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Water DOES Help Acne!

Drinking enough water is vital to your overall health. This simple advice can give you tremendous health benefits, from relief from headaches and migraine to clearer skin. Let’s take a look at the role of water in the human body:

The human body is anywhere from 60% to 70% water.

Did you know that your tissues and organs like

• muscle,
• brain,
• blood,
• skin and even
• bone

all contain large amounts of water?

Water participates in a number of vital functions:

• Transports nutrients and oxygen into cells
• Moisturizes the air in lungs
• Helps with metabolism
• Protect vital organ
• Helps organs absorb nutrients better
• Regulates body temperature
• Detoxifies
• Protect and moisturizes joints

The biggest organ in the human body

Every cell in your body needs water and your skin is no exception. It’s the body’s biggest organ and it needs all the support it can get from water. It’s something that a lot of people overlook but if you can get into the habit of drinking a lot of water then your body, and your skin will thank you for it.

How to drink more water

Drink water- that means bottles mineral water or filtered tap water, or just tap water! And just to clarify- this does not include fizzy or sugary drinks.

I know water can get a bit boring, especially if you’re not used to it so drink herbal teas- either hot in a cup or cold as an iced tea- makes a great cooler in the summer.

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Oatmeal Exfoliating Scrub
Ingredients
2 heaped tsp fine oatmeal
1 tsp baking soda
Instructions
Mix oatmeal and baking soda, add enough water to make a thick paste. Rub over face, rinse, pat dry

Sea-salt and Olive Oil Facial Scrub:
1 tsp olive oil ( cold pressed ) and 1/2 tsp sea salt applied gently to a wet face will not only remove dead cells, but it will also improve micro-circulation. Olive oil is going to nourish the skin, leaving it incredibly soft

Masks

Bay Clay Facial Mask
(for acne prone skin)
4 tablespoons French clay
5 dried bay leaves
1 cup distilled water
Place the bay leaves into a cup of boiled water, let cool. Strain but keep the liquid. Slowly add the bay liquid to the clay until it is a fairly thick mixture. Dab onto your skin then allow to dry for about 15 – 20 minutes. Rinse off with warm water.

Apple Zinger Facial Mask
(oily skin that is acne prone)
1 medium size apple (grated)
5 tablespoons of honey
Mix the grated apple and mix with honey to make a mask. Smooth over skin then let sit for 10 minutes, rinse off with cool water.

Carrot Top Facial Mask
(normal – oily skin)
2-3 large carrots
4 1/2 tablespoons honey
Cook carrots, then mash. Mix with honey. Apply gently to the skin, wait 10 minutes. Rinse off with cool water.

Oatmeal and green tea facial mask
3 tablespoons of oatmeal
1 tablespoon of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of honey
contents of one green tea bag
1/4 cup hot water
Mix the hot water, contents of green tea bag and the oatmeal into a paste.Blend or stir in the honey and brown sugar.Smooth mask on to your face.Leave it on for 15 minutes.Rinse warm water.

Carrot,green tea, yogurt mask
1 cooked carrot, mashed. (great for oily skin and full of vitamin a)
1 green teabag, opened and soak contents in 1/2 teaspoon of water.
1 tablespoon whole milk yogurt.
Mix all ingredients together to form a smooth consistency. Apply to face avoiding eye area. Rinse with warm water
Mix a packet of yeast with enough tea tree oil to make a paste. Spread over emerging pimple and cover with a bandage overnight.

Toners
Cucumber Toner
One half cucumber cut up
One half of a tomato cut up
1/4 cup of vodka
Blend all ingredients in a food processor until it becomes smooth. Dab onto your face and neck , do not rub in simply pat it on gently. Leave on for 5 minutes and follow with a warm water rinse. This mixture will remove the dirt and impurities in your skin while toning your skin. Save the remainder of the toner for later use. Place it in a container and keep it refrigerated. It can be used up to 10 days after it was made.

Apple skin toner
2/3 cup witch hazel
1/3 cup apple vinegar
severeal drops of lavender essential oil (or oil of your choice)
Mix, and add to clean bottle.Shake bottle well before using, and then dampen a cotton ball or pad saturated with your toner, and swab over face. Witch hazel is a gentle astringent, apple cider vinegar will help restore your skin’s natural ph balance, and lavender soothes sensitive skin.

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also, what works for acne scars on my upper arm? could lemon juice work?

Pimples

A simple soap and water routine can help dry out pimples. Make sure your child washes her face at least three times a day, with soap and water. If your child’s skin is very oily, she should apply soap before wetting her face.

Camphor solution dries out pimples, and it soothes the skin. Keep a bottle handy so you can pat the solution onto the problem areas at regular intervals. If a pimple-head has already formed, put a hot towel on the pimple repeatedly until it comes out. Then pat on some camphor.

Onions are also useful in dealing with pimples. Cut a few onions and cook them in lard until they become transparent. When they have cooled, tie the mixture in a muslin cloth and apply it to the pimples in the form of a poultice.

Blackheads

Soap and water combined with a steam routine seems to be the best approach. Add dried lime flowers to a pint of boiling water and steam the face in this solution for 10 minutes. As a result, pores will open up. Press the skin around the blackheads with cotton wool or tissue. Then close the pores with an astringent solution, and wash with soap and water. A steam face bath with Epsom salts added to it is also effective. If the blackheads are still clinging on stubbornly, pat some almond oil on them and gently squeeze them out.

You can also try a solution made of 6 ounces of distilled water and 27 grains of soda bicarbonate. Rub this solution over the blackheads.

Milk also helps treat blackheads. Wash the face with warm water and then sponge it for fifteen minutes with tepid milk every day.

Apply a little warmed honey to the face, and wash off after fifteen minutes.

Exfoliate your skin with a facial scrub, twice a week. Make your own homemade exfoliating scrub. Dissolve four ounces of powdered almonds, two ounces of glycerine soap and one ounce of multani mitti in a little water. Then rub this solution onto the blackhead-affected areas on your face.

Large pores

While there is no permanent remedy to close large pores, astringents do help to temporarily tighten and close them.

Buttermilk has astringent qualities. Apply it on your face and leave it on for 15 minutes before washing off with cool water.

Egg white also helps tighten skin. Beaten egg white should be applied on the face with cotton wool and washed off after 15 minutes.

Tomato juice contains Vitamin C and potassium and works wonders on large pores. It can be used alone or mixed with curd or multani mitti to make an excellent pore-closing paste. Lettuce juice is another alternative.

Pastes made of cornmeal or oatmeal have also been found to help closing pores. The paste should be made with hot water, applied and left on for about half an hour. It should then be washed off with cool water.

Powdered alum mixed with hot water or rosewater and egg white is also good for tightening and closing large pores.

You can also make a good skin tonic using equal parts of vinegar and water.

As in the case of pimples, camphor works well towards tightening and closing open pores. A few drops of camphor spirit mixed with rose water or cool water makes a nice pore-tightening solution.

The most important tip of all: start taking care of your child’s complexion from the outset, so she never has to endure the pain associated with far-from-perfect skin. After all, prevention is better than cure.

Some more easy-to-implement body care tips.

1.Watermelon juice clears the skin of all its blemishes leaving it fresh and lovely. Grate a watermelon, squeeze out the juice and apply it on your face for 15 minutes. Now wash it with hot water and then splash on cold water.

2. Fenugreek leaves (methi) cure pimples, blackheads, dryness and early appearance of wrinkles. Make a paste of these leaves and apply it every night. Next morning, wash off with warm water. This improves your complexion.

3. Tea leaves and lemon juice helps prevent hair fall. They also lead to soft and shiny hair. You need to boil the leaves in water and strain out the tea. Add a little lemon juice to this concoction and wash your hair with it. Rinse your hair thoroughly.

4. Bengal gram flour (besan) mixed with curd can be applied daily on your face and hair! It will not only give you a glowing complexion, but also long and lustrous locks.

5. Orange juice is great for an instant glow. All you need to do is dip your fingers in the juice and pat your cheeks, chin, neck and forehead. Wash off after ten minutes.

raw unpasteurized apple cider vinegar
to open the pores and loosen dirt and grease from your face turn off the heat from a pan of distilled water, add 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar to a quart of the hot water. drape a towel over the pan and your head to steam clean your pores. take a cotton ball, dip in vinegar and pat over skin to remove loosened dirt. repeat 2 more times. then spray or dab on
chilled vinegar and equal part of distilled water to close your pores and tone your skin. do twice weekly, also can use the chilled vinegar water as a toner 2 times daily.
it is amazing ….
i also drink the vinegar, 1-2 tablespoons in water with honey in the morning..and i use the vinegar water as a toner 2 times daily..

raw unpasturized apple cider vinegar..
the following 2 testimonials can be seen at http://www.earthclinic.com/cures/acne.ht…
Angelina O, has found that applying ACV topically to her face several times a day (4 or more times) has cured her of a "very bad complexion". She reports that she applies it straight and that while it burns her skin a bit, it still works like a miracle!

Cheryl writes, "My daughter developed a case of moderate acne, and after trying a number of different things for over a year which helped very little or not at all, she started drinking 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar three times a day and applying it topically once at night. She has been acne free for two months. It took about three weeks to clear up."

to drink, add to water and honey, or to apple juice.

you can get the vinegar at the health food store, or in some super markets.

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Managed through a series of home routines that become part of your daily stuff like washing your teeth.

Buy the following :-
1. a long handled stiff back brush
2.a soft sponge
3. a bundle of flannels
4. bottle of tea tree essential oil and a bottle of rosemary essential oil
5. a tube of quinoderm cream
6. a good quality non-laureth sulphate shower gel

DO NOT USE SOAP

OK off we go

MORNING routine
————————–
Shower or bath every morning whether or not you think you need it
Scrub your back every time using the shower gel
You must dry your back immediately and properly till bone dry
Apply quinodern topically to the worst areas, this will help stop infection on broken skin

BATH routine
——————-
Bath with a few drops (7 max) of essential oil added to the water
It is very potent so you have been warned, Use them alternatively.They have anti-bac and anti-viral properties.
Scrub your back
Dry properly
Apply quinoderm topically
Use flannels dipped in water with ess oils to treat any inflamed areas.
Keep your towels and flannels scrupulously clean and fresh
Don’t use soap as it builds up on skin and layers leaving fatty deposit and scumy residues.
After a bath rinse off the unclean water you’ve been sitting in with a hose down of fresh cooler water, this will clean you down and close the pores a bit.
Scrub out the bath after every use

Change your t-shirts every day/twice if you need to
Change bed linen every 5 days
Change pyjamas every day/other day

Drink an extra litre of water a day till you are peeing once an hour,increase uptake on fruit the 2 that help are grapes and pears.

Its an effort upfront but oh the difference after a few weeks and manageable thereafter.

Best Wishes

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Gather all materials beforehand — see "Things You’ll Need" below. You might want to store them in a waterproof resealable bag, such as Ziploc. I’d recommend wearing either old clothes or a bathrobe over whatever you are wearing. There is a definite possibility this is going to spill. After you have found everything on you checklist, head to a large, flat, waterproof surface. This is probably your bathroom. Having this room be private is highly advised; you can’t just say, "Get out, I’m flattening a pimple," can you?

Things You’ll Need
- 3 or more cotton balls
- Lukewarm tap water
- Cup to hold the water in
- Salt

The Method
1. Salt the water thoroughly — much more than you think it needs.
2. Dip one cotton ball in the salt water.
3. Wait for 30 – 60 seconds.
4. Squeeze out excess water out until it is damp, but not dripping.
5. Place the damp cotton ball over your large, oh-my-goodness-I-cannot-go-to-… zit. If you have several of these grouped together, try to place the cotton ball over them all.
6. Glance at your watch/clock. Wait exactly three minutes.
7. Remove the cotton ball after the time is up. The zit seems to be nearly gone, but it is only the top that has dissolved. Your acne is still there.
8. Take the other two cotton balls and place them on either side of the despised pimple.
9. Slowly, move them closer together until the tiny bump is flattened. Congrats! You’ve just conquered that giant of a pimple — forever!
10. Apply honey on the infected area & go to sleep!!

Tips
*Don’t forget the last 3 steps — they are crucial.
*Be sure to follow these steps closely. Dipping a cottonball in fresh water as opposed to salt will not work, for instants.
* You might want to bring a book — either waterproof or one that you do not care about being splattered in water. Those three minutes can get boring.
* This is your best bet for monster zits that simply sneak up on you. For long-term healthy skin, cleansing and toning is also important.

Warnings
* Please, PLEASE, do not assume this is permission to "pop" pimples. Doing so can cause major scarring. Please don’t pop them.
* If you stop after the top is dissolved, I must warn you: it WILL come back! Maybe not in the next five minutes, but during the course of an hour, it will come back!

You can even try applying original Head & Shoulder Shampoo to clear acne!!! I WORKS like a charm!! Read all about it here including people’s comment about it!

http://www.myhomeremedies.com/remedy.cgi…

If you feel new pimples erupting, ice it! Hold an ice cube over the area for about 5-10 minutes. It REALLY works!!!

For acne scars,
1. Lemon juice is natural bleach and helps in lightening the scars and blemishes of the skin.
2. Rosehip seed oil is also another home remedy which reduces acne scars. It is mostly used in the cosmetic products and used for acne scarring, facial scarring, surgical scars, sun damage, premature aging, burn marks etc. This oil should be massaged twice on the acne scars daily.
3. Application of Aloe Vera gel/juice to the fresh wounds prevents the formation of permanent scars.
4. One of the home remedy is that ice cubes can be rubbed on the acne scars for ten to fifteen minutes.
5. Vitamin E is considered best for the healthy glowing skin. Application of vitamin E oil or capsule to the scar will completely vanish the scar in few weeks.
6. The most effective remedy for the scars is application of honey several times a day. It will give a natural glow to the skin and will remove all scars.

If you have too many pimples/whiteheads/blackheads/ acne/acne scars/… I recommend you to try Carley’s Clear & Smooth!! It’s CHEAPER & BETTER than Proactive!! People are raving about this product!! Read their feedbacks/reviews!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Adult-Acne-The-best-…

GOOD LUCK!!

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Drink a lot of water. Water is a really good cleanser for the body. Continue to wash your face. I hear pro active is very good. It did not work for my sister, however. If that doesn’t work, find a dermatologist.

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Ensure your skin is clean.
Squeeze 1 teaspoon of lemon juice into a small bowl. Use a cotton ball to soak up some juice. Dilute it with water if it burns.
Dab the juice onto your pimples, whiteheads, blackheads, and pimples.
Leave on over night and rinse in the morning. Apply it again (under your makeup if you’re female).
If you find the lemon juice too strong too leave on, even diluted with water, wash it off after 10 minutes in cold water.

HOPE THIS HELPS MAN

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