It’s true, acne has been around from the ancient times when King Tut rules his side of the world.

Two Philadelphia dermatologists, Dr. Parish and Witkowski have once reported that, when King Tut’s tomb was opened, the young monarch was found to have acne scars. A variety of creams to treat the disorder were discovered in the tomb as well.

A common treatment for acne around 350 A.D. was to watch for a falling star, then wipe the acne pimples away with a cloth as the star fell. Mayan considered acne to be beautiful. Since it had a low occurance, it was considered unique, and teenagers would actually resist washing and rub oils on their faces to bring about an acne breakout.

The ancient Greek, once they learned how to make oil from olives, used it as a very gentle facial cleanser, to naturally treat their skin. Also various herbs have been constantly used in ancient times to treat acne in a natural way.

As I mentioned in a previous article, sulphur was used since old times to treat acne, and even some famous emperors used it for treating their acne flair up.

The examples above show clearly that acne is not a ‘modern disease’. It probably existed from the first time people existed on earth. What is different from times to times and from cultures to cultures is the way people tried to deal with it, the treatments they used to combat it.
In these modern stressful times of today, when we are surrounded by all sorts of chemicals, in us and around us, people are trying to get back to those natural treatments that worked 6000 years ago. We don’t know everything that worked then, but we know many things that have been tried. And we keep on trying them until we find that natural treatment that will cure our acne forever.