Topical Herbal Therapies an Alternative and Complementary Choice to Combat Acne


	Research Journal of Medicinal Plants
	Year: 2011 \| Volume: 5 \| Issue: 6 \| Page No.: 650-669 DOI: 10.3923/rjmp.2011.650.669

Topical Herbal Therapies an Alternative and Complementary Choice to Combat Acne

Shweta Kapoor and Swarnlata Saraf

Abstract: Acne vulgaris is the most common cutaneous chronic inflammatory disorder of multifactorial origin with prevalence in adolescents. Acne is common among 95 and 83% of teenage boys and girls, respectively and affects 85, 8 and 3% of people aged between 12-25, 25-34 and 35-44 years, respectively. Numbers of topical and systematic therapies using synthetic ingredients are available since so long to cure acne. Due to risk and side effects associated with previously used therapies, internal and external herbal remedies are considered to be effective and safe alternative treatment for acne. Furthermore, scientific analysis of herbs reveals that they possess enormous therapeutic capabilities that modern medicine is searching for. With the multitude of treatment options and the rapidly expanding newer technologies available to researcher’s, scientist, industrialist, cosmeticians and dermatologist, it is important to review and be aware of the current literature and studies regarding herbs and their actives role in the management of acne. This review emphasizes on the astounding effect of herbs in the topical treatment of acne with scientific datas. Inclusion of discussed various herbal extracts, gels and oils, in future developments of dermato-cosmetic herbal formulations could provide complementary and alternative therapy for acne to consumers.

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How to cite this article:

Shweta Kapoor and Swarnlata Saraf, 2011. Topical Herbal Therapies an Alternative and Complementary Choice to Combat Acne. Research Journal of Medicinal Plants, 5: 650-669.

DOI: 10.3923/rjmp.2011.650.669

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=rjmp.2011.650.669

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