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Aloe Vera for Skin Care

Aloe Vera is a short-stemmed plant coming from the family of lilies.  It has a long history of medicinal uses.  It may be important to note that even the Food and Drugs Administration recognize aloe vera as a laxative.  It may be far from the common use for this plant, which is treatment for skin problems.

The reason could be minimal researches on aloe vera that led the FDA to cautions people from using aloe vera for medicinal uses.

This statement however should not stop you from trying aloe vera for its other beneficial uses.

What are the uses of aloe vera for the skin?

• Helps heal wounds such as cuts, burns and eczema
• It helps rehydrate the skin
• It is a potent laxative and thus helps the body eliminate toxins.
• Helps reduce inflammation
• Helps treat psoriasis

Heals wounds

Researches conducted by experts show significant improvement in wound healing with the use of aloe vera.  However, one study showed slower healing of wound.  Because of this, although there are significant testimonials on faster healing time with the use of aloe vera, the contradicting study made the FDA caution people from using aloe vera in healing wounds.

Helps rehydrate skin

Aloe vera helps heal red and scaly skin, even the skin around the mouth stops cracking and erupting.  This is proven by a double-blind placebo-controlled study of 44 individuals.

Potent laxative

The FDA approved aloe vera as an over-the-counter laxative.  It therefore helps the body eliminate toxins bu ensuring that you will release the toxins from your body easily and without much effort.  However, even the FDA only approved of aloe vera as an over-the-counter remedy and not a medication.  You should therefore caution using aloe vera.  If diarrhea happens, cut down on the aloe vera treatment until you get back to your normal stomach condition.

Helps reduce inflammation

The action of aloe vera in reducing inflammation helps heal wounds, cuts, burns and eczema.

Helps treat psoriasis

Just like the double-blind placebo-controlled study on the treatment of psoriasis using aloe vera, the FDA still cautions you from using aloe vera.  You may try to use aloe vera on small amounts and minor skin disorders and when you prove that aloe vera helps heal your wounds.  Then, you may try to use this in your psoriasis.

You may not immediately get the beneficial effects of aloe vera, it may take a while and if for a certain period, it proves that aloe vera treatment is not for you, you may stop. 

The recommendation of the experts on the use of aloe vera is that you do not believe everything written about the product, you only need to ensure that you will be benefited.  Trying them on small amounts will help you know if using aloe vera will be beneficial for you.

Summary:

If you want to use aloe vera for your skin, use the laxative to ensure bowel movement on a regular basis.  It will help clear your skin by helping you eliminate toxins well.  For other uses, the FDA cannot vouch by it, so it will help to try aloe vera on small amounts until you increase your treatment if it gives you improvement on your condition.  Take caution, however, do not outrightly deny yourself of trying the long history of treatment using aloe vera.

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