Many people think that the only way to prevent and cure acne is to make a trip to their dermatologist and get a prescription for ointments and topical medicine. There is an alternative to making that trip to the dermatologist and paying for medicine. That alternative is going the natural route to help prevent and cure acne. Even chronic acne can be cured using these natural methods.

Here are some of the natural methods that you can try.

• Most cases of acne have a trigger that causes it to flare up and some are worse than others. Some of the worst triggers include any type of fried food, dairy products that are pasteurized, salty snacks, hydrogenated oils, foods that contain sugar, foods that have preservatives like sulphates, and processed foods which contain gluten.

• Your diet should consist of foods that are unprocessed, and make sure that at least fifty percent of your diet is made up of vegetables. The makeup of your diet should be based on a variety of things like what your body type is, your health history, what your ethnic background is, and how healthy you are now.

•  You should make sure that you get enough sleep so that when you wake up you feel refreshed. Your body can only efficiently repair your damaged skin if you have a deep and restful sleep.

• When you wash your face make sure that you are washing it gently and patting it dry. Make sure that you are not using loofahs or abrasive towels. When you rub your acne you can cause the infection lying under the skin to spread which would result in new spots of acne.

•  You should try to a small amount of soap on your face and very little makeup. You should wash your face in cold water.

•  Although exposure to the sun can age your skin and cause other health problems if you do not use sunscreen, you should try to go out in the sun without using sunscreen for no more than ten minutes a day, but be careful you do not burn your skin. The reason that you should go out into the sunlight without sunscreen is that the sunlight has great recuperative and healing powers for your skin,

•  You should consider including in your diet a probiotic supplement or eating yogurt with probiotic in it because the good bacteria will help provide protection against the toxins that may contribute to the formation of acne.