Prescription drugs for acne are overrated. It is true that the drugs are effective for the short term at helping you get rid of acne, but with long term use they can hurt your health. Through reading the information here you will discover that natural nutrients exist that are at least as effective as those drug prescribed with no side effects though.

Most alternative acne treatments that are sold today are found to be phony and totally ineffective for ridding yourself of acne. Some are are just plain useless. Many of these are just thrown together with no evidence of them working scientifically. Most of this are all in the tricky advertising and the marketing that is done on them.

It is no surprise that you run off to a dermatologist for a prescription medicine to control your acne, even if you find that there are side effects. You can now quit doing this with the 3 natural acne nutrients that will be discussed in here that have been shown to work just as well as the prescription drugs on the acne. Below are listed what they are and how they work:

First Supplement: Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Eating fish on a regular basis can improve your health and help you rid yourself of acne. You may have heard of this and not believed it but here is some proof:

Some researchers at Wake Forest University in 2003 reported, in the journal called Clinical Therapeutics, that Omega-3, EPA (Eicosapentaenoic acid) caused the acne-causing inflammatory chemical known as LTB4 to be inhibited to the same extent as the prescription drug zileuton does.

Omega-3 fatty acids probably are the best anti-inflammatory nutrient to be available in nature. When purchasing the supplement make sure that the source for the Omega-3 is from fish not plants. There are more studies on the fish form of Omega-3 than the plant form.

Second and Third Supplements: Vitamins A and E

These vitamins are often taken for granted because we see them all over the place. But did you know that these 2 vitamins together can be quite effective fighting acne?

Two researchers named Dr. Mihan and Dr. Ayers in 1978 through the International Journal of Dermatology stated that these 2 potent nutrients if they are properly combined, do eliminate the need for antibiotics like the tetracycline, and have quit using them.

This has only scratched the surface on the topic of nutrients being acne fighters. This kind of information is what the pharmaceutical companies don't want you to eve discover so that you have to pay more cash on the prescription drugs they manufacture. Remember these usually have harsh side effects.

Next time before running for that prescription medication for acne or before buying another face wash that has benzoyl peroxide in it, look at what natural nutrients can do to help you rid yourself of acne.