It might take time to collect all the healthy and green skin care recipes from the pros who’ll teach you how to use the common and natural ingredients from your households and switch chemicals for these. Expensive cosmetics might affect your skin causing more harm than good to it. However it seems that these homemade treatments might need more time still will have the same beneficial effect on your complexion.
The following quick home remedies for whiteheads are perfect to cure and cleanse your skin from pimples that got into a similar severe condition. Use facials and local treatments to improve your skin care routine and rituals. You’re no longer the victim of pimples if you have the secret weapons to fight against acne.
Egg and Honey
These two common ingredients when mixed in the same composition will have the power to make whiteheads disappear from the surface of your skin. All you have do is take the white of a medium-sized egg and pour it into a bowl then add one tsp of honey. Mix it well then apply to the affected spots. This is one of the most efficient local treatments to help you get through this delicate skin problem. Leave the mixture on for at least 30 minutes then rinse it off with tepid water.
Garlic
It might be pretty scary to use this rather smelly ingredient in skin care. However, no other natural ingredient can beat the anti-oxidant power of garlic. Therefore, make sure you still try your hand at this timeless remedy.
Moreover, garlic will also prevent the formation of any scars on the surface of your skin. Cleanse the whiteheads then rub garlic on them at least 3 times per day. Proceed gently in order not to cause additional damages to your complexion.
The juice is in fact the secret to cure the whiteheads. Those who might wish to remove and re-apply the garlic facial from their skin, should rinse it off with lukewarm water but only after leaving it at least 15 minutes to exercise its effect. Then re-apply the treatment using the same method.
Oatmeal
The oatmeal is one of the miraculous ingredients used also in natural skin care. Oatmeal has the ability to soak up the sebum and oil excess from the surface of the skin and keeps the pores super-healthy and spotless. In order to treat a stubborn whitehead make sure you create a paste using a tiny amount of oatmeal mixed with pure water. Place the facial to the whole face or just to the delicate spots and leave the mask on for at least 15-20 minutes. It will help you reduce the inflammation as well as the pain. Finally wash the mask off with cold water to tighten the pores.
Lemon Juice
As one of the ingredients having a powerful anti-bacterial quality, lemon juice can be used also to fight whiteheads. In this case extract the juice of a medium-sized lemon and dip a cotton swab into it. Rub the whiteheads with this natural juice and leave it on without having to wash your skin. In order to achieve the desired effect make sure you repeat this ritual at least 3 times a day until you’ll notice the visible result.
Sodium Bicarbonate
Besides being perfect to whiten your teeth and skin, bicarbonate sodium is also perfect to take up the fight against whiteheads. This extremely simple treatment includes mixing 4 tsp of bicarbonate with 1 cup of boiled water in a medium bowl. Mix the two ingredients then use a cotton ball or swab and dip it into the fine paste. Apply it to the pimples and leave it on for at least 20 minutes. This is the necessary period for the mixture to exercise its effect. As the time is up you can wash it off with lukewarm water.
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