I was thinking about Proactiv, but that's pricey. Some love it, others hate it, and I don't want to risk drying out my skin or anything. What's a treatment that's tried and true?
2007-01-27 11:45:09 · 19 answers · asked by J 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Other - Skin & Body
I was going to try proactive, but some people absolutely hate it. I guess I'll give it a go, since it's refundable, but still, I'd like to have a backup plan so please give me suggestions.
2007-01-27 11:57:51 · update #1
Try the followin tips i found for u .do not use chemicals on skin. Follow these instructions and do let me know if they worked on your skin. i'm sure they will!
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.
2007-01-27 12:10:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I almost bought Bio Oil, but heard from a few people that it really doesn't do anything for you. I was going to get it to get rid of some slight hyperpigmentation but reviews from people said it was pretty much hit or miss, and I'd rather invest in something that I KNOW is going to work. I've also been using Tea Tree Oil for about 5-6 months now, and have seen NO visible difference in the amount of acne, types of acne, or scarring as a result of that acne. I use Aveeno Clear Complexion Daily Cleansing pads, which I love, contains a small amount of salycilic acid to keep acne at bay, but unfortuantely during my period, the hormones make me break out like CRAZY. You should try spot treatment at night of sulfur cream. I SWEAR by the Proactive Refining Mask. It's a GREAT spot treatment and any acne you have the night before is smaller, and less red by the morning. I wont use anything else by them b/c their products are horrible but the mask is great. You can also try Olay Regenerist Microdermabrasion for the scars. The chemicals in the peel and the scrub helps cell turn over, takes off the layer of dead skin and promotes faster healing and growth of new cells. This is your key to getting rid of scars.
2016-03-15 00:59:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
neutrogena oil free acne wash works really well, I used it while I was waiting for my proactive to arrive. I also get lot of skin colored pimples. I been using proactive for a week, I bought the one month trial set. and I love it!!! it made my face look 100% better, it did get a little dried out when i first used it, but I put on cetaphil lotion and it was fine. plus cetaphil wont clog your pores. I think you should give proactive a try! I was scared to get it too, because some people hated it and I thought I'd be a person it didnt work fo and then I wasted all my money. but I gave it a try and love it. good luck
2007-01-27 15:11:02 · answer #3 · answered by kristinad21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you're having the same problem I was having. I tried proactive and it so did NOT work! All it did, like you said, was dry out my skin. People will tell you to use it, but if you don't have acne, then DON'T USE IT!! Clean&Clear is a good alternative, but you have to make sure that you get the rihgt stuff. Another good alternative is St. Ives. If you're going to get that, you'll need to get a cleanser and a scrub. You'll need to use the scrub twice a week. These cleanser/scrub won't get rid of your pimples right away. In fact, when you start using them, you might actually start to get more pimples. You'll get them because the cleanser is doing a good job. I know that may be hard to believe, but it means that the cleanser is getting all the dirt from inside your pores and bringing it up to the surface. After it brings it to the surface, it gets rid of it. It usually takes around two weeks to be able to see results, although you'll probably see the "new pimples" in just a few days. Its rough untill you get through the initial two weeks, but after that, its smooth sailing.
One thing that you could do if you don't want to wait, is by a zeno. They ARE expensive, but its not like a monthly cost. Just one time and you're done. A zeno gets rid of your pimple in one day. Go to http://www.myzeno.com/ and check it out!!! Hope I helped! good luck!
2007-01-27 12:03:11 · answer #4 · answered by Cheyenne 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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 11:49:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 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 symptoms 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.
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2007-01-31 10:45:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have the same problem, and the same question. I am 29, past the acne stage, and have dry skin, but clogged pores. ProActiv didn't help me. I think it is hormonal because when I was pregnant 2 times, my skin cleared like a baby's butt smooth. I have also tried Benzamycin which is prescription, it didn't help either. I like Avon's Porefection line, its cheap and the best thing I have found in 15 years of this.
2007-01-27 12:18:23 · answer #7 · answered by Hair Goddess 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Proactiv is not worth the money, it sucks. Anything over the counter with salicylic acid will work, or go to a dermatologist's office and buy glycolic acid products over the counter. If it's cystic acne, Accutane is a rx that some use (it is only for severe acne). Good luck!
2007-01-27 11:55:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Use all natural soaps daily. After put any toner, and apply lotion. Make sure you apply toner and lotion to your neck as well as your face because many people make the mistake by not washing their neck. To help reduce the pimple put a drop of tea tree oil on it every night before you go to bed. If you need a face wash in particular, I use Aubrey Organics: Natural Herbal. It is vegan and has 100% natural ingredients. Also, you can drink jasmine tea. It helps a lot! You can also go to this site, http://www.herbalremediesinfo.com/Acne.html. A healthy diet is very important to your skin as well. If you have any problems on your nose, you should use biore strips. For pimples apply toothpaste to it before you go to sleep, that is if you dont have the tea tree oil. Remember to drink plenty of water.
2007-01-29 16:15:48 · answer #9 · answered by momo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Personally, i dont think that proactive works! I bought it and it didn't work. Instead it change my skin in a bad way. For the 1st week, i was very pale, the 2nd week i got really dark. I was kinda like you. I didnt really have acne. Now my skin is great. My dermetologist suggested Benzoyl Perioxide 5%. Its awesome. its gentle and my insurance paid for it! I really recommend it!
Good Luck!
2007-01-27 12:44:07 · answer #10 · answered by NoName 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i'VE never used pro-active, but after reading everyone's comments on pro-active, the reason people don't like the Pro-active is because their skin dries out. the solution to that is to use it every other day vs. every day. easy fix and hey, it lasts longer.
If that doesnt work, seriously, go see a dermatologist. they have free samples too. You can try drinking lots of water too.
I would highly sway you against ever trying Accutane, its bad stuff. If youre skin gets dried out, you have to find a good moisturizer. I found creams work better than lotions.
2007-01-27 13:54:21 · answer #11 · answered by **twin** 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋