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Teenage Troubles And Easy Cures

By Suparna Chakaraborthy

Teenage Girl
Teenage it is said is the best years of life. A carefree and tension free life. A person has all resources to meet his aim, strength, health, support and courage but still as it is said life is not a bed of roses, life is not perfect. During adolescence, one undergoes a lot of hormonal changes. These hormonal changes bring up different teenage troubles and it affects skin the worst. Teenage troubles is also the result of their faulty lifestyle. Adolescence is a time when they taste freedom for the first time and thus have a tendency to live life their way. In the process most of the time their lifestyle gets disturbed with faulty eating habits, lack or rest etc.

During teenage beauty becomes one of the major factors and at this time even a little scratch on the skin means a lot to them. Thus, here are few teenage troubles and their solution -

1.Acne – The worst thing to happen to your skin is acne. Acne is a kind of pimple which can be painful and make your skin dry. It is caused by hormonal changes and also by faulty eating habit. To cure and prevent acne -

1.Drink lot of water.
2.Use a face pack of neem and turmeric powder
3.Add karela in your diet everyday
4.Scrub your face before going to bed

2.Dark Circles – Dark circle can be passed on from one generation to another. It is also the result of eye stress, long hours in front of the television or computer etc. To cure dark circle -

1.Eye massage with warm almond oil.
2.Drink loads of fruits, coconut water and vegetable stalk.
3.Control intake of junk food
4.Get enough sleep

3.Oily Skin – Oily skin is the result of stimulation of the little glands in the skin by changing hormones to produce an excess of sebum. Oily skin can grow up to become a major reason for pimples. The way to handle oily skin is -

1.Wash your face several times a day.
2.Wipe your face with rose water
3.Include green vegetables in your diet
4.Avoid junk food

4.Tanning – skin is very sensitive during teens and gets tan very easily. That's also because of hormonal changes. To get rid of tan -

1. Wipe your face with potato every alternate day
1.Apply honey to bleach your face
2.Rub tomato pulp to your skin

5.Weight Gain – Most of the teenagers have a tendency to gain weight. This is firstly due to over exposure to junk food and secondly due to the fact that it is time that the body develops and craves for more food. This sometimes may lead to over eating. One should -

1. Have three meals a day and control the urge of mulching on snacks.
2. Avoid Junk
3. Maintain a time for food intake.
4. Eat early dinner

Other teenage troubles solutions are -

1.Avoid cosmetics. This aggregates the problems.
2.Don't skip meals.
3.Don't stop eating to get thinner. Lack of nutrient can hinder the growth of a body.
4.Have balanced diet
5.Maintain a time table for the day.

Story first published: Thursday, November 18, 2010, 13:50 [IST]