Does ice help to shrink pimples?

Question

I heard that ice helps to shrink pimples. Is this true or false. And why?

Answer 1

I have heard its true, because ice works as an anti inflammatory, but i can tell you this, ive tried it, put ice on my face for about... 5 minutes, and got freezer burn on my face.. yes, it was red for about 4 days.. and it stayed that way with a red spot.. looked like a sunburn. i'd say, no to ice. you've heard about using ice on swollen spots right? well i believe its because of the dialated vessels in that area, and ice makes them constrict (vasoconstriction) and shrinks the spot and inflammation... save the ice for drinks or a sprained ankle.

Answer 2

Dry and/or greasy skin due to poor oil composition of the skin. Thick greasy oils clog pores, lack of oil leads to dryness and irritation. You need thin oils to moisturize while dissolving and clearing gunk in your poors. Try fish oil or seafood. 2 tsp fish oil a day or 4 servings of seafood a week. Stick it out for at least 2 months; it will take a long time to replace all your oil. Any effect after 1-2 days is temporary or random; so even if it makes you break out a little at first, you haven't given it a full try yet.

In the short term you can wash and moisturize well, but that will only go so far. Plus excessive washing can be drying and excessive moisturizing can be clogging. Use a small amount of a light moisturizer, made with oil not jelly or grease. Often that means soybean oil or mineral oil. Mineral oil means mined from the ground. So soybean oil is usually better, though mineral oil won't cause too much harm. Clean with soap and water, not a harsh acne cleanser. Even then they only work so well. So you really need the seafood.

Antibiotics aren't really good for bacteria long term, they'll come back in force after. Short term they may help. After you get off them find some kefir with acidophilus listed first or 2nd to replace the friendly bacteria they destroyed. Studies show less illness when you have these bacteria, even outside the stomach in places such as the lungs and elsewhere. You want friendly bacteria to fill the void when the antibiotics stop, not harmful ones.

In the short term you might also try 100,000+ iu retinol vitamin A (a megadose, and too much for normal use) or one of the acne drugs that is similar to retinol vitamin A. It's some minor harm to your organs, but it helps against bacteria on your skin. At least it doesn't have the other long term drawbacks to your skin that antibiotics and many scrubs do.

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

I would say to wash face put ice on for about 10-15 minutes then pat dry. Then apply a mud mask on the zit for an hour then rinse and see if a head came. If not then take then repeat until you see head. Then grab two ends of a q-tip and squeeze the sides and you should see the discharge from the pimple. I've done this a few times and usually always works.

Answer 5

Ice has some anti-inflammatory properties, it helps with swelling and part what we see as a pimple is inflammation. But it would only work to a degree, first, by the time you see a pimple, the inflammatory process will be well on it's way, and second, the infection/pore blockage is still there (the inflammatory process is an immune response, immune cells are coming in to fight off germs or whatever is blocking the pore). So my suggestion would be, if you have a date tonight, don't be rubbing ice all over your face, it might make you all red. But you could try and experiment with a small area on Sunday. I doubt it is a practical treatment (that is, something that people would want to use in a pinch) or we would all know about it. But as a science experiment on a very small scale, it would be interesting.

Answer 6

NATURAL ACNE PROTOCOL
1/ Never, ever touch your face.
2/ Use 3 facecloths to wash your face, one to soap on, one to soap off with very hot water, one to rinse off with ice cold water, in that order, once a day.
3/ If you are under 18 take 5,000 IU of vitamin A once a day with a full meal
4/ If you are over 18 take 5,000 IU of vitamin A twice a day with a full meal.
Do not get pregnant while taking vitamin A. Do not take any more, like Accutane, it will stop you growing.
5/ Never, ever. pick, squeeze or pop your spot. Read number 1 again.
6/ Do this for 90 days.
7/ Invest in a brand new pillow and 2 new or more pillow cases to �double bag' your pillow. HOT wash every couple of days.
Source:
A bit of advice given to me as a teenager, a bit of science as I am studying allergic reactions and vitamin A is a part of that. A bit of research: I sat in a lecture at the back and watched the acne prone pick at their faces, those with the worse acne touched their faces 32 times in an hour, the clearest complexions didn't touch their faces even once. I have circumstantial evidence that acne is the result of dermatophyte transfer from hands to face...where it does not get washed off and is well fed by hormones, sweat a
nd oil...just a hypothesis... But it would explain why vitamin A is so effective as vitamin causes skin to remove dermatophytes.

The secret is never to touch the spots

Tips on how to treat acne and achieve perfect clear skin in as little as 7 days?

Answer 7

Does Ice Help Acne

Answer 8

Hi,
I am a dermatologist by profession and within a careeer of 10 years I have seen lots of acne problems. According to me Red and white pimples are the worst and painful. Acneprone skin is very sensitive, even if you touch it once the redness will increase with itching. According to me there is no magical way to heal your pimples over night as this is the puffed part of your skin due to the bacteria.

In simple words try to improve your diet and have lots of water that helps in healingg process. Un-necessary oily food should be avoided to get a healthy spotless skin.

Answer 9

Yes because ethereal pimple will shrink.

Answer 10

I would suggest you try using Jojoba Oil as it is almost identical organically-speaking to sebum, which is the natural oil produced by your skin. As well as being a great natural moisturizer it can also help with acne, Jojoba Oil penetrates into the skin without clogging pores and is suitable for all skin types it contains vitamin E and antioxidants which are great for fighting aging signs and moisturizing the skin.

Studies on jojoba oil show that it has the ability to prevent skin from becoming too oily. This is due to the fact that putting jojoba oil on our skin can trick our cells into thinking they have produced enough oil. Remove any surface dirt from your skin, then put just a few drops of jojoba oil into your hand and rub it into your skin when you start to work jojoba oil into the skin, the oil penetrates into the pores. As jojoba closely resembles

your skin's own oil, moisturizing with jojoba oil sends the message to your pores to stop overproducing the sebum that causing the oily skin.

Answer 11

I think the only thing to shrink pimples is time
i tried everything when i was young
if you leave them alone they go quicker
there is a cream the chemist sells & it may blend in with your skin if you are lucky
my son was lucky like that because it was the same colour as his skin& it helped cover the pimples