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I know toothpaste works for me. I have acne prone skin and have been looking for a solution since elementary school. Toothpaste always seems to work on the small pimples. Just make sure it's original toothpaste. Not bubblegum flavored or anything like that. Apply it with a Q-tip. Don't use your fingers. That will just spread even more oils and bacteria to your face. Let it dry a little before going to bed and the next morning wash it off. It may not be gone but it will have dried out and be smaller. Don't stop there, keep using it every night for good results. Keep your skin clean from any oil or dirt, you can put some alcohol (you should have some for any cuts) and if there is a white dot squeeze them, but if they don't come out, put alcohol and leave it like that.

There is no easy way to get rid of pimples, they are a fact of life for many of us. However, one way to combat pimples is to use oatmeal as a washing agent. Simply take oatmeal and mix with a small amount of warm water. Use this to scrub your face with. This will remove not only dirt and dead skin, but also oil, without harming the skin itself. After washing, rinse well with warm water, then to tighten pores, rinse again with cool, NOT cold, but cool water. Remember to keep from touching your face thoughout the day, avoid heavy, oily makeup, and wash your face at least twice a day, at least once with the oatmeal.

Most people often overdue the "drying out" part, or scrub & squeeze it too much, which can make it even more red and angry. The following is best to do at night, when you won't be putting make-up on or anything:

1. After you clean your face, put the hottest water you can on a washcloth, and hold it to the pimple. After a minute when it starts to cool down, dip the corner of the cloth back under the running water, and do it again. Repeat this a couple times. It will open up the pore. 2. Decision time: If it has a white head or point, give it a squeeze. Don't overdue it, but get out what you can. If it is just humped/round, don't bother squeezing- you'll just irritate it more. 3. Dab with something to dry it out- rubbing alcohol, lemon juice, vinegar, (or over the counter acne treatment.) 4. Leave it the heck alone. At most, dab with drying agent again right before bed. In the morning you can do the hot cloth again, and a little drying agent, but lay off of it until it seems to be getting flakey/dry in that area. Don't skip your moisturizer, but don't use a greasy kind.

If you have acne all over your face, you can do a steam for your whole face like this: 1. Make sure bathroom sink is clean. 2. Get hot water really hot and keep towel ready. 3. Rinse out sink so porcelain is cold. 4. Get sink filling up with hot water. 5. Bend over sink (or chair in front) with face over water and towel over head and sink, "sealing in" steam. 6. Do this until water starts to cool off, or you get really bored. At least 5-7 minutes, longer if you like. Do this after cleansing but before toning, drying, or moisturizing. I am always amazed at how much smoother my skin tone looks after this- so it's nice to do before going out, but the real point is opening up your pores so the gunk can get out, and the stuff your applying- like toner or drying agent - can get in.

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Try toothpaste, it never worked for me - but it apparently takes the red out of them, if you leave it for long enough. Lemon juice (diluted), is supposed to help keep the skin clear, too.

AnswerRecipe for antiseptic pimple lotion. 20 g lavender flowers, 20 g lemon-scented eucalyptus leaves, 20 g thyme, 200 ml water and peel of 1/2 a lemon. Simmer for 5 minutes or microwave on medium for 5 minutes, all ingredients. Cool, strain and store in sealed bottle in the refrigerator where it will keep for 1 week. With cotton wool dab on pimples as needed. Good luck. AnswerToothpaste is a horrible idea. The theory of using toothpaste is because it contains Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, which absorbs oil. The only problem is that it is a highly powerful skin irritant. It might make some of the zit go away, but the spot will be very red and irritated afterwards.
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1. Don't touch your face

Don't let anybody touch your face with their dirty hands. Don't touch your face. It will just make it worse. Dirt will get inside your pores and clog up. That is how pimples are formed. Only touch your face when your hands are totally clean.

2. Wash your face

Wash your face regularly with soap and water daily. At least every morning when you wake up. You can also wash your face with sugar and water. You just mix the sugar in the water and wash it. You can do that every night. It helps a lot. Another thing you can do is buy some clearasil from the little blue bottle that says "Clearer skin in 3 days"(it is true. At least for me.). Your face might feel drier as it gets clearer so you have to put more lotion on your face than usual.

3. Don't eat junk food

Junk food is really bad for your face. You could eat it once in a while but that is it. The grease in the junk food gets together and goes inside your pores, clogging them up and forming pimples. Prevent the foods that are really high in grease like: hot cheetos, chips, chocolate, etc.

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REGULAR WHITE TOOTHPASTE, put it on before you go to bed. BABY POWDER, works very well at drying out pimples! ASTRINGENT, go buy some it will help STOP TOUCHING YOUR FACE, it only males it worse WASH YOUR FACE WITH A COOL SOFT RAG, 2-3 times a day, make sure rag is soft That is at home tips

drying out your skin? oh yeah i want to do that sooooooooo bad.put hot water on a rag and put the rag over your face for a few min. this will open your pores so that you can get a lot of your zits gone if you rub a wild sope on the rag and scrub your face with it.do this every morning and every night and after a while your zits will be way better.(Remember this doesent stop zits it helps them go away way faster plus it prevents SOME of them, its not an overnight treatment there is none of those)

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get to a dermitoligist in ur area and get a diagnosis, and go fron there they will get them off ya face, worked for me!

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Depends on which household items you have

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Pinch them

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