Reduce Oily Skin...Reduce Breakouts Naturally with Zinc!

Did you know that Zinc, a natural supplement that can purchased at local drug stores can help control oily skin and tame breakouts?! Read on...




As an avid sufferer of skin breakouts and extremely oily skin, I have searched and tried everything under the sun to control the greasiness and pimples. Oily skin can be attributed to a variety factors, the main being an imbalance of hormones as a result of overproduction of the androgen hormone in women. Androgen is basically the male hormone and both males and females produce the hormone, however men obviously produce high quantities of androgen. Women who produce excess of the androgen hormone will experience symptoms of oily skin, acne breakouts, excess hair growth, baldness and other. Acne breakouts is also attributed to poor diet and skin care regimen.

A lady who experiences hormonal imbalance is often treated medically with prescription birth controls or antibiotics. While these do work to an extent, they are not natural treatments and for long term care and treatment, it is often better to use nature's cures.

So how does Zinc work? Zinc is a mineral that plays a key role in balancing hormones, which is a major factor in excess oil skin production and appearance of acne. Zinc will assist the body in balancing hormonal activity and therefore reducing excessive oiliness and breakouts. However for Zinc to work, it has to be taken daily in doses ranging from 30mg-100mg daily, to avoid zinc toxicity, it is recommended that we do not take more than 100mg daily. In addition, there are (2) forms of zinc that have been shown to be more successful in normalizing hormone production and they are zinc gluconate and zinc monomethionine also known as OptiZinc. Further, beware of certain foods and supplements that can inhibit the effectiveness of zinc and their intake should be limited. Zinc inhibitors phytic acids, soy proteins and copper.

One important thing to note is that zinc alone will not completely eradicate your acne, a proper diet and skin care regimen will further remove toxins from the body and keep the skin looking and feeling clean and fresh. Keep skin cleansed at least twice a day with proper exfoliating treatments and adopt a fresh diet filled with green foods (i.e vegetables) and fruits while reducing sugar and fat intakes. Also drink lots and lots of fresh water and avoid stress.