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Acne Care Treatment: Alternatives To Benzoyl Peroxide 2.5%

The best acne care treatment for many people is benzoyl peroxide 2.5%. It works for many people, and is cheap with few side effects. However, for some patients with very sensitive skin, it can make their acne worse. If you have this problem, try asking your local pharmacist to mix a house brand BP 1% for you.

I understand that not everyone has convenient access to such a pharmacist. Here are two clinically proven alternatives:

  • salicylic acid
  • tea tree oil

Both of them are derived from natural compounds. Salicylic acid is made from willow bark extract; it (willow bark extract) had been used in many ancient civilizations – including the ancient Greeks, Sumerians and Assyrians. Sterling Winthrop has concluded successful clinical studies of 0.5% and 2% solutions of salicylic acid as topical treatment for acne vulgaris, published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information in 1992.

Tea tree oil is made from the Australian tea tree, which is a natural remedy used by the aborigines for hundreds of years. Western medicine started studying its effect in the 1920s – since then many studies have been published. Many bacteria are successfully destroyed by 1% tea tree oil, most are destroyed by 5% tea tree oil. Doctors in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (Australia) found that benzoyl peroxide 5% works faster than tea tree oil 5% as topical acne treatment, but the tea tree oil had fewer side effects.

As you can see, even if benzoyl peroxide does not work for you, both salicylic acid and tea tree oil are very viable substitute acne care treatment.

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