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It is often thought that you need to pay all kinds of money for fancy acne treatment products. Although for some it’s true, there are others that can try using an at home, inexpensive remedy. To start, just open your medicine cabinet.

Milk of Magnesium (MOM) is essentially magnesium hydroxide. This alkaline substance can be applied to the face in various ways to reduce oil production, shrink pores, and relieve irritation from existing blemishes. Try applying MOM on a small part of your skin first, like on the fleshy part of your hand for instance, to be sure you don’t have a reaction (though, that is unlikely). Once you know your skin is not sensitive to MOM, try applying it in one or all of the following ways to see what works best for you.

• Watering down MOM and applying to oily areas of skin before make-up
• Spot treatment with a Q-Tip
• One or two times a week, apply a thin layer and allow it to dry before you rinse off with water
• Overnight mask one or two nights a week (a think layer will do)

Melasma may be difficult to remove, but it is getting easier to improve especially with new products such as the one recently created by Obagi Medical Products, Inc. 

Obagi, a company that develops and manufactures products and technologies for dermatology, plastic surgery and other aesthetics, announced a new skincare product called ELASTIderm(TM) Decolletage System designed to reduce hyperpigmentation (melasma, for instance) and wrinkles.

There are two topical skin care products in the system including ELASTIderm Skin Lightening Complex and ELASTIderm Wrinkle Reducing Lotion. With a combination of unique ingredients like hydroquinone and malonic acid, the system will lighten and build up collagen in the skin creating more elasticity and a healthier color.

Visit the Skinstore.com to purchase Obagi products.

A readily available mineral, aloe vera can be used both topically and taken internally to achieve surprising results. Aloe vera is anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antifungal, and antibacterial making it so versatile that any individual with healthy or unhealthy skin can benefit from it.

Taken directly from the aloe vera plant the mineral is 96 percent water with the remaining four percent made up of minerals, essential oils, enzymes, and amino acids, among other things. Apply aloe directly to your skin to achieve the following results:

Disinfect scrapes and cuts Relieve abrasion pain Alleviate sting from any burn, including a sunburn To hydrate and soften the skin Condition your hair Accelerate cell growth Fungal condition treatment

To keep your skin hydrated longer during the day, apply a layer of aloe before you moisturize. In fact, aloe is so hydrating that psoriasis suffers apply aloe to remedy scaly, dry skin. Although it can sting even the most sensitive skin, some sufferers of eczema find aloe vera gentle enough to use on their skin as well.

The purest form of aloe is most beneficial, but there are many skin products like cosmetics and moisturizers that contain a small percentage of aloe such as Kneipp Bath and Shower Gel Aloe Vera. Bottled aloe vera is available at a reasonable price, but aloe plants themselves can also be inexpensive.

It’s not just your skin that aloe vera is good for. One in 100 people suffer from mouth ulcers and a recent study proved that aloe healed them. Aloe vera, additionally, can be consumed in the form of juice to treat colds, nerves, hypertension, and especially digestive problems like gas, irritable bowel syndrome, and ulcers. Consuming aloe for more than two weeks at a time will deplete potassium levels.