My Age is 14. I have too much small acne and little bit big acne on my face and neck. So what should I do? What i do?

Hello User,

As 14 years is a teenage and important milestone in a person's life with our bones growing and so is our overall development happening, this is the time when there are hormonal changes happening at the same time if we feed our body to high-fat diet and indulge in things like cheese, paneer, bread etc which degrades our skin quality. 

It is time to make changes in the diet and adapt an overall naturalistic lifestyle. A holistic measure is the only way you can treat this thing completely.

Eat:

The first thing in the morning is to start your day with something light in nature and easy to digest is what your breakfast should be because they are the kind of nutrients that get absorbed easily. Even the early morning ritual should include consumption of two-three glasses of warm water will help in flushing out all the toxins. The ideal diet would be to depend on fruits and raw vegetable intake and refrain from something which is oil-based. Have fruit salad in the afternoon time and vegetable salad as evening snack this will be light on your stomach.

A diet rich in Vitamin C will help in dealing with skin problem by reducing all the acne. Sources like lemons, oranges, mosumbi will help in dealing with acne.

Face packs which you can use to improve your acne:

1. Massage the acne-prone area with one tablespoon aloe vera gel and one tablespoon coconut oil.

2. One tablespoon of flaxseeds blend with half beetroot will make sure to reduce acne scars.

3. Wash your face in the morning with neem powder and one teaspoon of healthy for an antibacterial reaction.

​​Exercise:

• Pranayam helps in detoxifying the body, practising it early morning in an area which has good sunlight will help in improving blood circulation.
• Suryanamaskar daily 12 sets will help in increasing the blood circulation of your body.
• A brisk walk in early morning sun from 30-45 minutes, helps in treating your body to its level best. Sun is a great source of Vitamin D that is why walking in the Sun and connecting with the sun also help in activating our cells and rejuvenate us for the whole day.

Meditation:

In any kind of disease, stress comes complementary to it, but with our assurance and positive attitude, we can treat anything. The best thing to start with is breathing mindfully before sleep with the help of music to stay positive. Use a 15-minute relaxation technique before sleep, by hearing a piece of soothing music and deep breathing will help in relaxing your mind.

A positive attitude will help you to deal with everything in life.

Sleep:

Sleeping for at least 7-8 hours is really helpful in dealing with any problem, sleep is our body's natural response and helps the body to heal. Sleep relaxes the muscles and strengthens our body. During sleep, our body goes into a repair mechanism where it heals thy self.

Hopefully, these suggestions will help you

Thank you

Hello Rohan,

Acne is a skin condition which results in blackheads, whiteheads and pimples. It can affect people of any age but it mostly affects teenagers like you.

Reasons for acne:

• Skin pores get clogged with oil and dead cells. 
• Unhygienic conditions. 
• Bacterial growth.
• Hormonal factors like excessive activity of androgens.

Factors that trigger acne:

• Stress 
• Hormonal imbalance 
• Certain medications 
• Improper diet.
• Disturbed circadian rhythm. 

Face packs to use:

• Take fresh aloe vera gel and add coconut oil to it and then apply it over the affected area. 
• Take some neem leaves and boil them in water. Now, use this water to wash the affected areas. 
• Take some turmeric powder and add some gulab jal to it and apply it over the affected area. 

Diet to follow- 

• Start your day with a glass of warm water and add some drops of fresh lemon juice in it. This drink is rich in vitamin C and will boost metabolism.
• Have overnight soaked flaxseeds. 
• Eat only plant-based natural raw foods. 
• Have freshly prepared homemade fruit juices and also drink coconut water. 
• Eat fresh fruits and green vegetables. 
• Include salads, sprouts, nuts and beans in your diet. 
• Have whole grains like wheat, barley, millets ,oats, etc.

Foods to avoid- 

• Avoid packaged and processed foods. 
• Avoid deep-fried and spicy foods.
• Avoid having tea, coffee and other caffeinated drinks. 
• Avoid drinking carbonated drinks.
• Avoid sugars.
• Avoid refined oils and refined grains. 
• Avoid chocolates. 

Physical activity 

• Start your day by having a morning walk of at least 30min. 
• Do yoga daily, start by doing 12 sets of suryanamaskar daily. 
• Perform tada asana, vriksha asana, gomukha asana, trikona asana, paschimottan asana daily. 
• You may also indulge in outdoor sports like football, basketball, badminton. 
• Walk barefoot on grass. 
• Take sunrays in the morning. 

Sleep

Sleep is important as it relieves the body and mind from the stress and plays an important role in maintaining the circadian rhythm. Hence, helps in maintaining hormonal balance. 

Take proper sleep of at least 7-8 hours daily. 

Sleep early at night at around 10 pm and also wake up early in the morning at around 6 am. 

Don't use any electronic devices 1 hour before sleeping.

Thank you 

Dear Rohan,

Acne is a common skin problem faced by boys and girls, especially during the teenage years. As per Nature Cure, our body is designed to stay in a state of health and diseases/symptoms/discomfort are often an attempt to restore any imbalance inside the body. Imbalance is caused because of toxins - which are an output of metabolism and are also added due to unnatural lifestyle choices. Nature has equipped us with the measures of eliminating the toxins on a regular basis - through breathing, stool, urine, sweat, mucus depositions in nose, eyes and genitals etc. Acne is also one such mechanism to get rid of toxins. At this stage, we need to support the body to get rid of toxins instead of suppressing symptoms by restoring to quick-fixes like medicines etc.

Adopt a natural lifestyle to deal with your acne problem naturally. You can explore our Nature-Nurtures Program that helps you in making the transition, step by step. Our Natural Health Coach will look into your daily routine in a comprehensive way and give you an action plan. She / he will guide you on diet, sleep, exercise, stress to correct your existing routine & make it in line with Natural Laws.

In the meantime, please refer to the below resources to understand more about skin issues & Nature Cure.

1. Blogs

   • Skin – An indicator of good health

   • Free Yourself from Harmful Chemicals – Switch to Natural Beauty Products

2. Real-life natural healing stories of people who cured Skin Issues just by following Natural Laws.

All the best!

Team Wellcure

All the local applications are always a temporary solution to beat acne.

Skin is a reflection of the body’s health inside. Health is always inside out and not outside in.

You have acne now and that's due to your lifestyle and adding any external new products to the mix won’t help in isolation. You need to understand the foods that are majorly causing this and remove it. It’s as simple as that and feed on foods that are designed for humans.

Eliminations happen via the skin too. Since a child whatever toxins such as pollution, chemicals on the skin, dairy, meat, eggs fish, all the harsh chemicals that would have been used in the household, toxic smells, medicines etcetera would have got collected in your liver and over a period of time when it maxes out, and it finds that the other excretory organs are also clogged, it tries to eliminate that from the skin. The more severe your acne the more accumulation of toxins in your skin and so in the body.

Hormonal imbalances also lead to acne. This is the age when the body starts making hormones to help you grow into an adult. Apocrine sweat gland opens their duct onto the skin surface only during puberty under the stimulation of sex hormones which are produced. These ducts open to the hair follicles producing a protein-rich sweat that can also develop an odour when exposed to bacteria. Hence, at the onset of puberty, the skin becomes oily and produces sweat. Coincidentally, skin starts releasing toxins in the form of acne from the skin when the body starts producing the male hormone testosterone in both sexes. So the body will anyways do this for every single person, but some having acne vs some not depends on how much toxins you are accumulating to send out.

Excess toxins in the lymphatic system, with not so efficient kidneys, will accumulate toxins. When the body sees pores opening on the skin, it tries to grab the opportunity to release toxins which also has hair growing from it.

The solution is to start focusing on cleaning your body. Keep washing your face with plain water without any scrubbing. Pat it dry after the cleansing. For internal cleansing, a long term lifestyle change is necessary. Lead a healthy whole food plant-based diet with a focus on raw till dinner and your skin will be ok over time. 50% of fruits and greens, 30% of vegetables, 20% of cooked food is all that is necessary to clean your body. Avoid all forms of fats even nuts and seeds for this condition to heal. Over time you can include coconuts. Quit dairy, meat, fish, eggs, sugar, all forms of oils including any fancy cold-pressed oils, refined oils having food outside often (because of all the refined and processed food and + the chemicals to make it tastier), wheat and other grains contain gluten such as barley and oats. Avoid maida and other forms of foods that contain gluten.

Include a lot of fruit and vegetable juices such as cucumber ash gourd which comes to at least 3-4 liters per day.

Next, avoid all cosmetics and chemical application on the skin. Use natural products such as my recipes here below. Put things on your skin that you can put into your mouth too. As you continue to improve on the raw intake in your life and quit all forms of suppressive chemicals that are not critical, the skin will definitely pop out and overtime release all the toxins that are inside the body. You will have to allow it to happen for your acne to be completely healed in the future. Pus is nothing but all the toxins that are coming out.

Any form of suppression does two purposes, one is to bring an improvement in your condition and the second is to cause another problem which is toxin accumulation. Since chemicals are not food, the body will try to eliminate it in the form that it knows best in your body which is acne. Clean that backed-lymph system and your entire body will be fine including your face. When your kidneys and other major organs clear up, your skin will too

https://www.wellcure.com/recipes/163/healthy-and-natural-hair-body-hand-wash- You can use this for the face too. Its made from lemon peels.

If you have any doubts reach us with more detailed questions

Be blessed

Smitha Hemadri (Holistic lifestyle coach)

कारण - मुहांसे मूल रूप से तेल ग्रंथियों (oil glands) से संबंधित एक विकार है। ये तेल ग्रंथियां त्वचा के नीचे मौजूद हैं।

स्किन के रोम छिद्र या पोर्स अंदर से तेल ग्रंथी वाली कोशिकाओं (सेल्स) से जुड़े हुए होते हैं जिनके कारण सीबम ऑयल स्किन के रोम छिद्र में उत्पन्न होता है। सीबम खराब सेल्स को रोम छिद्र से बाहर लाने मे मदद करता है और नये सेल्स बनाता रहता है। परंतु हार्मोन असंतुलन के कारण जब ज़्यादा सीबम तेल बनने लगता है, तब यह तेल इन रोम छिद्रों को बंद कर देता है जिसके कारण मुहांसे या दाने होते हैं। सीबम में बैक्टीरिया का विकास भी रोम छिद्रों को बंद कर मुहांसे को जन्म देता है।

समाधान - समाधान- 1. लंबा गहरा सांस अंदर ले रुके थोड़ी देर 10 गिनने तक फिर सांस को खाली करें खाली करने के बाद 10 गिनने तक रुके फिर लंबा गहरा सांस अंदर खींचें यह प्रक्रिया एक चक्र हुआ ऐसा 10 चक्र करें एक बार में और ऐसा दिन में तीन से चार बार करें बस इस बात का ध्यान रखें कि जब आप यह प्रक्रिया कर रहे हो तो आपकी रीढ़ की हड्डी सीधी होनी चाहिए।

2. गहरे हरे रंग के पत्तों का जूस खाली पेट ले उसके 2 घंटे बाद फल का सेवन करें और उसके तीन से 3:30 घंटे बाद फिर से गाजर या चुकंदर का जूस लें ऐसा करने से शरीर पूरी तरीके से साफ हो सकेगा।

3. सूर्य की रोशनी जहां है वहां अंधेरा नहीं है उसी तरीके से जहां स्वास्थ्य है वहां रोग नहीं रह सकता सूर्य की रोशनी का हमारे आंतरिक शरीर पर बहुत ही गहरा प्रभाव पड़ता है।

सूर्य की रोशनी में 5 मिनट सीधा 5 मिनट उल्टा 5 मिनट या 5 मिनट बाया लेटे सर और आपको किसी सूती कपड़े से ढक कर यह 20 से 25 मिनट सूर्य की रोशनी लेने से शरीर अंदर से रोग मुक्त होगा।

4. मेरुदंड स्नान के लिए अगर टब ना हो तो एक मोटा तौलिया गीला कर लें बिना निचोरे उसको बिछा लें और अपने मेरुदंड को उस स्थान पर रखें।

मेरुदंड (स्पाइन) सीधा करके बैठें। हमेशा इस बात ध्यान रखें और हफ़्ते में 3 दिन मेरुदंड का स्नान करें। 

त्वचा पर नीम और खीरे का पेस्ट लगाएं। 20 मिनट बाद उसे साफ कर लें।

जीवन शैली - 1. आकाश तत्व - एक खाने से दुसरे खाने के बीच में अंतराल (gap) रखें।

फल के बाद 3 घंटे, सलाद के बाद 5 घंटे, और पके हुए खाने के बाद 12 घंटे का (gap) रखें।

2.वायु तत्व - प्राणायाम करें, आसन करें। दौड़ लगाएँ।

3.अग्नि - सूर्य की रोशनी लें।

4.जल - अलग अलग तरीक़े का स्नान करें। मेरुदंड स्नान, हिप बाथ, गीले कपड़े की पट्टी से पेट की गले और सर की 20 मिनट के लिए सेक लगाए। 

स्पर्श थरेपी करें। मालिश के ज़रिए भी कर सकते है।

तिल के तेल से गले  पर घड़ी की सीधी दिशा (clockwise) में और घड़ी की उलटी दिशा (anti clockwise)में मालिश करें। नरम हाथों से बिल्कुल भी प्रेशर नहीं दें।

5.पृथ्वी - सुबह खीरा 1/2 भाग धनिया पत्ती (10 ग्राम) पीस लें, 100 ml पानी मिला कर पीएँ। यह juice आप कई प्रकार के ले सकते हैं। पेठे (ash guard ) का जूस लें और कुछ नहीं लेना है। नारियल पानी भी ले सकते हैं। पालक  पत्ते धो कर पीस कर 100ml पानी डाल पीएँ। दुब घास 25 ग्राम पीस कर छान कर 100 ml पानी में मिला कर पीएँ। कच्चे सब्ज़ी का जूस आपका मुख्य भोजन है। 2 घंटे बाद फल नाश्ते में लेना है। 

फल को चबा कर खाएँ। इसका juice ना लें। फल सूखे फल नाश्ते में लें।

दोपहर के खाने में सलाद नट्स और अंकुरित अनाज के साथ  सलाद में हरे पत्तेदार सब्ज़ी को डालें और नारियल पीस कर मिलाएँ। कच्चा पपीता 50 ग्राम कद्दूकस करके डालें। कभी सीताफल ( yellow pumpkin)50 ग्राम ऐसे ही डालें। कभी सफ़ेद पेठा (ashgurd) 30 ग्राम कद्दूकस करके डालें। ऐसे ही ज़ूकीनी 50 ग्राम डालें।कद्दूकस करके डालें।कभी काजू बादाम अखरोट मूँगफली भिगोए हुए पीस कर मिलाएँ। 

लाल, हरा, पीला शिमला मिर्च 1/4 हिस्सा हर एक का मिलाएँ। लें। बिना नींबू और नमक के लें। स्वाद के लिए नारियल और herbs मिलाएँ।

रात के खाने में इस अनुपात से खाना खाएँ 2 कटोरी सब्ज़ी के साथ 1कटोरी चावल या 1रोटी लेएक बार पका हुआ खाना रात को 7 बजे से पहले लें।

6.एक नियम हमेशा याद रखें ठोस(solid) खाने को चबा कर तरल (liquid) बना कर खाएँ। तरल  को मुँह में घूँट घूँट पीएँ। खाना ज़मीन पर बैठ कर खाएँ। खाते वक़्त ना तो बात करें और ना ही TV और mobile को देखें।ठोस  भोजन के तुरंत बाद या बीच बीच में जूस या पानी ना लें। भोजन हो जाने के एक घंटे बाद तरल पदार्थ ले सकते हैं।

हफ़्ते में एक दिन उपवास करें। शाम तक केवल पानी लें, प्यास लगे तो ही पीएँ। शाम 5 बजे नारियल पानी और रात 8 बजे सलाद लें।

7. उपवास के अगले दिन किसी प्राकृतिक चिकित्सक के देख रेख में टोना लें। जिससे आँत की प्रदाह को शांत किया जा सके। एनिमा किट मँगा लें। यह किट ऑनलाइन मिल जाएगा। इससे 200ml पानी गुदाद्वार से अंदर डालें और प्रेशर आने पर मल त्याग करें। ऐसा दिन में दो बार करना है अगले 21 दिनों के लिए। ये करना है ताकि शरीर में मोजुद विषाणु निष्कासित हो जाये। इसके बाद हफ़्ते में केवल एक बार लेना है उपवास के अगले दिन। टोना का फ़ायदा तभी होगा जब आहार शुद्धि करेंगे।

धन्यवाद।

रूबी, 

प्राकृतिक जीवनशैली प्रशिक्षिका व मार्गदर्शिका (Nature Cure Guide & Educator)