A lot of factors affect the growth of pimples or acnes. Stress, lack of sleep, improper skin care, diet, etc.
Stress? I have a lot of stress in the office.
Lack of sleep? Well, I'm working in call center.
Improper skin care? Err... I'm too busy now and I can't afford a time!
Below are collected remedies which are natural and home made to fight pimples.
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Toothpaste can help dry out and remove pimples, whiteheads and blackheads. The paste-type toothpaste should be used, and gel toothpastes should be avoided. Simply put a small amount on each pimple and let it dry. As soon as it dries, wash the toothpaste off with warm water.
Honey
Honey has shown wonderful results for making pimples disappear. Mix honey with some cinnamon powder, and then apply it generously over each pimple before bed each night. In the mornings, the mixture should be washed off with hot water. Only three teaspoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon are needed.
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
Several different kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables have been known to prevent and reduce acne. Orange peel should be mashed down with water and applied. The pulp of ripe tomatoes should be applied to each pimple and left on for at least one hour before washing. Fresh cucumbers offer an effective way to reduce pimples. A cucumber can be cut into circular slices, and then applied to the affected areas. The cucumber should be left on no more than one hour before washing it off.
Water
Water not only hydrates the body, but it also promotes clear and healthy skin. Drinking several glasses of water per day will help stop pimples before they form, and help diminish pimples that already exist.
Green Tea
Green tea is healthy when consumed, but it can also be a powerful pimple fighter. Boil a bowl of water, then drop a few green tea bags in. Let the water cool off, then stir. Apply the green tea water all over the pimples.
Fresh Garlic
Although the smell may not be ideal, garlic can help reduce pimples. Fresh garlic should be rubbed directly on the pimples daily until they disappear. This method works without leaving any blemish marks.
Mint Juice
Fresh mint juice can help with pimples. The juice should be applied every night before bed and left on overnight. Pimples should disappear within a few days.
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Garlic Juice with 3 parts water is an excellent cleansing agent. Raw garlic applied ( rubbed) on the face can make persistent pimples/acne even in adults disappear without a trace/scar with repeated applications. The external use of garlic helps to clear the skin of spots, pimples & boils. Taking 3-4 pods of raw, skinned garlic, finely cut, combined with puffed rice and swallowed with water helps to clear skin infections quickly. The raw smell of garlic can be avoided by first soaking the skinned pods for a half an hour in milk.
1 tsp. Groundnut oil mixed with an equal amt. of lime juice may be applied daily to prevent formation of blackheads, pimples etc.( Lime juice will break the moleculecular structure of groundnut oil into amino acids so that the skin does not absorb the oil.)
1 tsp. Honey mixed with water is good for all skin blemishes, and leaves the skin youthful & glowing. Honey mixed with milk, curds and ground sesame seeds in equal proportions is a sure formula for fair and lovely skin.
Turmeric paste mixed with chana dal powder or whole wheat flour is very effective for all minor skin blemishes. Haldi powder mixed with sugarcane juice helps to remove wrinkles & is good as an anti-ageing remedy. Haldi mixed with pineapple juice is very effective on dark circles under the eyes.
Raw Mangoes with their leaves and skin boiled together or soaked overnight in water (in mild cases) makes an excellent astringent - good for epithelium (the tissue that covers the external surface of the body) infection.
Fresh mint juice applied over the face every night cures pimples and prevents dryness of the skin. It is also useful for insect stings, eczema, scabies, contact (contagious) dermatitis & other skin infections.
7 to 10 fresh neem leaves crushed or ground - and then swallowed with water will invariably clear the skin. If it is chewed and then swallowed with water it will also remove bad odour from the mouth, and cleanse the teeth.,
Take an orange peel, grind it (on the household grinding stone). Mix it with pure water or distilled water or boiled and cooled water, or rain water. Can be applied on the face for acne,especially. Fresh orange peel, rubbed on the face directly will also serve the same purpose to a degree.
The juice of green/raw papaya (including the skin and seed) is extremely beneficial on swelling pimples, acne,or any abnormal growth of the skin. It prevents pus formation, removes whiteheads, boils, freckles, and brown spots due to exposure to sunlight & most other skin diseases.Papaya is also good to achieve a smooth & delicately glowing skin (contains papain, alkalide carpain in leaves, and cericin in its seeds) Ripe papaya, rubbed on on your face will also serve the same purpose to a degree.
Pomegrenate skin roasted and powdered & mixed with fresh lime - applied over boils, pistules, pimple, blackheads and whiteheads prevents itching & infections.
Raw potatoes contain potassium, sulphur, phosphorus & protein. The enzymes in raw potato pulp combined with its Vitamin C content & natural starch are a natural skin food. The alkaline nature of the juices is an antiseptic. The acid portion of the pulp helps remove decaying or dead skin. Applications of its juicy pulp (grated or shredded) as poultice, clears skin blemishes, melts away wrinkles, banishes age spots, helps prevents boils, pimples, blackheads, whiteheads & gives a glowing & youthful look to the skin.
Radish seeds contain a bleaching agent and its emulsion prepared with water applied over the face will remove blackheads & freckles. Radish leaves crushed & applied as a poultice also help in the process. Grated white radish & its water makes an excellent astringent and bleaching agent for a fairer complexion.
Fine powder of rice, ground at home and mixed with water acts as a poultice for soothing /cooling bleeding pimples & other skin inflammations.
Ripe Tomatoes pulp should be applied liberally on your face for treatment of pimples and kept upto 1 hour, then washed thoroughly. Chandan (sandalwood) powder with masoor dal can be applied thereafter for a glowing skin. This also helps shrink large pores.
Sesame Seeds ground and mixed with water makes a very effective poultice for inflammation of the skin due to allergies, skin rashes, scratched pimples and acne.
Whole wheat flour mixed with vinegar, & applied on the surface of the skin removes freckles & dark spots. Wheat grass juice poultice is applied for sterilizing the infected area before this treatment.
Widely known, Hot wet towel compresses are the best treatment for localized infections, as heat dilates blood vessels, followed by a cold compress, which has the opposite effect.
Our body has its own self cleansing, self-purifying systems: keeping these systems working in perfect order is the best way of protecting yourself from toxicity. Drink 7-8 glasses of water a day. 10 glasses would be optimal, but if your anything like me its sometimes tough to get in the 8 glasses. Remember your skin is the largest organ of your body and is the first to lose moisture and become dehydrated.
Drink Herbal Water : It is made by boiling hair of 1 corn, with 1 to 2 fenugreek seeds in a glass full of water.
Almond Oil is good acne home remedy for dryness & inflammation of the skin. The outer cover (endocarp) of 2-3 can be ground with water & applied over the face daily. This is good for removing scars of old pimples.
Fresh juice of apricots applied on your face is very good for sunburn, itching, exzema and natural cystic acne treatment.
Application of Bengal Gram Powder (flour) mixed with curds is also a very effective treatment for pimples & other skin infections & allergies. Green Gram powder flour, mixed in water or glycerine is an excellent face wash in place of soap to remove dirt without skin irritation, and also a very effective bleach for a good complexion.
Cucumber Juice alone or mixed with juices of carrot, lettuce or alfalfa when applied over the face is excellent home remedy for pimples. Grated cucumber can also serve the same purpose.
Curd or buttermilk is good for skin irritation. Curds along with wheat flour or bran is a good cleanser and beneficial for dry skin.
Fenugreek Leaves - A paste of fresh leaves applied over the face every night and washed with warm water prevents pimples, blackheads, whiteheads, dryness, wrinkles etc.
Warm Salty Water - Wash your face twice a day in warm salty water. This should be leave your face oil free without aggravating the acne.
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Cold Water - Wipe your face w/ a cold wet rag everyday before setting out for the day.
Wipe again went you get in, and once more before bed time. (It Helps to your pores stay closed)
Vinegar - Can also be effective against acne. dampen a cotton ball with apple cider vinegar and apply it to your pimples, leaving it on overnight. It also balances skin ph.
Toothpaste - Reduce swelling overnight and redness, make sure it is a PASTE not a GEL.
Ripe Tomatoes - Helps to close your pores, and to remove some pimple mark. Use it everyday.
Lemon - Take each piece of that and rub it to your face. Just leave it theire, It for your own Good. They will make pimples disappear.
Papaya - Make a pulp of raw papaya and apply to affected area. Papaya has a cleansing action. Softening dead skin celles and aiding their removal.
Orange - Just rub the peel of an orange onto the pimples so that its juices moisten them completely. Even this simple procedure done several time a day will reduce and even eliminate the pimples/acne.
Ripe Pumpkin - Mash it thoroughly and then rub it all over to your face for 15-20 minutes then wash it your face with coconut oil or mustard onto or face. Do it weekly, and your skin problem will be solved and the skin of the face will became smoother.
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