subject: The 3 Worst Remedies For Breakouts - Don't Waste Your Time With These [print this page] Have tried tons of natural remedies for breakouts only to find that they don't work or only made your skin worse? Whether you're a teenager or an adult dealing with wrinkles - everyone struggles with pimples from time to time and want a fast natural cure for breakouts.
Breakouts can occur at anytime....but they always seem to happen right before a big important event like a wedding or high school reunion. So, it's nice to have some natural remedies for breakouts that really and work fast.
Worst Breakout Remedy # 1
In my opinion, the worst homemade remedy for breakouts is garlic. Yes, garlic extract does have healing effects and may help dry up breakouts, it's also very strong. Some people have actually burned their skin or developed blisters because they left the garlic juice on too long. If you do use garlic juice on a breakout and it starts to burn- rinse the area right away. Don't ignore the burn, or you could wind with a big red blister.
Instead of using garlic try a botanical clay mask which cleans the pore, draws the impurity out of the pimple, and helps heal the skin. You can spot place the clay mask only on the breakouts at night before you go to bed. Or you can place the mask all over areas that tend to breakout. Botanical clay masks are wonderful for cleaning and detoxifying your skin of pollutants and environmental toxins. Most people should do a clay mask facial at least once a month.
Worst Breakout Remedy # 2
Another popular homemade remedy for breakouts is use toothpaste method. How Does This Work? Some people find that by taking a little bit toothpaste and rubbing it onto the pimple helps to dry it out. They say by leaving on overnight helps draws the white head of the pimple to the surface.
Again, I found a healing botanical mask works much better for most people than plain old toothpaste.
Worst Breakout Remedy # 3
# Worst breakout remedy is lemon juice. But the truth is you need to dab it on the pimple several times a day for days and days, before it will work to lighten or dry up the blemish. So much for overnight results.
You are better off using a fruit based acid gel that lightens red marks and exfoliate dead cells which help to unclog the pores. You can use this all over the face or just right onto the pimple.
Best Tip? Treat Breakouts Before They Start
I have found the best way to treat a breakout, is not to let them start in the first place. This way there is no need to worry about your post breakouts causing discoloration and scars. Breakouts have a tendency to damage the skin.. For years, I've been recommending a simple 3 step process that involves:
- Clear and clean the skin and pores - Use an oil-free, non-comedogenic, cleanser that will clean the skin and clear pores and blackhead - reducing chances of breakouts. This type of cleanser is important for people over 35 years of age who are worried about skin aging. Your cleanser should also be free of petrochemicals.
- Exfoliate dead cells - A gentle fruit acid based gel that you rub over the pimples and over acne/breakout/oily/blackhead prone areas like forehead, nose, and chin. A triple fruit acid combination also helps to "eat" away dead skin cells and even reduce fine lines and wrinkles. Research shows that fruit acids also aid in collagen production too.....so you get an extra benefit.
- Detoxify the skin - I've always recommended a natural ayurvedic herbal skin supplement that helps to improve lymphatic function, level the hormones, detoxify the skin and liver. Most pimples, breakouts, and acne start from within the body. Many people over look this final, yet important fact. Bad skin starts within.
