Aloe Vera: Nature's Anti-Inflammatory Agent

When it comes to skin care, store shelves are full of products that claim to enhance natural beauty, but in reality there's little natural about it. Being a long term Acne sufferer, I was always looking for something to help my skin. I have been down the road of using standard Acne treatment gels and creams, only to leave my skin dry and irritated.

I began to seek out what the natural world could do to help my blemished face.  I thought I'd find that help within the walls of a health food store, with a high price tag to boot. Where I really needed to look though was to my grandmother's potted plants! And more precisely to the rather funny looking pointed Aloe Vera plant that had been growing for some years right under my nose.

Though long held as being good for your skin, the thought had never came to me to just pinch off a piece of the plant and rub it's sticky gel on my face. But after doing a bit of research, that's just what I did. I applied a nice layer of Aloe Vera Gel over my face and went to bed. Unlike when using traditional acne treatments, I found my skin to be quite refreshed and less red. Though not giving me a flawless face, the Aloe Vera helped to moisturize and soothe my blemished skin, while seeming to even out my skin tone by getting rid of some of the redness that comes with Acne.

You can find some natural gels containing Aloe Vera in health food stores, but I believe the best approach is to grow the plant yourself and put the undiluted gel on your skin. If you must buy it though, try to get a product with as much Aloe Vera as possible. Aloe Vera really is like nature's anti-inflammatory agent; so try it today and see the results for yourself!