Comments on: How Honey Helps Acne http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/10/08/how-honey-helps-acne/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Janet James http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/10/08/how-honey-helps-acne/comment-page-1/#comment-72843 Janet James Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:57:50 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/10/08/how-honey-helps-acne/#comment-72843 I needed to say Appreciate providing these details, youre carrying out a great job using the site... I needed to say Appreciate providing these details, youre carrying out a great job using the site…

]]> By: Jefferson Faudan | Virtual Outsourcing Philippines http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/10/08/how-honey-helps-acne/comment-page-1/#comment-63324 Jefferson Faudan | Virtual Outsourcing Philippines Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:58:54 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/10/08/how-honey-helps-acne/#comment-63324 I have had pimples from time to time (but not as worst as it used to be when i was in highschool)... due to work, pressure and stress lately, some nasty pimples were beginning to show up... and going to those several years back, i've tried going through diamond peeling, facials and even have had several anti-pimple agents that i've tried.. unfortunately nothing works... hydroquinone for me worsens the growth of pimples... after taking the honey and sugar as facial scrub to thought seriously , it just amazed me on how effective it was... although i did take afaxin 50000iu at the side. still, the results are just as amazing compared to taking afaxin alone I have had pimples from time to time (but not as worst as it used to be when i was in highschool)… due to work, pressure and stress lately, some nasty pimples were beginning to show up… and going to those several years back, i’ve tried going through diamond peeling, facials and even have had several anti-pimple agents that i’ve tried.. unfortunately nothing works… hydroquinone for me worsens the growth of pimples… after taking the honey and sugar as facial scrub to thought seriously , it just amazed me on how effective it was… although i did take afaxin 50000iu at the side. still, the results are just as amazing compared to taking afaxin alone

]]> By: Science http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/10/08/how-honey-helps-acne/comment-page-1/#comment-60638 Science Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:35:20 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/10/08/how-honey-helps-acne/#comment-60638 The antibacterial properties of honey are primarily due to osmosis. Sugar bandages operate on the same principle: that is, if you have a large concentration of solutes (like sugar of any variety) and place such a solution around an area where bacteria are present then the water inside the bacterial cell will pass through the membrane in order to try to reach an equilibrium. Since the bacteria have no vascular tissue which can attempt to counter this shift in the equilibrium then they cells end up shriveling and dying. This is how sugar and honey bandages work. Raw honey is reported to work better, but I would imagine this has to do with the added water in pasteurized honey, and very little to do with the actual components of said honey. This is the same reason that sugar bandages work on wounds with antibiotic resistant bacteria. There are allegedly some types of honey which have additional antimicrobial properties, but at the end of the day if the concentration of solutes on the outside of the membrane is greater than the concentration of solutes on the inside of the membrane, then osmosis will occur and the bacteria will die. The misinformation about honey and sugar bandages is astounding. It would be nice if someone would open a science book before they shoot their mouths off. The antibacterial properties of honey are primarily due to osmosis. Sugar bandages operate on the same principle: that is, if you have a large concentration of solutes (like sugar of any variety) and place such a solution around an area where bacteria are present then the water inside the bacterial cell will pass through the membrane in order to try to reach an equilibrium. Since the bacteria have no vascular tissue which can attempt to counter this shift in the equilibrium then they cells end up shriveling and dying. This is how sugar and honey bandages work.

Raw honey is reported to work better, but I would imagine this has to do with the added water in pasteurized honey, and very little to do with the actual components of said honey. This is the same reason that sugar bandages work on wounds with antibiotic resistant bacteria.

There are allegedly some types of honey which have additional antimicrobial properties, but at the end of the day if the concentration of solutes on the outside of the membrane is greater than the concentration of solutes on the inside of the membrane, then osmosis will occur and the bacteria will die.

The misinformation about honey and sugar bandages is astounding. It would be nice if someone would open a science book before they shoot their mouths off.

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