There are several home remedies to help reduce acne.
According to Natural Home Remedies' website, acne is a skin disorder in which action in the hormones, producing excess oils in the skin, leads to the clogging of pores and thus a breakout of acne in the form of white heads, black heads or pimples. While it is common in teenagers, this condition can stay with you for the rest of your life. However, there are common home remedies you can use to help reduce the amount of acne and the number of outbreaks you have.
Change Your Diet
Acne can originate with your diet, especially if the foods you eat consist of greasy, starchy, sugary or fatty foods like chocolate, potato ships, sodas, french fries, ice cream, powdered drinks and various other junk foods. Eating these foods in excess, as many teenagers do, can lead to break-outs of acne. Eating at odd hours, such as late at night, can cause pimples as well. Simply changing your diet and eating healthier foods, such as fruits and vegetables and drinking more water instead of soda or powdered drinks can reduce the amount of acne you have and stop major outbreaks from occurring.
Food as Topical Treatment
While it is good to have healthy food as part of your diet, applying certain foods to your skin can also reduce acne. According to the Natural Home Remedies website, boiling tea bags in water, then mixing the contents with basil and applying to the face can help remove oils from the skin that cause acne. Rubbing orange or lemon peels on the affected area or making a paste from ground nutmeg is another idea you might try to reduce acne. Mint leaves can also be an effective treatment if mashed up and applied topically.
Cold Ice, Cool Cucumber
Rubbing ice on a previously affected area is said to tighten pores and reduce the size and appearance of scars caused by acne. According to Fat Free Kitchen's website, caressing the area with the ice for 10 to15 minutes at a time will severely cut the appearance of these scars. Another way to tighten the pores is by laying slices of cucumber on the face. Cucumbers are naturally absorbent, and as they absorb the oily moisture on your skin, they will release their own juices onto it. This this juice tightens the pores and helps reduce the appearance of acne scars.
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