I've been 2 several skin specialists but none of them worked. I've even tried stuff like da Neutrogena Blackheads Eliminating Scrub but it kinda made things worse! I'd be grateful if there are any homemade remedies that i cld use.
2006-08-02 04:40:13 · 17 answers · asked by Sk8erGurl 3 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body
Acne & blackheads Home Remedies
1. Put toothpaste on your pimple before you go to bed, should help reduce swelling overnight. Make sure it is the paste not the gel. One of the most popular acne home remedies.
2. Wash your face twice a day in warm salty water. This should leave your face oil free without aggravating the acne.
3. Apply a paste of fresh methi (fenugreek) leaves over the face every night for 10-15 minutes and washed with warm water. This will prevent acne, pimples, blackheads, and wrinkles.
4. Place strawberry leaves on the acne, the alkalinity helps to reduce the swelling.
5. Extract juice of one lemon and mix with equal quantity of rose water. Apply this mixture on the face and let it stay for about half an hour. Wash the face with fresh water. About 15 days application helps cure acne, pimples and reduces blemishes and scars.
6. Another method is to massage the face with the skin of lemon before washing with lukewarm water.
7. Apply fresh mint juice over the face every night for the treatment of acne, pimples, insect stings, eczema, scabies, & other skin infections.
8. Eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. At least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables should be included in your diet. All acne home remedies should include a healthy diet.
9. A couple of garlic cloves, crushed and dabbed on the face 1-2 times a day. One of the smellier acne home remedies!
10. Home face wash for acne: Mix together 1 or 2mls each of the following: witch hazel, tea-tree and sweet fennel essential oils, adding essential oil of geranium for women and essential oil of rosewood for men. Mix with 300mls of water. Shake before use, as the oils will float on top of the water during storage. Dab affected areas with cotton wool two or three times a day. The oils will clean and unclog giving antibiotic-like protection to the skin.
11. Apply fresh lemon juice on the affected area overnight. Wash off with warm water next morning.
12. Use 2-3 tsp. dried basil leaves to 1 cup boiling water. Steep 10-20 minutes. Cool, and apply with cotton ball.
13. Grind orange peel with some water to a paste and apply on affected parts. One of the best acne home remedies.
14. Clean face with cotton wool dipped in rose water 2-3 times a day.
15. Mix 1 teaspoon lemon juice in 1 teaspoon finely ground cinnamon powder and apply on affected areas frequently.
16. Nettle Tea is another solution, this tea has a herb that has some curing power and really helps work wonders on skin problems. Drink four cups a day to get the full benefit of one of the most powerful acne home remedies. Get nettle products here.
17. Aloe Vera juice applied twice a day can greatly speed up the healing of acne lesions. You can buy Aloe Vera at vitacost.com
18. Another lotion that uses bee propolis extract may also be effective. Mix eight ounces of water and 11 drops of bee propolis extract. One of the acne home remedies which has been proven effective with many people.
19. Some herbal acne home remedies...
Burdock leaf tea.
Lavender essential oil (mix 1:10 with water)
Tincture of calendula flowers.
Tea tree essential oil (mix 1:10 with water)
Liquefy cabbage leaves with witch hazel, strain and add two drops of lemon oil. Use as a lotion.
20. Ice down the acne before bed, by morning it should be noticeably less swollen. Works best on larger pimples that have not yet formed a head.
21. Take vitamin B5 and zinc supplements daily to strengthen the skin's resistance to acne.
22. Mix mint juice with turmeric powder and apply on affected area. Leave for 15-30 minutes and wash off with lukewarm water.
23. Mix some vinegar and salt in a bowl. Pour a little bit in your hand and rub it on the pimples. Soak a face towel in it and dab it on the bumps. Leave it on for 15-20 minutes and rinse it off.
24. Blend cucumber and make a paste. Apply this as a mask on your face and leave it for 1/2 hour and then rinse. This refreshes your skin and prevents acne.
25. Mix corn flour with egg white and apply on your face. Let is dry completely for 1/2 hour. Dip your hands in warm water and massage your face and wash off. This when repeated regularly gives you a smooth skin.
26. Mix sandalwood paste with rosewater and apply on the face. Rinse off after 30 minutes.
27. Essential oil face mask for acne: Use a mask base powder, such as fuller's earth or kaolin powder. Use distilled or filtered water to make a paste. Mix 1 heaped teaspoon of base powder to 3 drops of essential oil. Add approximately 2 tablespoons of the water in, to make a fluid yet balanced paste. Essential oils to add in the mask either separately or try smaller amounts together; cypress oil 1 drop, lemon oil 2 drops, sage oil 1 drop.
28. Mix the paste of tender neem leaves with turmeric and apply of affected area. An eastern approach to acne home remedies.
29. Grind some nutmeg with milk and apply on affected area. Pimples disappear like magic without leaving a mark.
30. Make a mixture of lime juice and rose water. Apply on face and leave it for 15-20 minutes. Rinse off with lukewarm water.
31. Make a paste by mixing 3 tablespoons of honey and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. Repeat for two weeks, pimples will disappear forever.
32. Rub fresh garlic on and around pimples. Pimples will disappear without a mark with regular applications.
33. Mix 1 tsps groundnut oil with 1 tspn fresh lime juice to prevent formation of blackheads and pimples .
34. Ground drumstick pods and leaves and mix mixed with fresh lime juice, and apply on pimples. This is also good for blackheads and dark spots.
35. First wash face and then dab acne with cotton balls soaked in vinegar.
36. Mix groundnut oil with an equal amtount of fresh lime juice and apply on face. leave for 10-15 minutes and wash. It may be applied daily to prevent formation of blackheads, acne and pimples.
37. Apply juice of raw papaya (including the skin and seed) on swelling acne, pimples.
38. Apply fresh lime juice mixed to a glass of boiled milk as a face wash for acne, pimples, blackheads, and cracked skin.
39. Apply ripe Tomatoes pulp on acne, pimples and kept upto 1 hour, then wash.
40. Make a paste of roasted & powdered pomgranate skin with fresh lime juice and apply over acne, boils, pimple, blackheads and whiteheads.
41. Apply grated potatoes as poultice to treat skin blemishes, wrinkles, boils, pimples, blackheads, whiteheads , etc.
42. Make a paste of ground radish seeds with water and apply on face to remove blackheads.
43. Apply a paste of ground seasame seeds with water as poultice for inflammation of the skin due to allergies, skin rashes, and pimples.
44. Large pores on facial skin can be treated with paste of sandalwood powder with masoor dal.
45. Use an oatmeal or almond mask throughly to cleanse your face. Mix either oatmeal or almond powder with enough rose water to make a soft paste that spreads easily on the skin. Rub it on your skin with your fingertips, paying special attention the problem areas. Leave to dry for about 15 minutes and then rinse off with cold water. This is very good in getting rid of blackheads.
46. A solution made out of one and a half cups of hot water and half a tablespoon of boric powder is an ideal remedy for blackheads, Saturate a face napkin in this hot solution and press on to the skin, repeat twice. Extract blackheads carefully with a blackhead remover and sterilized cottonwool. Pat on an astrigent.
47. Honey is a great remedy for skin blemishes and acne because the honey kills bacteria. -
2006-08-02 04:59:25 · answer #1 · answered by miss.youu<3 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-26 12:39:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a acne free program i can send u through email. Acne is an internal problem. Topical treatments will only last as long as u keep using them. Mainly they make your breakouts worse. Once you stop using them, your acne will appear again because acne is an internal problem. Your blood and liver are toxic.
The liver is the most important organ in your body. It's known for over 500 fuctions. Once the liver becomes full of toxic waste, it becomes sluggish and sends everything it can no longer handle to the skin which is another major organ. This is how acne forms. Your body needs a clean diet. Free from perservatives, processed foods, foods containing hydrogentated oils, beef and pork, any thing containing refined white flour such as pasta, rice, etc. When refined white flour products enter your system they form a glue paste substance which stays in your digestive system for weeks. So does meat. Meat was never meant to be consumed. It's just something that happened to society over time. The acne free program i have will tell you everything you need to know about foods you shouldn't be eating and why you shouldn't eat them. After you have started the fresh diet they will give you, you will have to do an internal cleansing for seven days, a parasite cleanse because believe me if you have acne you have parasites, and then a liver cleanse which is the most effective thing in this entire program. Did you know that 90% of diseases are preventable with a clean colon and liver?!?! It almost impossible to get any disease with the proper cleanse because if you have a weak colon and liver than you have a weak immune system. I have the answer you're looking for. Acne is a disease from toxic waste which makes the blood dirty which makes the colon dirty which makes the liver dirty. It's a chain reaction. The cleaner your diet the clearer your skin. I introduced my sister to this program. She had acne by the pound. When she completed this program, her skin was like porcelain. She couldn't get acne again if she wanted to. Proactiv or anything else won't get the job done. Topical treatments aren't the answer sweetie. Believe me. The answer is cleaning your body up. Topical treatments are meant to cover the acne up for the time being and for what when all it's going to do is make it worse or make it go away and come right back. You want lasting results i'm sure. My sister tried everything and this was the only thing that came through. Your body is your temple and if you don't take care of it you will suffer in the end.
2006-08-02 05:19:24 · answer #3 · answered by shawn_0523 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you’re looking for accurate acne information, best to see a dermatologist. Some people believe doctors are predisposed to take the easy way to deal with acne… prescription drugs. But, with many, this simplistic answer may not be the appropriate course of action. Some feel that such prescription drugs just treat the symposium and not the underlying cause. But, a local dermatologist is still your best starting point.
For me personally, I discovered a great informational acne treatment site. Not only is there good information/articles but I got their audio e-book and following it’s advice can now say that my acne is a thing of the past! Keep in mind, were all different and there are various types of acne, so what works for some may not be totally effective for all.
Bottom line, hang in there, you will get past this! Sincere best wishes and good luck.
Oh, by the way the site that helped me is:
http://www.acne-treatment-medicine-1.info
2006-08-02 07:21:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right now my skin is perfectly clear, for the first time in 3 years. It's been about 9 weeks and all my acne is gone. It is such a great feeling to wake up with clear skin.
Holistic Acne Treatment Guide?
2016-05-16 00:55:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
be as gentle as possible with your skin. I know it makes you mad and you want to scrub the crap out of it, but it's really sensitive. Try a natural soap, maybe castille. Rosemary is a good astringent, and tea tree oil diluted in a carrier oil (olive oil, soy oil) is a really good antifungal for the skin. After washing your face, put a few drops on a cotton ball and rub gently over your face. To make a mask, mix 2 tablespoons of bentonite clay with enough of the oil to make it a doughy consistency. Spread it on the spot or the whole face. Let it dry, and wash it off. Keep your hands and other people's hands out of your face, keep it clean, drink lots or water (not flavored water...that's juice), take your vitamins.
2006-08-02 05:35:36 · answer #6 · answered by pacammi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm 31 years old and dealt with acne my whole life. Tried everything from dermatologists to vodoo (kidding). NOTHING WORKS LIKE PROACTIVE. Do the whole 3 step process, use the masks and lotions when needed. I even use the make up and shampoo because I get acne on my back from my hair being so oily. I am FINALLY acne-free!
2006-08-02 05:02:55 · answer #7 · answered by mphsmichele 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neutrogena Oil Free Acne Wash- i've bin usin it 4 about 3 days now and i've already seen results
2006-08-02 04:48:19 · answer #8 · answered by BeautyQueen53 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i tried everything for my face n i could never find anything that works i tried proactive which made my breakouts worse i tried differin gel and anything else u can think of. then my mom's friend told me about this stuff that arbonne sells i tried it and it worked!!! that was the first time that i had a face wash that worked but it also comes with vitamins that help your skin clear up. i think if you go to www.arbonne.com you can find a sales person in your area.
2006-08-02 05:09:24 · answer #9 · answered by brandilea225 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may be allergic to some of those things...
ever just go for the old timers acne medications like oxy pads?
black heads are best removed manually, steam bath, real hot water with a towel and let it stand on your face for a couple of minutes...
i use a hot steam bath for my black heads and gently squeeze out the heads using a towel then rubbing my face down like a massage with a fresh dry towel.
then use a oxy pad... this keeps my face from looking like crap.
(skinwise)
i also use skin cream to keep my skin soft and noxema.
i also one time had a scraper (but your skin's got to be used to that sort of thing) and i'd soften my face up with steam and scrape my skin to get rid of all the dead skin and blackheads, it worked wonders but i lost that device.
it took years off my face. but those scrapers are real hard on you the first few times, will make your face real red. it's like mini demabrasion and it's painful.
why didn't those skin specialists work? who and what? i went to a dematologist once.. (well a few times that short period of time) and he gave me a prescription to retinol... and boy that stuff was like great for a while.. my blackheads were oozing out left and right i had to take a towel with me to wipe my face off i looked wonderful.. then the red, sore lips came.. so i had to stop.
major key also to remember keep the face clean daily, don't over wash and keep it from drying out real bad.
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a little sun may help too.
oh and when you sweat, get a nice fluffy towel and rub off the sweat, don't dab, that rubbing and drying will take up dry, dead, and clogged materials off on the towel.
sweating is good for cleaning the pores too.
2006-08-02 04:50:42 · answer #10 · answered by t10t200 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apply a topical acne treatment containing benzoyl peroxide, glycolic acid, or salicylic ...
alfalfa when applied over the face is excellent home remedy for pimples. ...Home Remedies: A non-oily face wash that contains tea tree oil or ... GOOD LUCK! and hope you get rid of your acne with these home rimidies it works
2006-08-02 04:50:34 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋