Alternatively, apply gel before sleeping, and rinse it off in the morning.
2 – Aloe Vera and Chickpea Flour Mask
Aloe Vera and chickpea flour combination will clean excess oil, dead skin cells, and dirt. It will decrease acne scars and sooths skin.
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To clean excess oil and dirt, wash your face with Aloe Vera gel.
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Mix 1 table spoon of chickpea flour, 1 tea spoon of turmeric powder with Aloe Vera.
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Apply on your face and let it dry.
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After the mixture is dry, massage with wet fingers, and rinse with clean water.
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You should repeat this for 3 times per week.
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Lastly, apply Aloe Vera extract moisturiser.
3 – Aloe Vera Juice
Drinking Aloe Vera juice will discard toxins in the body. It will soften the skin and make it shine. Some people may experience diarrhoea after drinking Aloe Vera juice. If you are consuming of the first time, start with low dose, and increase gradually.
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Add 2 table spoons of Aloe Vera to one cup of water, and consume before meals.
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For more benefit: Add ginger water to the mixture.
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Alternatively: You can add Aloe Vera to a non-acidic fruit juice.
Note: We have given the recipe of homemade Aloe Vera juice in our Homemade Aloe Vera Juice article. You can check that out.
4 – Aloe Vera and Turmeric
Turmeric has scrubbing effects to peel dead skin cells. Both turmeric and Aloe Vera will act as natural anti-septic to restore irritated skin, decrease painful acne, and decrease acne scars.
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Mix 1 table spoon of Aloe Vera gel and one pinch of turmeric powder.
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Apply this paste on acne and acne scars.
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Wait for 10 minutes.
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Using wet fingers, massage for 5 minutes with circular motions.
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Rinse with water and dry your face.
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You should repeat this for 3 times a day.
5- Aloe Vera, Honey and Lemon
This combination is ideal solutions for decreasing acne spots. Lemon and honey are natural colour bleachers and evens the skin tone. They will clean acne spots and show the natural beauty of the skin.
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Mix equal amount of Aloe Vera, honey, and lemon in a clean cup.
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Apply the mixture on acne.
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Wait couple of minutes.
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Later, gently massage your skin and wash with cool water.
Note: If you don’t have open scars on your skin, you can apply this as facial mask. If you have open scars, the mixture may cause irritation.
6 – Aloe Vera Gel and Almond Oil
Vitamin E in almond oil will moisture the skin and decreases acne scar. This combination is effective for acne scar.
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Mix 1 table spoon of Aloe Vera gel and 2 drops of almond oil.
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Apply on your face with a scrub. This will clean the dead skin cells and toxic materials.
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Now, apply this paste on acne.
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Massage your skin as your skin absorbs the mixture.
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Wait for 20 minutes and clean with paper towel.
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You should repeat this for two times per week.
Note: You can keep the mixture on your face during night, and clean it in the morning.
7 – Aloe Vera and Almond Powder
Almond powder will clean the skin and dead skin cells. Almond powder is rich in terms of Vitamin E. It will eliminate acne scars and smooths the skin. Aloe Vera will relax the skin, heals acne scars, and decreases spots.
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10 almonds are grinded to obtain powder.
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One table spoon of almond powder is added to Aloe Vera water and a paste is obtained.
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Apply this paste on acne scars.
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Wait for 20 minutes to dry.
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Rub with your wet finger.
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Rinse the mixture with clean water.
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Apply this recipe daily for acne-free face.
8 – Aloe Vera and Tea Tree Oil
Many researches state that tea tree oil decreases acne scars and it is highly effective on other scars without significant side-effects.
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Mix 1 table spoon of Aloe Vera gel, and 2 drops of tea tree oil.
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Mix the ingredients and apply to acne regions.
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Wait for the mixture to dry.
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Rinse with cold water and dry your face.
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Repeat daily for amazing results.
9 – Aloe Vera and Vitamin E Oil
Vitamin E heals damages skin tissue, and helps the skin to regenerate. This recipe will help you to eliminate acne scars in shot time.
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Mix 1 table spoon of Aloe Vera gel, and 1 Vitamin E capsule.
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Mix the ingredients and apply to acne regions.
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Wait for the mixture to dry.
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Rinse with warm water and cold water, respectively.
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Repeat this application for once a day for effective results.
Tips and Precautions
- Before trying Aloe Vera, please make sure if you have latex, onion, garlic, or tulip allergy. If you have allergy to one these, you probably have allergy to Aloe Vera.
- Please consult to your doctor before consuming Aloe Vera juice. It is better to consume in small amounts.
- Please make sure to use the gel of Aloe Vera leave.
- Before applying recipes, apply hot water vapor on your face. This will open your pores and help Aloe Vera to penetrate your skin.
- Exfoliate your skin to clean dead skin cells and other toxic material.
- Regularly moisturise your skin to reduce dry skin. Use Aloe Vera based moisturiser for more effective results.
- Drink plenty of water to moisturise your skin.
- If you feel any irritation or burning on your skin, consult to a doctor immediately.