Rosacea Treatment

Causes of Rosacea

The exact cause of the condition known as rosacea is not known, but it typically first appears when people reach their 30s and 40s as a flushing or subtle redness on the cheeks, nose, chin or forehead that comes and goes. If left untreated, rosacea tends to worsen over time.

Rosacea Treatment - treat rosacea the natural way

Since rosacea makes the skin very dry, any treatment of rosacea needs to help the skin regain its moisture retention capacity. Just moisturizing your skin isn't enough. When a moisturizer is applied, it hydrates the cells, but the cells quickly lose the moisture. If substances that work synergistically together to restore the skin cells' elasticity are applied to the skin, then as the healing progresses, the cells continue to admit moisture as before, but after the healing are better able to keep it from escaping.

Shea butter is a wonderful agent for revitalizing our skin cells so that they regain their moisture retention capacity. Unrefined shea butter not only contains a high moisturizing fraction, but also contains an extraordinarily high healing fraction. The essential oils that can work with shea butter to effectively treat rosacea include Bergamot, Grapefruit, Lavender, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Ylang-Ylang.

The following Karite Gold products are particularly effective for rosacea. Click on either of the products to find out more about them.

• Shea Butter with Bergamot and Myrrh
• Shea Butter with Lavender, Grapefruit and Vanilla

When using shea butter as an rosacea treatment, apply a moderate amount of Karite Gold to the areas of your skin that are affected by rosacea. After you have coated an area of your skin with shea butter, spend some time making sure that the shea butter works its way down under the surface of your skin. Move your fingers in a circular motion as you apply the shea butter.

To learn more about Shea Butter and the essential oils that are used for rosacea, click on the links below:

• Shea Butter
• Bergamot
• Grapefruit
• Lavender
• Patchouli
• Sandalwood
• Ylang-Ylang

Alternative Medicine

For an explanation of why this treatment works, we recommend the book Medical Aromatherapy: Healing with Essential Oils by Kurt Schnaubelt. If your skin problem persists, we strongly recommend that you see a medical professional - either a dermatologist or a practioner of wholistic medicine who specializes in skin problems.

Click here to learn about other skin problems, besides Rosacea, that shea butter has been known to help. Click here to go back to the top of this Rosacea Treatment page.