Home Remedies for Pimples and Acnes
For the past few days I did browse on various medical sectoins to understand the home remedies for Pimples and this post will follow some remedies for back pain which I am currently working on...1. Wash your face twice a day in warm salty water. This should leave your face oil free without aggravating the acne.
2. Apply a paste of fresh Methi (fenugreek or Mardhani) leaves over the face every night for 10-15 minutes and then wash with warm water. This will prevent acne, pimples, blackheads, and wrinkles.
3. Aloe Vera juice applied twice a day can greatly speed up the healing of acne lesions.
4. 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.
5. Grind some nutmeg (Jathikka) with milk and apply on affected area. Pimples disappear like magic without leaving a mark.
6. 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.
7. Use 2-3 tsp. dried basil leaves (Tulsi) to 1 cup boiling water. Steep 10-20 minutes. Cool it and apply with a cotton ball.
8. Grind orange peel with some water to a paste and apply on affected parts. One of the best acne home remedies.
9. Ground drumstick pods and leaves; Mix with fresh limejuice; and apply on pimples. This is also good for blackheads and dark spots.
10. Another method is to massage the face with the skin of lemon before washing with lukewarm water.
11. Apply fresh mint juice over the face every night for the treatment of acne, pimples, insect stings, eczema, scabies, & other skin infections.
12. 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.
13. A couple of garlic cloves crushed and dabbed on the face 1-2 times a day. One of the smellier acne home remedies!
14. Mix 1 teaspoon lemon juice in 1 teaspoon of finely ground cinnamon powder and apply on affected areas frequently.
15. 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.
16. Apply fresh lemon juice on the affected area overnight. Wash off with warm water next morning.
17. Take vitamin B5 and zinc supplements daily to strengthen the skin's resistance to acne.
18. Mix mint juice with turmeric powder and apply on affected area. Leave for 15-30 minutes and wash off with lukewarm water.
19. Clean face with cotton wool dipped in rose water 2-3 times a day.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. Mix sandalwood paste with rosewater and apply on the face. Rinse off after 30 minutes.
23. Mix the paste of tender neem leaves with turmeric and apply of affected area. An eastern approach to acne home remedies.
24. Make a mixture of limejuice and rose water. Apply on face and leave it for 15-20 minutes. Rinse off with lukewarm water.
25. Rub fresh garlic on and around pimples. Pimples will disappear without a mark with regular applications.
26. Mix 1 teaspoon groundnut oil with 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice to prevent formation of blackheads and pimples
27. First wash face and then dab acne with cotton balls soaked in vinegar.
28. Mix groundnut oil with an equal amount of fresh limejuice and apply on face. Leave for 10-15 minutes and wash. It may be applied daily to prevent formation of blackheads, acne and pimples.
29. Apply juice of raw papaya (including the skin and seed) on swelling acne, pimples.
30. Apply fresh limejuice mixed to a glass of boiled milk as a face wash for acne, pimples, blackheads, and cracked skin.
31. Large pores on facial skin can be treated with paste of sandalwood powder with masoor dal.
32. Honey is a great remedy for skin blemishes and acne because the honey kills bacteria.
33. Apply ripe Tomatoes pulp on acne, pimples and kept up to 1 hour, then wash.
34. Make a paste of roasted & powdered pomegranate skin with fresh lime juice and apply over acne, boils, pimple, blackheads and whiteheads.
35. Apply grated potatoes as poultice to treat skin blemishes, wrinkles, boils, pimples, blackheads, whiteheads , etc.
36. Make a paste of ground radish seeds with water and apply on face to remove blackheads.
37. Apply a paste of ground sesame seeds with water as poultice for inflammation of the skin due to allergies, skin rashes, and pimples.
38. 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.
39. Place strawberry leaves on the acne, the alkalinity helps to reduce the swelling.
40. 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.
41. 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.
42. 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.
43. Essential oil facemask 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.
44. Use an oatmeal or almond mask thoroughly 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.
45. 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 cotton wool. Pat on an astringent.
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