Adolescence, the age when the construction of identity is the result of a mixture between personal and social identity, the narcissistic question accompanies the quest for this ideal image: "Mirror! O my beautiful mirror! Tell me who is the most beautiful! "But pimples, blackheads, blackheads and other disgraces come to play the party game in the life of these little faces. Good news, there is a natural, economical and practical solution to acne: black cumin oil. Discover why and how this exceptional vegetable oil can improve the comfort of your teenagers.
Oil on an oily face?
And yes! Despite what it may seem, there are indeed vegetable oils suitable for oily skin. This is the case withnigella oil, otherwise known as black cumin oil.
Native to Egypt, Nigella Sativa has been known since the time of the pharaohs for its cosmetic virtuesas evidenced by its discovery in the tomb of Tutankhamen. Furthermore, in Islamic tradition, this vegetable oil is reputed to cure "all diseases except death".
Black cumin oil, a little botany.
"Grown in Asia and some Mediterranean countries, especially Egypt, Nigella Sativa is a lovely blue flower in the buttercup family. It produces each year small fragrant and aromatic seeds highly prized not only in cooking but also in traditional Arab and Indian pharmacopoeia thanks to its therapeutic and cosmetic virtuess. " (1)
Acne from a medical perspective
Acneis the result of the hormonal upheaval that teenagers go through. Cortisone creams, oral hormones (birth control pills) or other remedies are regularly proposed to young girls and men in pain. It should be understood that acne is a hypersecretion of sebum in response to the massive production of male sex hormones during this period of life. The accumulation of this sebum at the base of the hair causes a clogging of the hair follicles. This sets the stage for the potential development of a bacterium, named Propionibacterium acnes. It is the latter that is responsible for theinflammation of the skin, infection and the appearance of pimples.
Acne seen by naturopathy
In naturopathy, the skin is considered an emunctory, i.e., a gateway for the elimination of toxins. Like the kidneys, liver, intestines, lungs, and uterus, the skin is a purifying organ.The body eliminates waste primarily and as a priority through the liver/intestine pair and the kidneys. If these two are over-used, it is the other, so-called secondary emunctories that will take over. The skin has the capacity to eliminate the 2 types of waste listed in naturopathy, namely glues and crystals. The glues are eliminated by the liver and the crystals by the kidneys.
When the body is saturated with glues, when the liver no longer keeps up with the rate of purification, this manifests itself as mucus discharge: runny nose, mucus, greasy cough, loose stools ... and pimples !
Thus, acne is seen in naturopathy as the result of a tired liver, which no longer eliminates at its full potential. It is therefore essential to review the entire lifestyle: diet, physical exercise, sleep, stress management, oxygenation, etc...
What about black cumin oil in all this?
Once the new lifestyle, personalized and adapted to the teenager, is in place, you can act on the surface. This is when Nigella vegetable oil works its miracles.
First, sort through your child's cosmetics. What soap does he use? Which cream does it apply? What is her daily beauty routine?
Do not use commercial creams that are not certified organic. Indeed, their composition is most dubious, often containing ingredients including the famous endocrine disruptors. Nature already upsetting them, no need to add more...
Washing the face with cold soap, spraying with rosemary hydrosol for its antiseptic and healing effect and applying black cumin oil in a light massage. To be carried out morning and evening.
Why black cumin oil
Nigella oilis healing and especially anti-bacterial. However, it respects the skin flora and regulates the production of sebum.
It is non-comedogenic, softens the skin and deeply nourishes the upper layers of the epidermis thanks to its richness in unsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids including omega 6, vitamins A, B, C and E (anti-oxidant), minerals and essential oils.
Its anti-inflammatory, regenerating, healing and purifying properties make cinnamon oil a great ally for all teenagers suffering from oily and/or acne-prone skin.