Category: Acne

Used in food preparations and cosmetic products, Shea butter a natural medicine to treat various skin diseases can be used to treat acne blemishes.

Shea butter is white or ivory colored fatty oil extracted from nuts of Karite tree (Shea tree). Being edible Shea butter is used in various dishes and in the west it’s mostly used in cosmetic products.

As Shea butter melts at room temperature it gets absorbed quickly by skin. Raw or unrefined form of Shea butter is recommended as it contains all the vitamins and minerals.

Also read: 5 Home remedies for forehead acne

Shea Butter Treats Acne

Shea butter has anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties in it which helps to treat blemishes.

1. Acne blemishes are caused due to accumulation of dead cells, sebum and bacteria. Antioxidant properties in Shea butter fight bacteria and refrains skin pores from blocking.
2. Anti-inflammatory property helps reduce inflammation caused due to break outs.
3. After treating acne, scars left behind on skin can be faded by repeated application of Shea butter.
4. Swelling of blemishes or redness of pimples can be reduced after applying this natural remedy.
5. Unlike other pricey medical products Shea butter is safer to use, as it has no side-effects.
6. Great healing properties which heals break outs and scars quickly.
7. Shea butter is non-comedogenic, means it doesn’t interfere with skin pores and block them.

Many people those who fed-up with pricey acne treating products turn to Shea butter to treat acne and got positive results.

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How to Apply Shea Butter for Acne Blemishes

Raw Shea butter is recommended because of its rich source of vitamins and minerals. Anyway the only reason why it’s refined is to remove odor, color and other undesirables.

• Wash your face or affected area with cleanser to remove dead cells and oil accumulated on skin. You can use salicylic acid for cleaning.
• Damp the skin and apply raw Shea butter evenly.
• Leave for about 8 hours, apply it before sleep and rinse it off in the morning.
• Repeat the process till you see smooth and shining skin.

Shea Butter for Acne Scars

A slip of knife while chopping fruits or an accident, they leave your skin injured. Naturally, new skin is generated to connect broken tissues. In this process depending on injury a scar is left behind.

Though these scars aren’t associated with any health issues, people usually want to fade them out of cosmetic concern. Same goes with pimples, when you use natural remedies like shea butter to reduce acne they leave scars all over your face. (WebMD)

You can find bunch of pricey products claiming to fade acne scars. But experts hardly agree with it. Yes, even with shea butter you can’t permanently fade acne scars. Anyhow, because of unmatched characteristics of shea butter, makes it easily absorbed by skin. The assorted nutrients housed in this remedy to some extent lighten scars.

Note: We never used shea butter for acne scars? If you’ve any previous experience with shea butter, share your views in comments and let us know.

You can add other non-comedogenic (which don’t block skin pores) oil to Shea butter for fragrance.

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As you may know acne causes because of excess sebum production which gets clogged with bacteria and dead skin cells. Often acne blemishes are painful and may sometimes cause itching.

There are many home remedies and medical treatments to cure acne; cortisone cream is one of the effective topical creams.

Cortisone cream is a topical corticosteroid ointment which reduces various skin diseases including itching, redness and acne; it is normally sold as Hydrocortisone.

For minor skin burns, itching and irritations hydrocortisone is available without prescription and for serious skin diseases like acne, eczema, inflammation and scaling Doctor’s prescription is needed.

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How to Use Hydrocortisone cream to Treat Acne

Step: 1 – Wash the affected area with mild soap

Using warm water and mild soap (antibiotic is preferred) wash acne affected area. Don’t scrub your skin as it may damage blemishes.

Step: 2 – Exfoliate your skin with honey or baking soda

To flush dead skin cells accumulated and to open up skin pores exfoliate your skin try a natural remedy or you can get a cream from local store.

Also read: 10+ Homemade Salt and Sugar Body Scrubs for Skin

Note: Excess use of baking soda may leave your skin dry.

Step: 3 – Apply hydrocortisone cream on pimples and cysts

Apply the cream on affected area twice. Properties in hydrocortisone cream reduce redness and inflammation.

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When You Should Stop Using Hydrocortisone?

• According to Drugs.com you should not use hydrocortisone cream more than recommended dosage and discontinue using it if you see no change in 2 weeks.
• Medline.com says hydrocortisone can be used 1-4 times a day for skin diseases. (follow prescribed dosage)
• If you miss any dosage don’t apply double dosage skip the one you forgot.
• Drugs.com suggests avoiding tight pants for kids who’re prescribed hydrocortisone cream.
• Hydrocortisone may counter with other treatments, if you’re under prescription. Inform your Doctor or pharmacist about medicines you’re using.
• Corticosteroids present in this cream may affect growth rate in children, check with your doctor before using hydrocortisone for children.
• Side-effects include – itching, redness, wheezing, oozing of pus and change in skin color. Consult your doctor immediately once you see any abnormality on skin.

Hydrocortisone can treat acne but you must consult your doctor or pharmacist for dosage. If you see no change in 2 weeks discontinue using it.

Remember that this is topical ointment not to be swallowed if applied for mouth sores.

Acne is the most common skin disease where small bumps pops out of skin. Main cause behind acne is excess sebum production, which gets accumulated over skin with dead cells forming bump.

Though, not all pimples (bumps) are inflammatory they are distressing and quite depressing. According to a study about 7.1% of acne case turns to suicide. (source: Wikipedia.org)

Yes, acne or pimples are not critical but they spoil your appearance which restrains your social life. There are many natural as well as other remedies to get rid of acne.

Especially, when you’ve a surprise party, try these quick home remedies to get rid of acne, so that you don’t have to give vague reasons.

10+ Ways to Get Rid of Acne Overnight

#1 Cucumber

Cucumber though didn’t receive much press compared to other vegetables it is has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. In a test it was found that fresh sliced cucumber reduced inflammation in animals. This vegetable belongs to melon family and is packed with vitamin K, B and C, potassium, manganese and magnesium.

• Slice fresh cucumber into pieces and soak it in water for about an hour, so that all nutrients get transferred to water. Then drink that water or wash acne affected area.
• Or make cucumber face mask, place it on your face for about 15 minutes and rinse it off.

Also read: Natural relief for itchy acne on face

#2 Lemon

Lemon/limes are rich source of vitamin C and have antioxidant properties which dries acne. From a local store get some fresh lemons, squeeze lemon juice in a bowl.

• Using a cotton swab apply lemon juice on pimples at night and rinse it off on next day.
• You can mix cinnamon powder with lemon to make paste, apply it on pimples.

#3 Ice

Acne causes inflammation and redness. Ice cube freeze skin pores and helps to remove dirt from it. Repeatedly placing ice cubes on inflammation reduces redness fast.

• Wrap ice cubes in a cloth or in an ice pack, place it on acne affected area for fast relief.
• Repeat the process.

#4 Honey

This natural antibiotic medicine helps in healing and fighting acne causing bacteria. Honey benefits for skin here.

• Apply honey on pimples using cotton swab.
• If you’ve enough time, mix it with cinnamon powder and apply the paste on acne affected areas.

#5 Papaya

Papaya is rich in vitamin C, vitamin A, potassium and magnesium. Exfoliating properties in papaya clears dead cells accumulated on skin pores. Anti oxidant properties helps sooth fresh swollen pimples.

• Extract papaya juice using knife and apply it over pimples.

Also read: 6 homemade face scrubs

#6 Apple cider vinegar

Not just in salads, ACV (apple cider vinegar) used to treat many health issues. Apply few drops of ACV on affected area and it turns your skin into smooth and reduces fine lines, this works by restoring pH level of skin. To treat acne, dip cotton swab into apple cider vinegar solution and apply it on pimples at night.

Also read: How to remove mole with ACV?

#7 Garlic

Garlic contains sulfur which promotes fast healing. It has antioxidant and anti-fungal properties which refrain acne causing bacteria.

It’s damp simple to use, just crush few garlic cloves in to pieces and apply it over acne affected area, then rinse it off. But make sure you don’t use it excess as it may irritate your skin.

Also read: Argan oil skin benefits

#8 Baking Soda

This home available chemical is also known as sodium bicarbonate. Only because of antibacterial properties several laundry advertisers use them, baking soda removes odor from clothes and also from body. It refrain body odor causing bacteria.

It can even treat acne. (May or may not work for you depending on your skin type)

• Wash your face or affected area and leave it damp.
• Mix baking soda with lemon juice or water to make it paste.
• Apply the paste on acne affected area and rinse it off.

Note: Frequent and longer use of baking soda makes your skin dry.

Also read: Control body odor with baking soda

#9 Peppermint

Peppermint is hybrid mint which contains high amount of menthol. Several pricey product manufacturers include menthol because of its soothing property. Its antibacterial properties fight bacteria on skin.

• Get some fresh peppermint leaves and crush them to extract juice.
• Apply it on acne pimples and rinse it off after 10 minutes.

Also read: 7 Jojoba Oil Skin Benefits

#10 Steam

Steaming process is good for your skin, it clears dirt and clogged skin pores helping it to breathe.

• Fill container with hot water and bend over the container so that your face comes in contact with steam.
• Wash your face for after 5 minutes with lukewarm water.

Other Acne Treating Remedies

• Fish oil treats acne
• Hydrogen peroxide for acne and why I don’t recommend?
• Witch hazel for acne
• Can Benzoyl peroxide and salicylic acid treat acne?

# Tooth Paste

This home remedy is not recommended by experts.

Ingredients in tooth paste like baking soda, hydrogen peroxide does help to dry out pimples but they may also irritate your skin. As it come in handy people list tooth paste to home remedies.

We listed here to caution you against it. Don’t use it.

Whats your fast home remedy to get rid of acne fast? Share with our readers in comments.

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Acne is most common skin condition which includes clogging and inflammation of skin pores. In most cases, due to lack of hygiene, bacteria invades to worsen the disease, causing itching and inflammation.

Yes, top companies had worked there butt off to bring pricey medicines before us. But, you can save your pocket and step back from these extravagant products.

With natural remedies you can treat acne. There are bunch of cases where people like you cured acne with one simple natural remedy. Click here to read about one such case.

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Note: For severe acne we recommend to consult doctor.

Here am listing only 4 natural home available remedies to treat itchy acne. But as you must know, there are many such natural medicines under nature’s hood.

4 Natural Remedies to Treat Itchy Acne on Face

1. Yogurt and Oatmeal

Probiotics in yogurt fight with acne causing bacteria and also soothes inflamed and itchy acne pimples. Either you can use cool yogurt or mix oatmeal with it. Mixing both of them form a mask, apply it on acne affected skin and leave it for 20-30 minutes. Oatmeal is a natural exfoliator and dries up acne pimples instantly.

2. Aloe Vera Gel

Aloe Vera is gifted with such properties that you can use it topically or take internally (aloe vera juice) for all skin diseases. Cut the upper part of aloe vera leaf to find gel, apply topically on affected area. You can get aloe gel from a local store.

Related: How to make aloe vera gel?

3. Herbs (Tea tree oil and Guggulu)

Herbal remedies also come in handy to treat acne and other skin and health problems. Tea tress oil one among them, apply this topically on itchy acne pimples.

Guggulu is another herb which can be used to treat itchy acne. This medicine can be taken orally but check with your doctor before opting as this may counter with other medicines you’re taking.

4. Honey and Cinnamon

According to a study carried out in 2002, honey and cinnamon combination can relieve painful and itchy acne. Honey is packed with antibacterial properties which fights with acne causing bacteria and cinnamon inhibits effects of nitric oxide (this is responsible for painful acne).

Mix 3-4 tbsp of honey with 1 tbsp of cinnamon; apply the paste on acne affected area. Rinse it off in morning.

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Yes you’re not alone.

Many celebrities who spend lots of money on pricey skin products and undergo costly surgeries do experience acne. And many of them carried these (acne) scars with them unwantedly.

I hope now this makes you believe that acne is a normal skin condition and you’re not an isolated person who got it.

Dealing with small spots on skin is normal and it’s a weekly if not daily for many of us. But severe acne or pimples on forehead is where problem arises.

Preteens with severe acne have to deal with lots of stuffy things on daily basis. Because, it’s easy to cover one or two pimples, but just imagine when your face is covered with red swollen pimples, how intense work it takes to cover all of them. With these red and painful pimples there are few abusive people who make their life miserable.

Not just preteen but many adults also have to face these problems.

There are many excellent home remedies with which you can reduce acne.

• Does food has any impact acne?
• Hydrogen peroxide for acne
• Witch hazel – Quick remedy for acne
• Benzoyl Peroxide and Salicylic Acid for Acne
• Rose water to treat acne
• Jojoba oil and Argan oil for acne

If you’ve severe or moderate acne and you feel depressed and isolated, remember you’re not alone who has acne. There are many celebrities who have acne. Here are 15 of them.

1. Lorde
   Youngest pop star and by sharing her photos with acne on instagram she proved that after all she is human. (source)
2. Adam Levine
   American song writer, with height of 6″ have acne.
3. Cameron Diaz
   Former model and now actress Cameron Diaz in her book The Body Book shared how horrible her skin was.
4. Naya Rivera
   While shooting for Proactiv (acne treatment medicine) Rivera shared that she had a very uncomfortable with adult acne while shooting but she adds that her co-stars were nice. (source)
5. Julianne Hough
   Singer and dancer, Julianne discussed about her battle with acne in an interview PEOPLE. (source)
6. Rihanna
   Actress and dancer, Rihanna experienced acne like any other person.
7. Jessica Simpson
   She is spokesperson for Proactiv says she dealt with acne for years. So, remember that acne can’t be cured at once.
8. Olivia Munn
   Another actress and Proactiv lady experienced acne.
   Other famous celebrities include.
9. Victoria Beckham
10. P Diddy
11. Britney Spears
12. Megan Fox
13. Brad Pitt – Yes he too experienced acne. (source)
14. Jessica Alba
15. Alicia Keys

There are many more celebrities who experience acne and other skin diseases just like we do. Don’t get disappointed now because even stress and depression triggers acne blemishes.