Hydrocortisone Cream For Acne Blemishes and Acne Scars

When you think hydrocortisone cream, you typically think anti-itch medicine for bug bites, rashes, or dry skin. But, have you ever thought about using it for more than that? Perhaps like for acne or acne scars? Well you might want to try it.

One night after some typical late night dry skin itching, I  was in such a frantic to stop itching, so I grabbed the hydrocortisone cream and started applying in liberally to my legs and arms where it itched. Well at the time, I had been having bad acne problems from, well... stress and the typical college life. I wasn't really thinking too much about it when I simultaneously began to put the hydrocortisone cream on my face like I would have my acne medication. Remember, I was half asleep.

Well, the next morning my acne had shrunk in size and redness, and I could see where my acne medicine had dried out my skin, become way more hydrated and smooth. I was thinking to myself, "wow what a great middle of the night, half-asleep find!"

I began to do some research on this, to see if anyone else used this method of clearing acne. Come to find out, they do!

Here's the link I was looking at that explains how to properly use hydrocortisone cream for acne blemishes and scars: http://www.bestacnetreatmentstips.com/articles/114/1/Hydrocortisone-Cream-for-Acne-Scars-/Page1.html

Please note that I am not a doctor myself, and that as stated in the link above: "This cream has some serious – side effects and might not suit for everyone." So it might suit you best to ask a doctor before using this as a way to clear acne. If you would like to find another link over this, there are many out there, I just chose this one. 

It worked for me, will it work for you too?

~Angel












 

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