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Don't blame whitening agents in toothpaste for those breakouts
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Despite suspicions from some zit-stricken folks seeking answers on online advice forums, dermatologists say there's no reason to blame toothpaste for acne breakouts. What toothpaste can cause, however, is irritation or allergic reactions in people with ... Read News
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Men's grooming: Major moneymaker?
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Why Pay a Fortune to Cure Your Acne? Try Your Kitchen Cupboard
There may (and are, in fact!) millions of acne sufferers, but there are also millions of dollars spent on pharmaceuticals to cure this "plague".
Is that necessary, or are there home remedies for acne that exist in your own home.
The question you need to ask, no matter how much you want to see the end of your acne, is why pay for expensive drugs or lotions when you can simple use some quick and effective home remedies to beat your acne? And maybe those ingredients sit in your kitchen cupboard.
What are the best home remedies for acne? There are any number of home remedies and what you should do is test some on small, infected areas and see what works, which will depend upon your skin type and the severity of your acne, among other things. Different remedies will work for different people and it will depend upon you skin and its sensitivity, the ingredients you have and to some extent your lifestyle.
But rest assured that home remedies can truly work effectively, efficiently and safely to rid yourself of acne.
Among the recommendations you should look at for home-made acne treatment:
Natural Acne Treatment Formula
Natural acne treatment formula must rank as one of the great advances in the treatment of acne. It has proven beyond any doubt that nature knows best when it comes to healing the human body. Scientific Research carried out over many years into the cause or causes of acne have still shown negative results. The downside of this means acne has become one of those many afflictions that defy modern science. Modern science has come to the conclusion that acne is like the common cold, meaning there will never be a cure for it. They are wrong. They have spent millions...Read Full Story
Use lemon juice, oatmeal, avocado and other products that are generally easy to find to develop washes and cleansers for your acne.
An oatmeal face wash is one home remedy that many swear by. Cooked oatmeal is put on the face and left for 10 to 15 minutes before being washed gently with warm water.
Another face washing involves lemon juice and rose water, placed on the infected areas with a cotton ball and left for longer than the oatmeal face wash - perhaps half an hour. This should be repeated several times during the day.
Garlic is a natural remedy sworn-to by so many herbalists and natural remedy practitioners for a variety of ailments, but it is hugely valuable as a acne remover.
Avocado paste can be mixed up with water and applied to the affected area, left for a period of time (similar to the oatmeal face wash) before being washed with warm water.
Use cotton balls applied to the infected areas and using any of the following (test them and see what is best):
. Dip the cotton ball into egg whites and apply to the infected area, leaving it for several hours before washing;
. Combine juiced apple with a tablespoon of honey, cucumber juice and a tablespoon of natural, unflavored yogurt and apply it to the face leaving it for half an hour before washing with warm water;
. Apply toothpaste to the acne taking care to apply it only to the infected area rather than the skin (which will dry out) and try and use honey-based toothpaste, which is used for gum disease as it carries antibacterial properties particularly suited to acne removal;
. To remove or to reduce acne scarring you can mix a tablespoon of sour cream (ensuring it is oil-free because you want to avoid oils in any application), combined with one tablespoon of natural, unflavored yogurt, one tablespoon of oatmeal and several drops of lemon juice, which you should apply carefully to the infected areas and leave for 15-20 minutes before washing off with warm water;
. Grind black cumin seeds together with vinegar and dab the infected areas with cotton balls. Leave for 10-15 minutes before gently washing.
. Aloe vera has long been used as a 'magical' skin care agent and you can apply this externally or take aloe vera juice internally to assist in cleansing the skin of acne and general skincare.
Source: EzineArticles.com
