Prevent Sun Burn With Aloe Vera

Having a sun tan can make us look and feel better. The pyschological factor of not have a washed out appearance can give us self confidence and higher self esteem.

The rays of the sun are extremely beneficial to health but only in small doses. The human body was not designed to be exposed to the sun for long periods - especially white caucasions.

This does not negate the fact that when the sun makes an appearance many of us will seek to become as tanned as possible in the quickest amount of time - often laying for hours sunbathing.

Although the rays of the sun are beneficial to us, not just for appearance and pyschologically but it produces Vitamin D that is essential for our body’s good health, too much exposure can have serious long term health implications.

Sunbathing And The Skin

Our holiday in the sun usually revolves around laying by the pool or sea, soaking up as much sunshine as possible before jetting back to reality.

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Can Aloe Vera Clear Up Acne and Spots?

Acne is the term for skin where the pores have become blocked and inflamed, causing spots, pimples or cysts. It mostly affects teenagers, although anyone up to about 40 years old can suffer from acne. There is definitely a hormonal link.

It’s unfortunate that it seems to affect teenagers the most, particularly since they’re at so many different crucial stages in their lives - gaining confidence, maturing physically and emotionally, making decisions about their futures, possibly taking exams as well, working out relationships… it’s a tough few years! To suffer from acne on top of that can really knock a person’s confidence.

Acne is caused when skin pores get blocked either by tiny hairs, bacteria, or sebum - dead cells from within the sebaceous follicle itself. These things cause tiny ‘plugs’ that prevent the skin working effectively, and lead to inflammation and spots or pimples.

The skin is a pretty complex structure. Each skin pore contains a tiny hair follicle, with a sebaceous gland at its base which produce sebum to lubricate the hair and skin. Sometimes these pores can get blocked by a tiny hair, sebum, dead cells from within the sebaceous gland, or sometimes bacteria. When the pores do get blocked, it can cause irritation and inflammation which can lead to spots, pimples or cysts - what we term acne.

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How Aloe Vera Helps with General Health

Like many things, it’s easy to take our health for granted. Until we lose it, that is. And it doesn’t take much to make us recognise that our health is really something we should treasure and protect as best we can. Even a bad cough or a cold can make us feel lousy enough to swear we’ll do something about ‘keeping healthy’ as soon as we feel better…

But how many of us know exactly what we ’should’ do, yet often seem to do the exact opposite. Not you? Good.

We all know we ’should’ eat at least 5 portions of fruit and veg a day. Most of us know we ’should’ drink at least 2 litres (yes litres!) of pure water a day… But how many people actually do that… every day?

Not many. Which is probably why we have to wait so long when we go to see the doctor!

There could be an answer however, in a natural plant - Aloe Vera. Although historically Aloe Vera has only been considered beneficial for skin complaints and a few minor digestive upsets, it can actually help in both preventing and treating a wide range of illnesses, conditions and diseases.

As more and more research was carried out on Aloe Vera, people started to recognise the wide range of properties that the aloe plant contained. And in turn, those properties could be used by the body to help heal a wide range of conditions.

» read more: General Effects of Aloe Vera and Health