If your past acne outbreaks have left
blemishes behind there's no need to visit a dermatologist for expensive
prescriptions. You also don't have to worry about the harshness you find in
most over the counter acne blemish medications. You can get rid of your acne
blemishes with common household items. Home remedies are inexpensive, won't
cause side effects and they work. What more could you expect from an acne
blemish medication?
What Causes Acne Blemishes?
Your own body causes acne blemishes.
When you have an acne outbreak your body
rushes to battle that outbreak. When that outbreak is near the surface of your
skin your body produces excess melanin. Melanin is what gives your skin it's
color and the excess melanin is what causes the blemish.
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The clinical term for this type of blemish is
Post inflammatory hyper pigmentation or PIH for short. That's a fancy term for
an acne blemish. PIH will eventually go away on it's on but it could hang
around for as long as two years. You don't have to wait that long. You can get
rid of acne blemishes in a week or so with this blemish home treatment.
This simple home remedy uses lemon and
cucumber if you have oily skin or lemon and honey if you have dry skin. The
acid in the lemon will slough off dead and old skin to reveal newer and
brighter skin underneath. It also flushes out pores and keeps your skin feeling
fresh and bright.
Cucumber juice is often recommended as a
source of silica to improve the complexion and health of the skin. Honey has
anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties. This is the reason honey
doesn't spoil. Bacteria just can't grow in it.
How to get rid of acne blemishes
Wash Your Face
Before you apply whichever remedy that's right
for you, wash your face with a gentle liquid cleanser with no scrubbing agents.
Use only your bare hands to wash, and wash for 10 seconds or less. The act of
washing is simply prepping your skin for medication, nothing more. Pat your
skin dry. Do not rub dry. Rubbing your skin can be irritating. Gently pat dry.
Acne Blemish Home Remedy For Oily Skin
Crush a cucumber slightly, and then squeeze
out the juice with your hands, into a small bowl. Add a few drops of fresh
lemon juice.
Apply the cucumber and lemon juice mixture to
the blemished area. Wash it off with plain water after fifteen minutes. Use
this blemish treatment at least once everyday and twice if you have the time.
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Acne Blemish Home Remedy For Dry Skin
Mix half a tablespoon of honey with a few
drops of freshly squeezed lemon juice. Apply this mixture to the blemish and leave
it on for at 15 minutes and then rinse it off with water.
More Acne Home Remedies
These two Lemon juice mixture remedies will
work for most people in ridding acne scars caused by PIH. It should work for
you as well. Be sure to give this treatment time to get rid of acne blemishes.
Don't be too impatient. You should start seeing results in a week or so if you
only have light blemishes. Darker blemishes will take longer.
For deeper acne scars where scar tissue is
involved, however, this might not be the best acne scar treatment.
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If you do try it give it plenty of time to
work. In the unlikely event you don't see results in a few weeks then maybe
it's time for you to move to other home remedies for acne scars.
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