It happens to the best of us: you wake up, roll out of bed, and face yourself in the mirror only to get an unpleasant pimple-shaped surprise. If you’ve ever had an inconvenient facial blemish, you know how irritating they can be to banish for good. Try these home remedies–many of which you already have in your home!–to claim your skin again.
Check the Kitchen
You may be surprised to discover some of the best concoctions that treat acne blemishes come straight from your kitchen. I bet you’ll find most of these items already in your home!
- Lemon juice, potato juice, or cucumber juice. All have been proven effective and reducing redness, swelling, and thus the appearance of a blemish. Slather them on and leave them there for 20 minutes.
- Combine lemon juice with some tomato juice for a daily solution to reduce your overall acne problems.
- Boil chamomile with lemon juice to heal blemishes and the acne scars they leave behind.
- Mash strawberries and mix them with vinegar for a paste that works overnight while you’re sleeping. You can use this treatment regularly to control breakouts or recurring acne problems.
- Boil and mash some carrots, then apply the paste to your pimples for 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse it away with some cold mix and you’ll see a noticeable different. For a quick solution, try carrot juice.
Other Natural Remedies
Some other acne and blemish remedies may not be as readily available in your fridge as the ones mentioned above, but can be just as effective. Save some money on expensive creams, treatments, gels, and sticks with a quick trip to the supermarket and stock up on these pimple-busting ingredients:
- Make a paste out of sandalwood powder and water for one of the fastest-acting blemish cures.
- Mix up lemon juice, rose water, and honey into a nice mask with a little bit of yogurt, gram flour, and turmeric. Apply it to your face and neck for 5-10 minutes and your blemishes will be soothed almost right away.
- Take that rose water again but add yogurt and a powder of dried lemon and orange peels. This powerful face pack is a great solution to brighten your overall skin tone while eliminating unsightly blemishes.
Good Skin Care & Diet
Remember that quick fixes aren’t really the best way to control acne flare ups. You’ll also want to be sure that you’re maintaining a healthy lifestyle and good, effective skincare regimen to control oil, clogged pores, and dirt on the skin. Taking good care of yourself can certainly help to reduce the overall number of blemishes that you’ll see popping up on your skin.
But even the healthiest people get pimples, so keep this list of remedies handy for those emergencies!
References:
Natural Home Remedies. Home Remedies for Face Blemishes.
Natural-HomeRemedies.org. Home Remedies for Removing Facial Blemishes.
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