If you are on this page, you probably need a pimple treatment. "Acne is a disease that affects the skin's oil glands. The small holes in your skin (pores) connect to oil glands under the skin. These glands make an oily substance called sebum. The pores connect to the glands by a canal called a follicle. Inside the follicles, oil carries dead skin cells to the surface of the skin. A thin hair also grows through the follicle and out to the skin. When the follicle of a skin gland clogs up, a pimple grows.

Most pimples are found on the face, neck, back, chest, and shoulders. Acne is not a serious health threat, but it can cause scars."(Per the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

Natural Pimple Treatments:

• • Oily skin-keep aloe leaves in dark, cold place for 10 days. After that crush them to the consistency of paste and add some cold boiled water. Let stand for 1 hour, bring to a boil, boil for 2-3 min and filter. Rub your face every day.


• • 4 parts of fresh aloe juice mix with 1 part of alcohol. Use to wipe a face. Keep in dark place.


• • Fold cheesecloth to make a few layers, and cut out holes for the eyes and mouth. Wet the cloth with aloe juice and place on your face. Cover up with dry cloth and leave the mask on for 30-40 min. Repeat the procedure every day for the first week, then–every other day, and finely, twice a week. Treatment requires 30 procedures in all.


• • In 100 g of cold boiled water dissolve one after another: 1 g of boric acid, 2 g of borax, 1 tsp of glycerin and 1 tbsp of brandy. Mix everything together very well. Rub face 1-2 times a day.


• • Put 1 tbsp of crushed yarrow grass in 1 cup of boiling water and steep for 1 hour. Filter and use every day to wash the face.


• • 2 tbsp of calendula flowers put in 1 cup of boiling water and let stand for 1 hour. Filter and use in the morning and evening to wipe your face.


• • 20 g of St. John's wort grass put in 1 cup of boiling water, boil for 10-15 min at low heat, filter and use for rubbing affected areas.


• • 1 tbsp of crushed coltsfoot leaves put in 1 cup of boiling water, steep for 30-40 min and use for compresses and to wipe oily, pimpled skin. The remedy reduces inflammation.


• • Dab small amount of toothpaste on your pimple and leave overnight. Wash off in the morning.


• • Prepare a paste from 2 tbsp of oatmeal and olive oil. Apply paste to your face and leave on for 5 min. rinse off with warm water.


• • Cut small potato in half and rub your face with it. Leave potato juice on for 20-30 min and wash off with cold water.

Acne (pimples) affects teenagers mostly, but it can affect adults, too. There is no one cause for pimples and there is nothing that ties acne to chocolate, soda or eating fatty foods. Heredity, stress, dirt and hormones play a role in who gets acne and how bad it is.

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