Acne vs Me: Green Tea

Green Tea - worked for a short time

Drinking Green Tea can help the skin. I heard that you can wash your face in green tea and use the leaves inside the t-bag to gently exfoliate your skin. If you do exfoliate be sure to use the tap and roll motion and NOT rub in cirular movements as this can be too harsh for your skin. Start from the middle of your face, working outwards tapping as you move your hand around your face. Wipe away with damp cotton wool and rinse again with green tea until skin is clear. Use cold cloth to close pores and pat dry. The idea is to remove dead skin cells NOT strip the top layer of your skin off, so be very gentle. I tried this after seeing it on Youtube.

Green tea can be quite bitter to drink, so I found 'Organic India Tulsi Green Tea with Holy Basil' from my local health shop costing about £1.99 for 25 t-bags. It is very mild in taste and very easy to drink. It doesn't matter which green tea you chose, as they all have the same effect.

If you do drink this tea then I would advise you to have one in the morning and one at night. If you drink as recommended on the internet (4-5 cups a day) it can produce ... lets just say asparagus makes your wee smell...it can have a similar affect!

If you do chose to wash with green tea then you can pick up a cheaper box from any continental store if you have one near you, or even the local supermarket. Use the expensive ones for drinking!

Green tea also has other fantastic health benefits so its worth checking it out.
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/11-benefits-of-green-tea-that-you-didnt-know-about.html

RESULT: Have a look at my photos below so you can see the difference it made. Used for one week, it made a dramatic difference and reduced inflammation. This was only for a short time before my skin starting breaking out again. I think it dried my skin out and started to feel tight.

Before washing my face with Green Tea

  

1 week after

You can see how it reduced the inflamation. I'm not sure if Green Tea became too harsh for my skin on the following weeks so I stopped using it, however I do still drink it.

I will keep you updated on my progress with other products. Keep posted!