Antiseptics and Herbal Skin Care

There is nothing new about skin care, it is just in ancient times, herbal products were the only ones available. It was inevitable once techniques could be use to produce products in huge quantities and science could replicate compounds that the use of herbal skin care products would dwindle. Today probably only a fraction of the herbal formulas still exist and many people have never even used a natural product.

Whilst we can blame large companies for supplying us with skin care products relatively inexpensively, part of the problem has been our own reluctance to do things for ourselves. Of course commercial skin care manufacturers now mass produce herbal skin care products but because they would not last long in storage, they are obliged to add a preservative which unfortunately means they are not as good as thos you make in your own home.

The good news is that in light of a growing interest and trend in all things natural, a small number of people have started producing these products again. There isn't likely to be a revolution against the cheaper mass produced herbal skin care products in the future but just what are these products exactly.

If you have ever experienced sunburn then you will probably have use aloe vera which soothes sun burnt skin, heals cuts and grazes and can be sued to hydrate dry skin. The cleansing properties of herbs like dandelion, chamomile, lime flowers and rosemary are often only activated when they are mixed with other herbs; tea is a good example of this.

Antiseptics are another important part of Herbal skin care and the likes of lavender, marigold, thyme and fennel are good examples of herbs that are known to possess antiseptic properties (lavender water and rose water also form good toners). Products containing extracts of tea have also been found to be very effective treating people that have received too much uv radiation from the sun.

Other herbal skin care products make use of oils, the level of concentration can vary depending on use; common versions of these are borage oil, primrose oil and tea tree oil for example. Bananas, apple and melon have hydration properties and are very good for the skin, which is why so many manufacturers use them in bath and shower gels etc.


There are very few if any adverse reactions to herbal skin preparations which is why they are often preferred over commercially available synthetically produced products and some people still make them at home. Whilst herbal products will probably remain popular as there are so few reactions to them that there will be times when synthetic products will be necessary for certain skin disorders.

If you want your skin to look for your whole life, you will take care of it irrespective of whether it is with herbal or synthetic skin care products.



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