Acne on the face is always unpleasant. This problem causes a lot of anxiety and inconvenience to any person. This includes pain and reluctance to look at yourself in the mirror, since the appearance leaves much to be desired.
The problem can be solved by visiting a dermatologist and a beauty salon, where they will provide appropriate assistance and carry out a number of procedures. You can also resort to home methods of treatment, the so-called traditional medicine.
What is the problem?
Sebaceous glands become inflamed as a result of blockage of pores on the face. Sebum that cannot go outside triggers the inflammation process. At the same time, the process of multiplication of microorganisms begins, which in turn leads to the formation of eel on the face. On how inflammation proceeds, it depends on whether single acne is formed or whether they affect large areas of the skin. If the process of inflammation leads to the formation of tubercles, then the scars from them will remain for life.
What leads to inflammatory processes?
In no case should you start treatment without determining the causes of the rash. Any method of treatment in this case will be ineffective. So, from what can acne appear on the face?
- Hygiene for face care. This neglect of washing, excessive passion for decorative cosmetics, the use of low-quality face care products. All this causes clogging of pores.
- Malfunctions of the nervous system caused by excessive stress or anxiety.
- Disruption of the digestive system.
- Perhaps the appearance of blackheads on the face suffered from your close relatives, then the hereditary factor plays an important role.
- Visible skin problems are observed during periods of abuse of sweet, flour, fatty and canned foods.
- Lack of minerals and vitamins in the human body.
To determine exactly what the “snag” is, a dermatologist will help. He will conduct not only an examination using special equipment, but also prescribe the necessary tests.
And only after the treatment prescribed by a specialist can you begin to use traditional medicine methods at home. In tandem, these two types of treatment will give the best result, and soon your skin will shine with beauty and health.
Home Acne Treatment Methods
Such face acne treatments include a variety of techniques. You will need to take something inside, and something will need to be used for external use.
Every day, wash your face with water at room temperature. Too hot or too cold is not suitable for this. You will have to give up soap, and cleanse your face only with special means for problem and oily skin. Cleansing should be soft, do not rub your face too much. From decorative cosmetics, in particular from powder and foundation, for the duration of treatment, you should refuse, otherwise, instead of inflammation in a small area of the skin, you will encounter inflammation throughout the face. Even good powders and foundation cream clog pores, preventing the skin from breathing normally. You have to give up harmful products - sweets, greasy and canned foods. Preference should be given to fresh vegetables, chicken, turkey, cereals.
It is strictly forbidden to squeeze out black dots! As a result of this process, an infection can get into the wound, and the inflammation will go into a more complex stage when tubercles form, from which unpleasant scars can remain.
Everything that is necessary for treatment is better to buy in a pharmacy. On the market you can find a large number of low-quality products and fakes. You can collect herbs yourself, but this should be done in areas remote from industrial areas and roads.
We use dioecious nettle and burdock root as a medicine
For effective treatment of acne on the face, you can use leaves of fresh nettle. Two tablespoons of leaves should be chopped, then pour one glass of boiling water. The time for insisting is two hours. Such a decoction is taken half a cup before each meal up to four times a day. Infusion should be drunk only fresh, so it is better to brew it daily.
Removing blackheads on the face with the help of burdock root is also a rather popular folk recipe. It is necessary to pour one tablespoon of chopped burdock with boiling water (150 ml) and boil everything over low heat for ten minutes. Take as well as a decoction of nettles.
Medicinal dandelion and its root against acne
How to remove blackheads from the face with a dandelion? The recipe is simple. Put one tablespoon of chopped dandelion root in a bowl. Pour boiling water with a volume of 200 ml. Then boil the broth on a gentle fire for about twenty minutes. The cooled infusion is filtered. Take the broth inside should be warm, half a cup twenty minutes before eating.
Acne and acne: how to treat?
From acne on the face at home, as well as from acne, the components that nature itself presents to us help:
- Take one glass of bran (rye), grind them in a blender. A few teaspoons of baking soda are added there and again crushed well. The resulting powder can be stored for a long time in a glass container and used if necessary. A small part of the composition is poured with water at room temperature until a homogeneous mass is formed, which is applied to the face. They wait fifteen minutes. At this time, it is worth preparing warm water for washing off with a spoon of table salt dissolved in it. After the required time, rinse the mixture with prepared water.
- To wipe the face, tincture of coltsfoot, oak bark, chamomile or linden blossom is ideal. In one glass of boiling water, one teaspoon of any herb is brewed and chosen to cool. Brush your face several times a day. The broth itself is stored in a cool place. The reviews of people who used this method are only positive. Of course, the result will not be visible immediately, it takes time and patience.
- To wipe the skin on the face, a cucumber-based lotion is suitable. Take a few large cucumbers and beat them in a blender or tinder on a fine grater. In the resulting slurry add 200 grams of vodka. Store tincture in a cool place, preferably in the refrigerator. Wipe your face in the morning and evening for one month, and the skin will thank you with cleanliness and smoothness.
- We take a small piece of baby soap and rub it on a fine grater, add 150 ml of boiling water and whisk with a whisk until foam is formed. Next, pour into the mixture 25 ml of alcohol (salicylic, ammonia and camphor) and 1 teaspoon of borax and salt (small). Whisk thoroughly and store in a cool place. We apply this face mask from acne several times a week for 15 minutes. According to reviews, we can say that the effect is guaranteed.
- You can make masks from aloe vera juice. To do this, gauze with pre-prepared holes for the eyes and nose is applied aloe gruel and its juice. Gauze is applied to the face for ten minutes. The procedure is best done every day, the course is 20 procedures.
- Acne is suitable for ordinary baking soda. A few teaspoons are dissolved in water until gruel is formed, which is applied to acne. As a result of this procedure, greasy fat will be washed off, the pores will be narrowed.
- An effective tool in the fight against acne is a decoction of calendula, which wipes the skin several times a day. Preparing the infusion is easy. Enough to pour a glass of boiling water a teaspoon of chopped herbs and leave to infuse for thirty minutes.
These were some effective folk remedies for acne on the face, then we will consider in detail what can be purchased at the pharmacy to treat the ailment.
Pharmacy drugs to fix the problem
How to get rid of acne on the face with drugs? To get rid of acne and blackheads in a pharmacy you can purchase:
- Salicylic acid, but only one percent. If you take a large concentration, you can earn burns. The person should be wiped with a cotton swab dipped in salicylic acid several times a day, preferably in the morning and evening. Wipe your face twice, as the first time you just wipe the accumulated dirt from the skin, and the second time the interaction of the drug with the skin begins.
- Among the popular products on the domestic market, the drug “Zenerit” can be distinguished. Many have heard of him; he is often advertised on television and on the Internet. Producers promise to get rid of blackheads within a week. The drug is applied to the skin several times a day. In this case, the face is pre-cleaned of contaminants and makeup.
- Benzoyl peroxide. Sold in the form of ointment, gel and lotion. The skin is pre-cleaned, several times a day, the drug is applied to the affected areas.
Nutrition during treatment
Remember that your face is your business card, you can say a lot about your health from it. The better the metabolism, the cleaner and healthier the skin on the face.
It is worth refusing to use smoked products, convenience foods, fried foods, simple carbohydrates (sweets, rolls, cakes and pies), fatty meats (lamb and pork). It is also not recommended to use coffee and berries that have a red color, since it is they that tend to cause inflammatory processes on the skin.
You should pay attention to such foods as lean meat, dairy products, dairy products, fruits, rice, fish, liver, nuts. It is advisable to choose vegetables with a green or orange hue, they contain a large amount of vitamin A. As a source of vitamin E, eat almonds and walnuts.
Whiteheads on the face
Such acne is formed as a result of accumulation of subcutaneous fat in areas of the sebaceous gland. At the same time, it stretches, and its contents begin to appear through the skin, as a result of which a white tubercle is visible. In simple terms, such acne and acne on the face are a cork that clogs the sebaceous gland. This happens mainly as a result of hormonal disorders, as well as some other factors. In order to get rid of this problem, you must:
- Use a face mask made from salt and baby soap. Salt must be sea. Half a teaspoon of such salt is mixed with foam from baby soap. The resulting mixture is applied to acne for 15 minutes. After that, wash with water at room temperature.
- Perfectly fights with whiteheads a bath of herbs. It is necessary to mix mint, oak bark and chamomile, pour it all with hot water, bend over this bath, covering your head with a towel or sheet on top, and stay over such a steam bath for 15 minutes.
What are blackheads and how to deal with them?
Blackheads on the face or, as they are called in other words, open comedones, occur on problem skin due to oily seborrhea. Such a problem appears when the mouth of the sac from which the hair grows is clogged by dead skin cells and fat produced by the skin. Blackheads and blackheads confuse some people, because they do not look aesthetically pleasing. Black dots appear in both women and men who have dry skin. But acne is formed where the sebaceous glands work actively, clogging the pores, that is, more often acne can be found on oily skin.
As with any treatment, it is necessary to thoroughly clean the skin. And it is advisable to do this several times a day with room temperature water. Water should not be hot or cold. It is best to use special lotions for oily skin, but only those that do not contain alcohol, so that the skin does not dry out. Salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide can be used to combat blackheads. In especially severe cases, the doctor may prescribe potent drugs.
Red eels: how are they treated?
Among the main reasons for their appearance are:
- Violations of the digestive system.
- Excessive alcohol and smoking.
- Heredity.
- Hormonal imbalance.
- Overwork and stress.
- Chronic diseases
- Malnutrition
If you have such problems, it is best to consult a specialist. The doctor will prescribe the appropriate treatment. In the beauty salon, they can recommend undergoing ultrasonic cleaning, ozone therapy, vacuum cleaning or mesotherapy.
For treatment at home, a mask of cosmetic clay, preferably green or blue, is suitable. Two tablespoons of clay powder are mixed with chamomile broth until a uniform consistency is obtained, gruel is applied to the cleansed face for a quarter of an hour, and then the mask is washed off with water at room temperature. You can apply beaten egg white on your face for fifteen minutes, it effectively dries up acne. In especially advanced cases, doctors prescribe hormonal medications.
Is it possible to crush blackheads on the face?
As already mentioned, it is impossible to crush acne. But if it is still necessary, you can seek help from a specialist. Professional cleaning can be done in a beauty salon, for example. If you still want to do it yourself, then try to stick to the algorithm below:
- Wipe the skin of the face with a cotton swab previously moistened with hydrogen peroxide.
- Try to squeeze out the pus by gently pushing in the middle of the eel.
- After the wound appears, disinfect it with alcohol.
- For healing and antibacterial effect, use an ointment from acne on the face, which will protect against unpleasant consequences after extrusion - “Levomekol”.
- During the day, and especially before bedtime, make herbal lotions based on herbs that have anti-inflammatory effects, such as chamomile.