Home Remedies for Acne

There are as many home remedies for acne as there are forms of acne.

Most of us have had some form of acne during our lives and have spent countless dollars trying to get rid of that pimple or zit. There are a privileged few who seem to have missed this skin condition.

Every notice how an acne out break occurs at just the wrong time when your out of your usual acne medication?

Don't despair...there is a home remedy just a few steps away hiding in your cupboard.

Here are a few natural remedies for acne that you can use:

• For a soft facial cleanse use an old European recipe for a facial mask. The yogurt not only helps cleanse the face it also feeds the skin.

  To make a paste mix yogurt with fine oatmeal. Apply this paste to your face and leave it to dry. When it is dry, wash your face with lukewarm water. Softly pat dry.

• A simple natural remedy is...take ripe tomatoes and make into a pulp. Apply this pulp to your acne. Leave on for about one hour then rinse off.
• This home remedy for acne is only for those who do not have sensitive skin. - Put some juice from a lemon on your face and keep on overnight. Wash off in the morning.
• Here's an acne treatment for those who eat a lot of lettuce. Soak lettuces leaves in water then use the water to rinse the face.
• This one maybe good enough to eat. Mix cinnamon powder with honey and make into a paste. Put this past on your pimple before going to bed. Next morning was it off with warm -- do for several weeks.

  Note: Some say this procedure causes a burning sensation and may leave the skin red.

Remember, if you decide to use one of these home remedies for acne, your skin is unique. Make sure you don't have an allergy to any of the ingredients used in these natural remedies for acne.

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