Question by cooldude5231: what are the best homemade acne treatments?
What are the best homemade acne treatments? im 15 what are some things i could do to help cure my acne? i wash my face in the morning with neutrogena acne cleanser then when i take a shower @ night i wash my face with regular soap, then before i go 2 bed i use proactive. ever since i started to do this my face has cleared up quite a bit, but its not completly gone. are there any things i can do 2 help clear up my acne?
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Answer by Nick Luccina
Toothpaste on a zit overnight. By the morning it should be gone or almost gone.
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its not really homade but its one of the best kept secrets. At night after i wash my face with soap (it doenst matter what u wash with) right be4 i go to sleep i put on Diaper rash ointment. The only thing that matters is the Zinc oxide content of it. So u will need to look on the back of the cream and find the one that has the most. The zinc oxide clears and keeps skin smooth. The only bad part is it smells like diaper rash stuff. Then in the morning u wash it off. It has done wonders for me. I found out through a yahoo news page. Its cheaper and better than any other face wash stuff i have ever used.
Good Luck
this really worked. egg yolks on your face for 10 minutes a day for 14 days straight then once a month after. separate the yolk from the egg white then beat the yolk. spread on face and wash off it 10 minutes. i know it sounds gross but it was the only thing that helped me. it has something to do with the amount of vitamin e in the yolk which is great for the skin. my mother read this in a dear abby article and i tried it. I used everything you could and this really did help alot.
Instead of combining different products, just go with the full proactiv kit, and follow it to a T. Do the cleanser, toner, then repairing lotion in the morning and at night (all three, don’t ever skip a step). Use the mask cream as spot treatment or for a full face treatment a few times a week.
I’ve tried everything out there — toothpaste, witch hazel, natural stuff to everything on those counters since I was a young teen. Nothing is a cure and if anything the harshness can make it worse. So just stick to the proactiv, that’s my advice.
***And: SKIP MILK. Milk has been known to cause acne, most likely the hormones in it. Get your calcium elsewhere — soy milk, or my fave: enriched rice milk (Rice Dream vanilla enriched).
http://ezinearticles.com/?Does-Milk-Cause-Acne?&id=670388
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=453505&in_page_id=1770
http://www.healthfreedom.ws/articles/Milk%20Causes%20Acne,%20Harvard%20Study%20Finds.htm
And don’t drink soda! I swear by this — it really makes your skin worse, plus it’s just not good for us, more and more studies keep coming out backing that up. Drink the water, water’s great!
White toothpaste works well.
I found the best think to work is to make a mask out of baking soda for a few minutes. It will exfoliate your skin and make it softer also. What may be left on your face are acne scares that usually take about 6 months to fade but baking soda also helps clear it. Just be careful at the MOST only do it once a day or you can over exfoliate your skin and dry it out and it would become covered in rashes and make you look funny.
First your face must be real clean. A simple remedy is to use face powder, You should use face powder then add water to made it like a paste .apply it onto your face. Soon acne will disappear
PIMPLES
Pimples is a unique skin disorder.Pimples are lesions that occur when the skin’s pores are obstructed or infected.They can form for a variety of reasons.However,the mechanism involved in causing some pores to collapse and block drainage of natural oils is not really understood. Pimples may also crop up for genetic reasons. It is not clear how it can be inherited from one’s parents, but studies do indicate a high occurrence of pimples in children whose parents had it,too.
The pimples associated with adolescence almost certainly occur because of hormonal changes that take place during puberty. Both males and females get an overdose of the male hormone testosterone during this period,causing excessive generation of sebaceous fluids that invariably cause pimples.
GIVEN BELOW ARE A FEW SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES TO FIGHT PIMPLES.
1.The most basic form of pimple prevention is hygiene and preventive skin care. Regular washing of the affected areas with mild soap is a must.The soap need not necessarily contain any chemicals designed to prevent pimples .However, face washing should not be overdone or the skin will become dehydrated .
2.Care should be taken on makeup,moisturizers and other skin care products.If these products are oil based,it would just make the problem worse. Use water based products instead.
3.Generally we rub, press or squeeze our pimples.Don’t when we do this,we risk spreading the bacteria to other areas.
4.Lemon juice diluted in water can be applied externally because of its antiseptic
quality.
5.Tea Tree oil can also be applied directly to infected pores.
6.Vitamin A tablets are also a natural and effective cure. Vitamin A promotes healthy skin.
7.Before bathing, apply a mixture of fresh tomato pulp, honey and rose-water to your face and keep for twenty minutes before washing off.
8.Juice of raw papaya is the best treatment for pimples.Apply fresh juice of raw papaya on pimples and get a good result.
9.Directly rub potato slices all over the face, helps to get rid of blemishes and
pimple scar.
10.Drink plenty of water and vegetable or fruit juices.
11.Use cucumber or other fruit and vegetable packs to cure pimple scars.
12.Maintain a diet that is rich in cottage cheese, salads, fresh juices, fish and
yogurt.These help to cleanse your system and ward off pimples.
13.Another overnight home remedy for pimples is to put a dab of toothpaste on it to help dry it out. Calamine lotion also will have the same drying effect.
14.Pound orange peel with water and apply to affected areas.
15.Another useful remedy for pimples is zinc. Which can be taken in a dose of 50 mg daily for a month and then reduce the dose.
16.You can clean your skin with apple cider vinegar as an overnight home pimple remedy.
17.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.
Finally,certain medications may temporarily alter the hormonal changes prevalent during adolescence and cause pimple outbreaks. If this is the case, a simple adjustment in medication may be all that is required.