Skin Care with Colloidal Silver
Colloidal Silver is silver that has been broken down using a manufacturing process into extremely fine particles, small enough to stay suspended in water and even pass through a cell membrane. Silver is naturally a strong antibiotic, killing bacteria on contact. However, like most metals, it normally poses the danger of building up and becoming toxic to the body. Colloidal silver eliminates this danger since the particles are so small that the body can easily flush them out of your system if needed, which is exactly what happens to any excess amount. Thus, colloidal silver never builds up to toxic levels.
Besides being an extremely efficient killer of bacteria, colloidal silver also benefits from the fact that it doesn’t need to be digested as typical supplements do. The extremely fine particles are directly absorbed into the cells, such that it can actually be taken both orally and topically to treat infection. With these great benefits, it’s no surprise that colloidal silver has recently been marketed as an acne treatment. But can it really bring clear skin?
While there is no doubt that colloidal silver is effective at killing acne bacteria, the fact remains that most acne is caused by hormone-related excess oil production. Unless your acne is totally the result of over-active bacteria (which is actually rare), colloidal silver alone will not solve your acne problem.
As with any pure antioxidant treatment, its benefits are also limited when it comes to acne prevention. The P. Acnes bacteria feeds and multiplies off your skin oil, and without combating the problem of excess oil production, that bacteria will keep coming back. There is also the fact that acne pustules may form through the rapid build-up of oil which hardens and bursts your sebum glands - regardless of bacterial infection (which may intensify, but doesn’t cause the problem).
There are some individuals for whom colloidal silver may be all that is needed to help them get over acne, but most seeking clear skin will need an additional treatment to maintain it. The good news is that colloidal silver is a very safe and powerful treatment, moreso than the typical antibacterial drugs found in other treatments. It also kills most viruses and fungi as well, helping to prevent illness without ever harming your cellular tissue. And the fact that it doesn’t require digestion makes it more potent than most vitamin or mineral-based supplements. As such, colloidal silver can be an effective treatment to use in combination with an oil-targeting supplement like vitamin B5.
