Period acne can be a result of improper hygiene of the skin. You’ll find this statement is true if you check with cosmetologists. When working with clients, they find that proper skin care is essential for you to have clear skin, no matter if you have a period or not. When a cosmetologist places someone on a good skin care regime, their menstrual acne goes away, as if by magic.

However, it really wasn’t magic at all. Instead, the skin care routine removed the harmful bacteria on the surface of the skin on a regular basis, interfering with its ability to cause acne. Skin care regimens are an easy type of natural cure for PMS acne that you could start today.

A skin care regimen generally does not include soap. Just about the only soap that has been found helpful for the skin is handmade soap made from goat milk or camel milk or sheep milk. These types of milk soaps contain natural emollients that heal and seal the skin from bacteria.

In some cases, these milk soaps have become the best acne treatment for PMS, but in other cases, there are a lot of other causes of acne to address. (See other articles that discuss causes of acne before or during the period on our site.)

A good skin care regimen usually contains the following: a cleanser suited and matched to your skin (dry, oily or combination); a moisturizer, and a tonic. The purpose of the tonic solution is to ‘tone’ the skin, sealing all pores and minimizing their size. It stands to reason that a large pore is an open pit for bacteria to congregate and cause a new pimple. A small pore makes it less likely that a new pimple can start.

You can generally begin to see results in about six weeks because the cycle of skin takes that long to push new skin cells to the surface of the skin. Better results are seen in about eight weeks.

Address Hormonal Changes as Well

Besides a good skin care regime, you’ll need other remedies to address what’s happening in the body. For example, if you look at what’s happening in the body – hormonal changes – an herbal remedy that addresses the liver and its detoxification functions is best.

Herbs such as milk thistle, chanca piedra, greater celandine, dandelion root, chicory root, turmeric, yellow dock root and turmeric. Any of these may be purchased at your health food store in capsules; simply take them as the directions tell you on the label. You might want to do some internet research as well.

Nutrients are also an important component of good skin, so make sure you are taking vitamins and minerals. The normal serving size to take and dosages for these is also on the back label of the supplement container.

Address Nutritional Needs, Too

Probably the best type of multivitamin multimineral supplement to take is a period vitamin, which will help you by providing a minimum of the vitamins, minerals and nutrients you need to support your body throughout your period.

The reason why vitamins and minerals are essential for your health is because every organ has its specific requirements for these vitamins and minerals. The brain has different requirements than your ovaries. The liver has different requirements than your digestive tract.

A period vitamin will have all the required nutrients for your reproductive organs.

The best treatments for menstrual acne are always going to be the ones that match your individual needs. If your skin care regime is good right now and you still have acne, then this tells us that you have other needs that aren’t being addressed. Continue reading our articles on the blog that explain the whole situation and you will find your answer.