As an acne sufferer, you may be frustrated with drugstore treatments that don’t work as well as you’d hoped. Thankfully, simple home remedies for acne can often cure this stubborn problem. Try using one or more of the following acne remedies to get rid of your acne for good:
Natural Home Remedies for Acne
Exfoliation
An exfoliant is anything that you use on your skin to help get rid of dead skin cells. By using an exfoliant on your face daily, you’ll help to clean out the oil and dead skin cells that get trapped in your pores, which in turn cause blackheads to appear. Red pimples form when blackheads become inflamed, so using an exfoliant can stop this problem from spreading. You can either buy an exfoliating product at the store or make a simple and effective one at home. Just mix oatmeal, molasses and olive oil together, apply it to your skin, rub very gently and then rinse thoroughly. Be extra careful when you exfoliate, however, if your face is actively broken out. You don’t want to inflame the pimples even more or, worse yet, cause them to rupture and create scarring. It’s best to completely avoid exfoliating very inflamed areas of the face.
Wash your face regularly with natural cleansers
No matter which acne treatment you use, it’s important to always keep your face as clean as possible. You should also avoid the harsh chemicals and perfumes in soap, cleansers, masks and anything else you put on your face, because these can cause bad reactions on your skin. When possible, use natural and unscented products. You might also want to consider avoiding makeup entirely while trying to get the acne under control. Avoiding potentially harmful chemicals completely can help clear your acne faster.
Use turmeric
You may have heard of the general health benefits of turmeric, but you may not have known that it can also be used to treat acne. Commonly used in Indian cooking, turmeric has antiseptic properties that give it many health benefits. Turmeric is available as a supplement if you don’t want to use it in your food and you can also make a paste with it and some water that can be applied directly to your skin. If you make the paste using coconut oil instead, you’ll get additional the healing benefits for you skin. Ideally, put the turmeric paste on before going to bed and leave it on all night (make sure to let it dry before lying down though). This treatment works quickly to clear up acne.
Raid the fridge
There are a number of items you can pick up at the grocery store or that may already be in your refrigerator that can help clear your skin naturally. Applying any of these to your acne can be beneficial: raw garlic, cucumber mashed to a pulp, a ground orange peel and water paste, or lemon juice mixed with a little water. As a bonus, taking garlic internally, either fresh or in capsule form, may also help clear your acne, because it purifies the bloodstream.
Don’t let acne stress you out too much, because almost everyone has to deal with it at one time or another in their lives. Just be diligent in finding the natural acne remedies that work best for you and you’ll be on your way to overcoming this very common skin problem.
You might also be interested in these tips for getting rid of acne redness and for tightening your skin naturally, to make it look more youthful and firm.
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