Acne affects many people every day.
There's also many types of solutions: wait it out (yeah, ok!), chemical (chemicals, yeah, those always help humans, right??), and natural home acne treatments (I don't have to leave the house?).
While all skin types can be prone, a lighter complexion will not only (obviously) show more blemishes, but is also much more susceptible to breakouts and scarring.
Yes, of course you can try prescription chemicals or go with what they used to do in the 1950's and X-ray your face (don't do this, by the way!), but that could lead to further problems and worst-case--skin cancer.
Are there any kind of natural home acne treatments that you can use quickly and effectively, though? Well, here's the top 3 things that you can do, from 3 to 1: * One of the more popular (in the late 90's) of the natural acne home treatments is to detox.
No, not detox off drugs (although that would be a good first step for some of you).
Rather, detox your diet.
While researching the best options for this, I've found that while it's obviously beneficial to rid your diet of any greasy hard-to-digest fast foods, you also need to add both olive oil and essential fatty acids to your organic (read nearly vegan) diet.
Using oil to help with acne seems kind of counter-intuitive right? But, this does work for some and will lead to an attractive alternative to the current image in your mirror.
* Make a Mask.
Again, this is not so you can more effectively hide your raging drug habit from the rest of us.
This kind of mask is to lift off dead skin and pore-clogging "goblins".
This can be done simply with 1 tbsp.
natural yogurt, 1 tsp.
honey (heated until "runny"), and 1 tsp.
lime juice.
Apply it to your face and leave it on for 15 minutes (or until your friends and family run to get their camera).
Of course, I suppose, a simple brown bag over your head would also qualify under natural acne home treatments.
* Use a mixture of spice and honey on them.
Combine 1 teaspoon powdered nutmeg and 1 teaspoon honey, and apply it to the pimple.
Leave on for 20 minutes, then wash off.
There's no proof that this helps, but honey does have antiseptic properties.
Yeah, I know.
Honey again? On my face? The key is to mix it well and heat it (in the microwave) so that it's more runny.