Myth Or Garlic Facts Can Treat Acne? This Is A Doctor's Explanation

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JAKARTA - On social media, many trends of facial treatments have emerged. Many of these tips are trusted and followed by the public. One of them is using garlic to treat acne, is it true?

Skin Specialist from the University of Indonesia Dr. Margaretha Indah Maharani, SpKK, FINSDV, FAADV explained that the use of garlic to treat acne can actually harm the skin.

"Indeed, there are a lot of them. There are also a lot of googles on the internet for acne. I've also had patients, not just one or two. His face appears like burns because he uses garlic," Rani said when met at the Kota Kasablanka Mall, South Jakarta, Thursday.

Rani explained that garlic itself has a spicy taste that has an efficient nature. So, if you put garlic on the skin, it will cause chemical burns. Therefore, the use of garlic for inflamed acne will actually make conditions worse.

"So try to snack on raw garlic, bite. It's spicy. Because he's efficient. Imagine if garlic was lit, it was still fresh to put in front? What happened? Chemical burns. So it can cause red and even holes, explained Rani.

"It's not that drugs are even more damaged. So don't try it! Because later the rest symptoms will be more difficult to get rid of the used garlic than the acne itself," he added.

There is also a trend that says that MSG can whiten the skin. But again, Rani emphasized that this trend is not good to follow.

"Second, there is also a TikTok trend saying MSG can make bleach. Actually, everything is intended for each goal," he said.

Of course there are chemical ingridients that can overlap. For example, aloe vera. Can be eaten, it can also make skincare. But there are extracts. So, MSG is made with such components for cooking, "he continued.

Rani explained that if MSG or micin were placed on the face, it would not penetrate the skin because MSG had large molecules. Not only that, this trend can also cause irritation of the skin.

So if it is affixed to the face, it is not formulated for the skin. One, if it has an active substance, it doesn't penetrate the skin because the molecular distance must be large. Second, if with a high dose it is wrapped, it will cause an irritation effect," said Rani.

Light irrigation and then become severe will have an inflammatory effect. So, for example, if there is a commodity, it continues to be irritated, then inflamed. Adds severe. Then reddened, the used black. So the ending doesn't turn white," he continued.

However, Rani appealed to the public not to easily believe the content. Instead, see if the source of information obtained has a credible background. Thus, the public can also avoid hoaxes that endanger skin health.

"There's a lot of content. I still suggest we have to educate ourselves. So get information from potential sources," Rani said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, December 1.

"So if we look at TikTok, who will give me these tips. Saya, then I teach you tire patching techniques, don't believe it. I can't. So it must be seen, what creates background content," he concluded.