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How to Get Rid of Zits

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OMG, a Zit on My Face! Well, There Goes My Sex Life!

zits Throughout history, a face full of acne has been a self-imposed death sentence on dating. At about age 12, just when boys and girls are starting to get really interested in each other, their faces sprout technicolor pimples, and they stick around for five years or more – which feels like forever. (Some people do have it forever.) Medical science doesn’t have a clue as to what causes it. Acne comes in a number of forms. The most common type, Acne Vulgaris, may be mild or moderate and feature blackheads, whiteheads, papules, or pustules. nodules, or cysts:
  1. Whiteheads: Pores get completely blocked by sebum (oil), bacteria, and dead skin cells. The combination looks white on the skin’s surface. Though these things are tempting to squeeze, it’s generally better to leave any kind of acne eruption untouched. But if you must squeeze or pop one, make certain your hands are clean and that you mop the site afterward to remove any residue. The bacteria inside any kind of pimple can spread infection to create new pimples nearby. It helps to use a sterile needle to nick a pimple before squeezing it with sterile gauze pads.
  2. Blackheads: When a whitehead is only partially blocked, contents slowly drain to the surface, where the natural pigment in the dead skin cells reacts with oxygen to turn black.
  3. Papules: Red, tender bumps with no head.
  4. Pustules (the classic zit): An inflamed red circle with a white or yellow center.
Severe Acne vulgaris displays nodules, large, hard bumps under the skin's surface, and cysts, nodules filled with pus.

Which Acne Treatment To Choose?

physicianSevere acne of any type, including Acne Rosacea, which usually occurs over the age of 30, Acne Conglobata, Acne Fulminans, Gram-Negative folliculitis, and Pyoderma Faciale should be treated by a physician. Anti-bacterials and other medications needed to treat some of these require a physician’s prescription. Over the years, various creams, ointments, washes, pills, and dietary treatments have been tried in the battle against acne. They have included Retin-A, sulfur, 2% salicylic acid pads, clindamycin and sulfur, resorcinol, adapalene, erythromycin, azelaic acid, isotretinoin, tetracycline, doxycline, minocycline, oral contraceptives, tazarotene, sodium sulfacetamide, blue light treatment, and red light treatment, all with no consistent success and the last two being extremely expensive. Various folk and home remedies have proven worthless to some and invaluable to others.

How to Get Rid of Those Zits

Daniel Kern, owner of the site, Acne.org, recommends a simple treatment for acne. He discovered it and reports that he and others have used it with great success. It involves over-the-counter products that cost very little. Its three-step process that is followed twice a day, preferably with the treatments 12 hours apart:
  1. Gently wash the affected areas. The operative word here is “gently,” as it’s a proven fact that rough treatment of an infected area will only spread the infection. Your aim here is to remove body oils to allow the medication used in the second step better penetrate infected pores. Use a mild soap with warm – not hot, not cold – water and use your bare hands, not a washcloth. DO NOT IRRITATE YOUR SKIN. Rinse gently and pat (not rub) dry.
  2. Apply 2% benzoil peroxide cream from the tube. This is available at any drug store. Neutrogena On-the-Spot is one such product. Kern sells his own product on-line from his site. When you begin using it, start with a small amount, what you think would be the minimum amount to cover the area. Over the next two weeks, you will be increasing the amount used until it’s double the amount you started with. Be careful to avoid the area around your eyes.
  3. Wash your hands and apply a moisturizing lotion, a little less than the amount of benzoil peroxide cream you used. Benzoil peroxide works by drying up the oils that block pores. But it also dries your skin, making it flaky and itchy. The moisturizing lotion counteracts this.
Neutrogena wash moisturizing lotion
If you have mild acne and you aren’t all that concerned about treating it but want to hide it, cosmetics will do that. Just avoid the kind with oily bases; they will make acne worse. As for shaving a face that bears acne pustules, it’s actually a good idea to shave. Dermatologists believe it improves acne by exfoliating the skin. You must be careful to shave around the pustules, however, not through them.

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  1. November 23rd, 2009 at 11:46 pm    cheryl(: Says:

    Toothpaste actually dries out my skin irritating it, causing the pimple to like, get swollen. i tried lemon juice and it was like i forgot to put on sunscreen. proactive was a mess -_- after 2 weeks my skin was 10 times worse to begin with, and i waved hello to a couple of acne scars. So, really, the solution is to excersise, wash with Dove beauty bar or aloe vera and keep the skin hydrated with water [:

  2. November 19th, 2009 at 12:54 pm    ellie Says:

    “If you have tons of blackheads on your nose or really anywhere on your face, heat up some honey for like 15 seconds in the microwave and leave it on your blackheads for 20 minutes! (:
    They will squeeze out like 75% easier! NO JOKE.” Really?! Any type of honey? Cos thts al i can afford, not manuka type or antyjngi like tht x x x x x x x x

  3. October 20th, 2009 at 5:10 pm    Madison T. Says:

    If you have tons of blackheads on your nose or really anywhere on your face, heat up some honey for like 15 seconds in the microwave and leave it on your blackheads for 20 minutes! (:
    They will squeeze out like 75% easier! NO JOKE.

  4. April 14th, 2009 at 9:47 am    sall Says:

    try using an antiseptic cream put it on your face before you go to bed don’t rub the cream in this reduces the redness and the size of the spot(s)

    or

    salt and water fill up a conainer with water and put loads of salt in stir it so the it becomes a thick mixture then use a cotton bud and dab the mixture on to you spots.:)

  5. March 23rd, 2009 at 7:29 pm    Sarah Says:

    My tip is to put a little bit of non gel toothpaste on ur zits before u go to bed…i know it sounds crazy && it sounds liek itll clog ur pores more….but it actually doesnt! u could also use the acnefree kit…I used it when i was around 13 and first started getting zits! its best for younger ”acne sufferers” && it keeps ur skin looking great!

  6. March 4th, 2009 at 9:56 pm    Whitney Says:

    how much water do i need to drink per day to help clear up ance???

  7. February 25th, 2009 at 9:08 pm    Zek Says:

    Okay.
    So I’ve had acne for… 3 or4 years. And I’m 16.
    Along with alot of you, ive tried everything. And yet my acne remains.
    So I cut the crap and went to the dermatologist and got prescribed pills. I’ve been on them and they seem to be beginning to work. They are called acutaine. Sorry if I spelled it wrong :P
    So my advice stop wasting your time and just go to the dermatologist.
    -Zek

  8. January 25th, 2009 at 10:50 pm    ZitFace Says:

    I have had zits for a while and the best method I have noticed is to use Dove bar soap. I also use the zit cream with peroxide to put over bad pimples and they seem to have cleared up within a few days. The trouble I have is that once they heal, I already have another monster growing again and it seems like it’s a never ending cycle. I can’t even get a date. I’m 27 and I’m constantly wasting money on different products that don’t work.

    :(

  9. January 23rd, 2009 at 8:50 am    Tara Says:

    I read in a magazine to use Milk of Magnesia. I use the brand Phillips. You can get it at like WalMart. I put it on at night, and after about 2 days my zit has reduced redness and is pretty much gone. Only put it on at night though: it is a thick white milky substance so it dries out your skin and there will be a white spot. This works for me, but may not for everyone else. It’s worth a try.

  10. December 10th, 2008 at 9:01 pm    anoymous Says:

    get panoxyl face wash..make sure not to get the maximum strength, unless you are using it for your back, because it is really drying. i tried this stuff and like two to three days later my whole face was cleared up. its amazing! ohh, by the way you can get it like anywhere(CVS, walgreens)

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