| Want to clear acne fast? Here are five | | | | will lift excess oils off your skin and help keep |
| homemade acne remedies that work as well as | | | | pores open. |
| many medications. They are cheap, effective, and | | | | Home remedy #3. Use honey as an antiseptic. |
| side effects free. | | | | Honey is antiviral, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, |
| Home remedy #1. Try a milk mask. | | | | and antiseptic. Cosmetic surgeons are |
| The ancient Egyptian Queen Cleopatra was | | | | experimenting with honey as a way of keeping |
| famous for bathing her beautiful skin in milk. The | | | | sutures bacteria-free after face lifts. Try dabbing |
| reason her milk baths worked is that milk contains | | | | a little honey on reddened pimples and leaving it |
| lactic acid, a gentle peel that lifts and separates | | | | on the skin overnight. You should see a reduction |
| dead skin that blocks pores. Simply pat a little | | | | in redness and size of the pimple. |
| warm milk on your face and lie down for 30 | | | | Home remedy #4. Humidify. |
| minute, allowing it to dry. Wash off with warm | | | | Anything you can do that increases the humidity |
| water, patting your skin dry. Your milk mask will | | | | in the air also reduces drying and tightening of |
| remove some whiteheads and stop others from | | | | acne-prone skin. Sometimes just turning down the |
| forming. | | | | heat in winter is enough to restore humidity to |
| Home remedy #2. Try a milk of magnesia mask. | | | | the air, or you can use a vaporizer even if you |
| There is no more potent source of nutrient | | | | don't have a cold. Especially if you live in a very |
| magnesium around the house than milk of | | | | dry climate, humidifying can help prevent acne |
| magnesia. Taking a scant teaspoon (about 3 ml) | | | | outbreaks. |
| of milk of magnesia every day is not enough to | | | | Home remedy #5. Wash with soap and water. |
| cause any change in regularity, but more than | | | | Would you believe that soap and water actually |
| enough to provide nutrient magnesium for your | | | | are enough for some cases of acne? Just be sure |
| skin. You can also paint your face with milk of | | | | that you don't use soaps that contain fragrances, |
| magnesia, lying down to let it dry for 30 minutes, | | | | like Irish Spring, or soap with abrasive ingredients, |
| and then washing off with warm water and | | | | like Lava. Ivory is better for dryer skin and oily |
| patting your skin dry. The milk of magnesia mask | | | | skin responds better to Dove. |