Here are seven natural remedies for acne and they apply to ANY age group. I'm not making the mistake of thinking that you're a teenager. Possibly you are but the truth is that acne affects people of all ages, even though teenagers suffer for it more than us older folks. So before you go racing out and spend a fortune at a dermatologist's office, why not try some natural remedies first?
1. Salt and vinegar: place a small amount of salt in a bowl or jar and slowly add vinegar until you have a paste. Slather that paste on your acne and leave it for somewhere between 10 minutes and an hour and then rinse it off with warm water. This is a pretty potent acne home remedy so begin by using it for a brief time. If 10-15 minutes isn't effective enough, try it for a longer period.
2. Toothpaste: oddly enough, plain old ordinary toothpaste can often have an inhibiting effect on acne and it sure is a lot cheaper than prescription acne medicine.
3. Nutmeg and boiled milk: carefully boil a small amount of milk, making sure to remove it from the heat before it starts to burn or curdle, and add it to nutmeg to make a paste. Apply to your acne and watch it dry up. This is a famous folk remedy which always calls for boiled milk, rather than cold milk from the refrigerator. I have been unable to find any reason why boiled milk works better and that may just be a 'natural remedies myth'. Another possibility is that by boiling it we're making it warm and therefore it mixes more easily with the nutmeg.
4. Castor oil: castor oil is a famous natural remedy for acne – and all kinds of skin problems. It should reduce any redness from the acne and it will remove excess oiliness. Almost any skin problem can benefit from castor oil.
5. Honey and cinnamon: make a paste of the honey and cinnamon and place it on your acne. Unlike some of the other acne home remedies, you can leave this honey and cinnamon paste on all night and wash it off in the morning. One caution however: find an old towel and put it on your pillow so that you don't get honey and cinnamon all over your pillow and good pillowcase.
6. Turmeric and coconut oil: it takes very little coconut oil to make a paste with turmeric due to the extreme oiliness of coconut oil. You would think that this heavy oil would make acne worse but, like castor oil, it has a very beneficial effect on all skin problems, including acne.
7. Turmeric and neem: you might not be familiar with neem but it has been used in India for thousands of years to create beautiful skin. Neem comes from the neem tree and is famous for being anti-septic and anti-inflammatory, as well as for healing wounds. Neem is very popular in the Ayurvedic medicine of India. Use this paste for 15 to 30 minutes, twice a day.
Try these natural home remedies for acne before grabbing a bottle of unknown chemicals. IF they work (and each body and acne case are different, so perhaps they won't) you will be saving money and not adding unknown chemicals to your body. If they do not work you can always try something stronger and more drastic.
Janice says
You should never just sit down and start doing this. First wash your face in hot water that’s not so hot as to be damaging. Clean the skin gently and the steam your face carefully over a bowl of hot water. Clean gently again. This steaming and rubbing will often get rid of the whitehead, so no further action is needed. But if not, you can wrap your fingers in soft cloth or tissue and gently press around the whitehead without pushing on it. Or use the comedone removal tool.
lena says
I think Olive Oil For scarring treatment, use olive oil. Although you may cringe at the thought of olive oil helping with any aspect of acne, when you have acne, it may cause the skin to lose its expansion properties. The oil helps rejuvenate your skin and bring it back from its damaged and dry texture that acne brought on. Apply a salt and olive oil mixture on the skin and rinse with warm water.
Johnathan Pierce says
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Jessica says
When it comes to severe acne, I believe it’s better to take it seriously and go to a doctor rather than just trusting in natural remedies, but these tips are definitely good enough for the odd pimple here and there – manuka honey has worked great for me!
ace maxs says
thanks for sharing
Jill says
This is a good list. I prefer vinegar as it acts as a peeling agent, I dont think my skin would ever agree with the oiliness from coconuts thought.
J. L. says
Looking for natural remedies is definitely the way forward for treating acne I don’t think you should consider using any prescription drugs unless you really have to.
Camilla P. says
Great article. Coconut really is outstanding for skin. My skin was chronically dry until I applied some every night.
SUZI says
If you can apply any costly product on your face, acne will be remove from some days, one week,may be one month, after that it will be show in our face. But If you apply something internal method for our face, it will be stay long long time. Thanks for the information.
Brooke says
My skin is fairly dry and a little bit sensitive. I have had really great results with turmeric and coconut oil! The tuemric helps to calm my skin and the coconut oil moisturizes nicely without being to heavy.
BlissPlan says
Brooke, thanks for the feedback. Hopefully this will help other folks with sensitive, dry skin.