2006-09-04 12:32:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body
here, i had found some answers for you on yahoo tips from someone who answered this question for someone else.
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.
These are some effective home remedies for the treatment of acne and blackheads.
2006-09-04 13:39:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been an acne sufferer for 20 years. I have tried EVERYTHING under the sun. The only thing that worked was a prescription from my doctor called Clindets. Yes, it's a chemical. But it works!!!
Your doctor knows your medical history and will find the best solution for you. Vanessa Williams is a nice lady but she is not a dermatologist and is not really qualified to hawk acne meds.
Good luck!
2006-09-04 12:41:55 · answer #2 · answered by TriniGirl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many people think that old people, that is over 40, don't get them. WRONG. But we have a very quick solution (well quick if you are over 40 anyway).
Neosporin. Get Neosporin, and after washing your face thoroughly, apply the neosporin and make sure you keep it on there, the anitbiotic takes care of the inflamation and infection that often occurs. Wash and reapply at night. It works faster than anything I know--well a couple of days anyway.
The advice on drinking water is excellent as well.
2006-09-04 12:45:21 · answer #3 · answered by Maisy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wash your face gently with WARM, soapy water twice a day, don't scrub too hard as this may cause more damge to the skin and give you more spots. But if you can reduce the amount of oils on your face then they dont build up in your pores.
2006-09-04 12:51:17 · answer #4 · answered by Simon 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get a hair color like Clairol Hydrience and match it to your hair color. Use it and see when you need to use it again. The peroxide in the coloring gets rid of dandruff usually for 6 weeks.
2016-03-17 08:00:29 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Toothpaste, wash your face, or my friend uses masked tylenol and water every night. Just put crushed tylenol and water mixed together on your pimple for a night, put a band-aid over it, and take it off in the morning. You may have to use this a couple nights, but she absolutely swears by it.
2006-09-04 12:35:42 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. T, formerly known as Shadow. 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
pop them and then take a Qtip and dab it with hydrogen peroxide...99 cents at the dollar general store...this is garrantied to stop pimples to come back in the same spot...
2006-09-04 12:37:51 · answer #7 · answered by GyVuPhaYs 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use dettol anti-bacterial hand wash - honest!! My dermatologist recommended it - said it was just as good as anything else on the market, and its also cheap!!!!
Ive been using it for over 12 months now and i think its great - also gets rid of your make-up too!!!
2006-09-04 12:39:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
eat healthy, drink lots of water and use Hispano soap. I live inn Brooklyn, NY, out here its like $1. Its pretty good tho. Its plain, simple and cheap. You can use it 4 everything.
2006-09-04 12:38:57 · answer #9 · answered by tiffany072390 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Drink alot of water, I know it's kinda hard at first and u feel real sick and all. but you'll actually are doing yourself a favor. clear skin, cleaning the toxins in your body, and loosing some weight. but you have to drink water continuously or you will only retain water, which will make you look bloated. good luck
2006-09-04 12:37:23 · answer #10 · answered by veronica2060016 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Drink lots of water. Wash face often. Lay off oily foods.
2006-09-04 12:35:12 · answer #11 · answered by WORLD CLASS 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋