Review of Using Coconut Oil on Acne

Can you use coconut oil on acne?

Will it make pimples disappear and give you healthy acne-free skin?

If you've ever had acne, you know how embarrassing it can be. I went through a period of intense breakouts during my late 20's. I remember looking for anything that could clear my skin as fast as possible.

There are a number of factors that may cause acne. Genetics, diet, hormones, and stress may all play a role in causing acne. Having very dry skin and not moisturizing may also trigger acne.

Research proves that virgin coconut oil can cure dry skin. Its natural oils are readily absorbed to moisturize dry, cracked skin.

If this is the case, perhaps this plant oil could help balance and treat your acne breakouts?

Unfortunately, there's no documented research showing coconut oil stops acne.

But...I did find a number of testimonials from people that have used coconut oil on acne over at Dan Kern's popular acne website, acne.org.

Most users agreed that coconut oil on acne did the following:

• Great moisturizer and made skin really soft.
• Helped soften acne scars and cystic acne.
• Using too much can make skin greasy.
• Can cause whiteheads to appear initially and then they go away. Some people believe this is part of the 'cleansing process' that coconut oil will do the skin.
• Some users found coconut oil made their acne worse and stopped using it.

So overall, results seem pretty good for coconut oil as a natural acne remedy.

I tried using coconut oil on my acne and found it made my skin initially greasy and then it really softned the skin in the problem area. It did reduce the redness and dryness that I would get from using Oxy-5.

Mind you, I don't suffer from cystic acne, so I don't know how well it would work for that. Overall, I think it worked pretty good me as a natural treatment for acne.

Give this natural oil a try and see if it works for you. Remember to use only virgin coconut oil so you benefit from a completely organic product.

You can also use other healthy oils to treat your acne, such as fish oils, tea tree oil and flaxseed oil. See my links below for more information.