Home Remedies for Acne - Using Natural Ingredients from Home
Natural home remedies for acne are very popular and and really effective at treating this common skin condition. The harmful anti-pimple creams and other products in the market don’t offer much permanent relief from the condition and they’re not very natural either.
So here is a list of the most popular and effective natural acne home remedies available.
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- Make some changes to your diet by eating more of fruits and vegetables and reducing your consumption of processed food and dairy products like cheese, milk and yogurt.
- Lemon juice is a great natural home remedy for acne. Just wash the affected region with soap and water, and dab some lemon juice to cotton and apply on the pimples in the morning and evening.
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Even a mixture of the juice of one lemon with equal amount of rose water offers an effective home remedy for acne. Apply the mixture on the face, and rinse off after 30 minutes. Regular application of this mixture not only helps get rid of acne, but also effectively remedies skin blemishes.
- Home made fruit acid masks offer great home remedies for acne. So make a fruit mask paste of pineapple, kiwi, lemon or strawberry with aloe Vera sap or honey. Apply and leave the face mask on the face for fifteen minutes and then wash thoroughly. For best results, apply the face mask at least twice a week.
- Orange and Lemon Remedy: Try making a paste by pounding orange or lemon peel to a paste with water, and applying to the infected area. You could also add some gram flour and honey to the mixture to form a paste so that it also cleanses and naturally nourishes your skin.
Home Remedies Using Vegetables
- Potato Remedy: Apply potato flour to your acne before sleeping at night. This helps to dry out your acne and is an effective natural home remedy for acne.
- Garlic Remedy: Puree a mixture of 2 parts of garlic and 1 part of water in a blender and using a cotton bud, dab the mixture directly on to the acne. The garlic helps in drying the pimples out. Even rubbing garlic on pimples a few times a day naturally helps get rid of the acne. However do not rub too vigorously as it can break the skin and cause an intense burning sensation when garlic comes in contact with raw skin.
- Cucumber Remedy: Grated cucumber is also one of the better home acne remedies available. You just have to apply it on the face, leave it on for fifteen minutes and wash off. This is best for people who constantly pop pimples as it helps soothe the inflammation. Besides using grated cucumber to treat acne, it can also be used to prevent acne and blackheads and to keep your skin moisturized and fortified in a safe and natural way.
- Tomatoes are listed in the natural list of home remedies for acne. You just have to cut the tomato into two and rub a half on the affected region to open up facial skin pores. Wash off after fifteen minutes and you will find a marked improvement in your acne condition.
- Honey, Tomato and Camphor Remedy: Apply a mixture of a teaspoon of honey and half teaspoon of tomato juice and camphor lotion on the infected area for fifteen minutes. Then wash the mixture off using lukewarm water, followed with cold water to help lighten marks and spots left by acne.
Natural Remedies
- Aloe Vera Remedy: One of the effective natural home remedies for all types of acne is rubbing stevia or aloe vera which is easily available in health food stores. Aloe vera is famous for its medicinal values, and applying it twice a day on the acne can help heal acne and acne scars left behind by the pimples. Aloe is one of the very best natural remedies for many skin conditions.
- Chamomile tea natural remedies: Try wetting a cotton ball with cooled chamomile tea, and applying it on the pimple after washing your face.
- Salt and Lemon natural remedy: A mixture of a teaspoon of salt and lemon and a tablespoon of water form a great home remedy for acne. Just mix the mixture well, and using a cotton ball, dab the mixture on pimples at night to quickly dry acne.
- Natural remedies for acne include applying a mixture of cinnamon and honey on the pimples before sleeping and rinsing off with warm water in the morning. You will get clear skin and face after a few weeks’ time. The sticky nature of honey may make you feel itchy; however its results are worth tolerating this.
Interesting Home Remedies
- Make a paste of a teaspoon of yeast and water and dab it on your pimples. Once dry, wash your skin.
- Although toothpaste isn’t very natural usually, it is a good acne remedy. Even applying toothpaste to your pimples at night works wonders. Just apply it on your face and especially on the acne overnight. There will be some burning on applying the toothpaste which is normal, as it disappears after fifteen minutes. Although toothpaste does not cure pimples, it has cooling ingredients that reduces acne inflammation and reduces the size of the pimples. Surprisingly, toothpaste is one of the most effective remedies there is.
- Make sure you wash off all your make-up before sleeping. This gives your skin space to breathe, and helps prevent acne.
- Dabbing cotton buds in apple cider vinegar and applying this cotton bud on affected areas helps treat acne.
- Mix a mixture of vinegar and salt and rub it on the acne. Wash off after 10 - 20 minutes using lukewarm water.
- Tea tree oil has powerful antibacterial properties that helps cure acne. After thoroughly cleaning your face using a mild cleanser, apply it on the acne and affected parts so that the oil reaches the skin.
Herbs as a Home Remedy for Acne
- Simmer a handful of naturally fresh and not dried basil leaves in a cup of boiling water and then keep the mixture in the fridge to cool down. Once cool, apply the mixture to the pimples and surrounding area and wash off after fifteen minutes.
- Try applying a paste of milk and nutmeg on the acne as an effective home remedy. Even mixing turmeric powder with warm rose water and applying the paste over the acne helps cure acne. Just make sure it dries before cleaning your face.
- Crush strawberry leaves and orange peels and mix with fresh mint juice and water to apply on your pimples and reduce pimple swelling. Even mixing turmeric powder with mint juice and applying on the acne area and washing it off after 30 minutes using lukewarm water provides relief from acne.
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Final Thoughts
These home remedies for acne need time to work; so you have to try them out for a few days or weeks before you see results. If one natural remedy does not work, there sure will be another that works in ridding you of your acne.
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Hi there, I got to say thanks.. there are so many remedies for acne on this page to choose from. I will sure be trying some of these out on my pimply face. I’ll come back and let you know how it went, okay?