I would like to find a homemade remedy for bad acne.
By D.A.
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When you go to a dollar store you will find a very inexpensive product called "Witch Hazel" sold in the first aid department of the store. Witch Hazel is the main ingredient in Pro-Active, which is sold as a somewhat pricey acne remedy. You will also find facial scrubs in the dollar store that contain oatmeal or almond meal. These scrubs will help to exfoliate your skin and get rid of all the dead skin cells that are clogging up your pores.
Twice a day, you should clean your face with a facial scrub, and then after you dry your face, you should apply the Witch Hazel with a clean cotton ball or cotton round (also sold in the Dollar store). I would avoid putting lotions or moisturizing creams on you face as these can sometimes contain products that can clog your pores and make your acne problem worse.
The one cleanser I recommend is baby shampoo to wash your face & neck. It is specially made to remove oil from hair & will cleanse any oil/grease from your skin. It has no harsh chemicals. If you have long hair which swirls around your face it will leave oil on your skin which contributes to the problem.
If you have bad acne, there is NO homemade remedy that is going to work very well. Go to a doctor and get proper medication. There are wonderful prescriptions that will cure the acne. There is no need to suffer with it. Bad acne can permanently scar your skin. Don't fool around with it. If you have mild acne, go to your druggist and see what they have non-prescription that works.
I am sorry to say, contrary to the previous posters, that if home remedies actually worked, there would not have been the need to develop prescription products that actually do work.
Witch hazel use probably helped when I was a teen-aged sufferer. But the things that really helped were free:
*Keep hands clean all of the time, keep hands away from the face unless hands are very clean.
*Splash face frequently with plain cool water, pat dry.
My face cleared up in junior high and I never had a problem again by following those simple rules. Certainly I had the occasional break-out but the clean hands and frequent cool rinses really turned those break-outs around in a half-heartbeat.
My son developed severe acne at around the same age as I'd done (12-13), I passed on the clean hands-cool rinse tip, and his face cleared up too. His doctor had wanted to put him on a prescription medication because as she said 'It's easy to remember'.
LOL, I said 'So is remembering to keep hands clean, and pop into the restroom three or four times a day to rinse the face!' (Cheaper too, wowsa is that prescription expensive!)
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