pimple probs! a big red one..?

Question

there's this big red pimple on my nose, and it's been there for more than a week. I've got no idea what to do. please suggest something that works. school starts on the second for me so pleeeease help!

Answer 1

I use baking soda on acne and I love it. It pulls all the dirt from pours and tightens them making skin look and feel smooth and clean.
It does tend to dry out your face, and your skin might feel sensitive afterwards. Follow with a light moisturizer.

Add some water to the baking soda and rub onto face, let it sit and dry a little, then rinse.

Answer 2

I have always had luck with the Clean & Clear kit. If you don't feel like doing a whole regimen, try using just the Clean & Clear Advantage Acne Spot Treatment. Apply it a couple times a day, and load it on right before bed. I swear, that sucker will shrink overnight. Do not pop it!! Keep your hands off!! Another alternative is Mario Badescu's Drying Lotion that is pricey, but is essentially a miracle in a bottle. For the daytime, DEFINITELY get Clean & Clear Acne patch. It's a liquid that comes in a little clicky tube that you apply to pimples that seals out dirt, oil, makeup and what have you while delivering medicine to help the blemishes heal. The best part is that it helps makeup go on over the zit more smoothly so you can eliminate the redness and camouflage that thing until it disappears. Hope this helps. Good luck!!

Answer 3

Get any face mask that reduces the size of pimples and put a dot on it. then after 15-30 minutes, rinse it off. I always use Jalep Mint face mask for this type of problem. Anyway, it's at the drugstore and it works really well. Just do it once a day everyday until it's gone. It works the first time really well, but you have to keep doing it until it goes away or else it'll come back redder and bigger. Good luck.

Answer 4

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 5

What i've read is that chilled eye drops make pimples seem less visible and makes it easier to cover it up. Also, clean&clear pimple gel works really well, just apply every half an hr, and then put a bi dollop wen u go 2 bed, and it'll be gone before school starts.
Good Luck.
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Answer 6

Aspirin contains Beta hydroxy acid which is a powerful defoliant ,so you can crush 1to 2 Aspirin tablets mix with a little water and apply on pimples for 15 minutes and wash. More such solutions at http://solutionsforpimples.blogspot.com/

Answer 7

Don't pop it, try using a facial mask over top of it. I like ProActiv refining mask, though there are others available. I believe Clean and Clear makes a "zit zap" type formula.

Answer 8

all i know is DO NOT POP IT it will leave a mark. all i do is wash my face 3 xs throughout the day to keep the oil off of my face and usually they go away. hope it works for you. good luck.

Answer 9

Put Visine on it. It will take the red out!

Answer 10

visine will take the redness out of it. and toothpaste overnight will help reduce swelling.