• Apply the mixture of ground drumstick pods and leaves with fresh lime juice on your blackheads.

* Apply grated potatoes as poultice to treat your blackheads. This can also be used to remove whiteheads and acne scars.

* Apply the paste of ground reddish seeds with water on your blackheads.

* Apply epsom salt and iodine mix with warm water on the blackheads.

* Using green tea as a facial scrub helps in loosening blackheads

Answered by Shweta Singh , an ibibo Advisor, at 10:47 PM on October 20, 2008

Home-Made Cure for Blackheads

* Warm a little honey and apply on the trouble spots. Wash it after ten to fifteen minutes.
* Take one teaspoon of fresh coriander leaf juice with half teaspoon of turmeric powder. Use this treatment overnight and wash it off in the morning. Repeat this for a week.
* Apply grated potatoes to treat blackheads.
* Take lime juice, almond oil and glycerime in equal proportion and make a lotion and apply it on face. It is an excellent method to remove blackheads as well as spots on the face.
* Take two teaspoons soda bicarbonate. Add this to three to four cups of boiled water. Steam a towel in this and place the towel on face. Repeat this around five to six times a day. Make a paste by mixing one teaspoon curd and one teaspoon of rice flour. Rub this paste on the area of blackheads and on getting dry, wash it off with cold water.
* Take one teaspoon of lime juice and mix it with one teaspoon of finely powdered cinnamon. Apply it at bed time and wash it off in the morning.
* Beat white part of an egg. Add one teaspoon of honey and with a cotton swab, apply it on face. Keep it around half an hour and then rinse with warm water.
* Take some oatmeal in little boiling water. Cool it and add some lemon juice and mix it well. Apply it on the face.
* Make a paste of ground radish seeds with water and apply it on face to remove blackheads

Answered by NIVEDITA , an ibibo Master, at 3:28 PM on October 01, 2008

Home remedy for black heads:

* In 3-4 cup boiled water, add 2 tsp of soda bicarbonate. Steam a towel with this. Thereafter, place the towel gently on your face. Do it for about 5-6 times. Make a paste by mixing 1 tsp curd and 1 tsp rice flour. Apply the paste on the affected area. After some time, wash your face with cold water.
* Take a pinch of soft portion of glycerin soap and mix with a pinch of table salt. Apply this mixture on the blackheads. Do it for about a week and see the magical results.
* Take about 1 tsp of juice extracted from fresh coriander leaves and add ½ tsp of turmeric powder in it. Apply this mixture while going to bed. Wash your face the next morning with cold water.
* Make a paste by mixing 1 tsp limejuice and 1 tsp of finely powdered cinnamon. Apply it on the affected area before going to bed. Wash it off in the morning.

Answered by Alok , an ibibo Master, at 12:23 PM on September 29, 2008

Fenugreek is a powerful anti-blackhead herb. To cure your blackheads crush some fenugreek leaves and make a paste with water. Apply this on the affected area, say face, for about 10 minutes. And rise with lukewarm water. This will curtail blackhead growth. For clear skin, free from blackheads, apply this paste every night before bed.

This is another easy to apply night pack for blackheads. Apply a mix of 1 teaspoon of coriander leaves juice and half teaspoon of turmeric powder before going to bed. And next morning, wash it with the cold water. Not only your blackheads will be reduced but your skin complexion will also be improved.


Mix 1 teaspoon of curd and rice flour to make a paste. Apply it on the blackhead affected area. And wash your face with cold water.

Honey is really good for your skin. If you apply warm honey on the affected area and wash it after 10 minutes, you will benefit a lot. Honey will act as a natural peel to your blackhead affected skin. Besides, removing blackheads, it will also improve your skin.

Put in the exact ratio of 1:2:4, fuller's earth, glycerin soap, and almond powder in warm water to make a smooth paste. Now put it over your blackheads. Keep it for some time and then wash off.

Answered by Sanya Tahir , an ibibo Master, at 10:10 AM on September 29, 2008

Homemade cure for blackheads --

1-Warm a little honey and apply on the trouble spots. Wash it after ten to fifteen minutes.
2-Take one teaspoon of fresh coriander leaf juice with half teaspoon of turmeric powder. Use this treatment overnight and wash it off in the morning. Repeat this for a week.
Apply grated potatoes to treat blackheads.
3-Take lime juice, almond oil and glycerime in equal proportion and make a lotion and apply it on face. It is an excellent method to remove blackheads as well as spots on the face.
4-Take two teaspoons soda bicarbonate. Add this to three to four cups of boiled water. Steam a towel in this and place the towel on face. Repeat this around five to six times a day. Make a paste by mixing one teaspoon curd and one teaspoon of rice flour. Rub this paste on the area of blackheads and on getting dry, wash it off with cold water.
5-Take one teaspoon of lime juice and mix it with one teaspoon of finely powdered cinnamon. Apply it at bed time and wash it off in the morning.
6-Beat white part of an egg. Add one teaspoon of honey and with a cotton swab, apply it on face. Keep it around half an hour and then rinse with warm water.
7-Take some oatmeal in little boiling water. Cool it and add some lemon juice and mix it well. Apply it on the face.
8-Make a paste of ground radish seeds with water and apply it on face to remove blackheads

Answered by Seema , an ibibo Master, at 9:23 AM on September 29, 2008

Blackheads are clogged pores filled with oil deposits and dead skin cells. Blackheads generally appear on a oily skin. They are a warning sign for acne and pimples. So blackheads needs to treated quickly. Below are given natural home remedies for reducing blackheads.
Homemade Blackheads Remedy

Take one tablespoon black pepper powder and add to it enough curd to make thick paste. Apply on the infected area and let it dry. Wash off after 5-7 minutes. This is an effective cure for blackheads or to get rid of blackheads.

The benzol peroxide helps to soften the blackheads with the oxygen it contains.

An ideal mask that extracts dirt and oil from clogged pores can be made by using orange peel and youghurt. It also opens up the clogged pores that cause acne and blackheads. Take 2 tablespoons of orange peel powder and add 4 tablespoons of yoghurt to make a paste. Apply all over the face, while gently rubbing in circular motion. Wash off with cold water. An excellent way to prevent clogged pores and keep the skin clean and healthy.

Another effective remedies for blackhead is to mix two teaspoons soda bicarbonate with three cups of boiled water. Steam a towel in this and place the towel on face. Repeat this around five to six times a day.

Make a paste by mixing one teaspoon curd and one teaspoon of rice flour. Rub this paste on the area of blackheads and on getting dry, wash it off with cold water.

Just apply toothpaste dry directly on to the problem area then let it stay on for at least 25 minutes. For the pimple...the top will dissapear but remeber to wash your face and hands after the pimple pops. When toothpaste is applied burning might happen but this is normal. The blackhead solution will take 2 weeks for 100% of the blackheads to dissapear.

Dont wipe off your nose after bathing and rub it with your fore fingers. This will help in removing blackheads.

Mix glycerin soap, fuller's earth (multani mutti), almond powder in the ratio of 2:1:4 i.e. for each 20 gram of glycerin soap add 10 grams of fuller's earth with 40 grams of almond powder. Mix in it boiled water and make a paste. Apply the paste on the blackheads.

To rid blackheads, mix cornstarch with vinegar, plaster on the area for 15-30 minutes; wash off with washcloth and warm water.

Apply a paste of fresh methi (fenugreek) leaves over the face every night for 10-15 minutes and washed with warm water. This will prevent acne, pimples, blackheads, and wrinkles.

Clay masks used regularly helps pull out trapped oil and dead skin.

Make solution with one cups of hot water and half a tablespoon of boric powder. It is an good remedy for blackheads. Saturate a face napkin in this hot solution and press on to the skin, repeat it twice. Extract blackheads carefully with a blackhead extractor and sterilized cottonwool. The blackhead extractor you use should be a sterlized one. Now put on astrigent lotion.

Mix groundnut oil with an equal amtount of fresh lime juice and apply on face. leave for 10-15 minutes and wash. It may be applied daily to prevent formation of blackheads and pimples.

Make a paste of ground radish seeds with water and apply it on face to prevent formation of blackheads and pimples.

Beat white part of an egg. Add one teaspoon of honey and with a cotton swab, apply it on face. Keep it around half an hour and then rinse with warm water. This is also good for blackheads and dark spots.

Mix 5 tea spoon full of sodium bicarbonate with 1 cup of boiled water. Put the mixture on the blackheads.

Answered by Uttam , an ibibo Master, at 8:42 AM on September 29, 2008

* Apply the mixture of ground drumstick pods and leaves with fresh lime juice on your blackheads.

* Apply grated potatoes as poultice to treat your blackheads. This can also be used to remove whiteheads and acne scars.

* Apply the paste of ground reddish seeds with water on your blackheads.

* Apply epsom salt and iodine mix with warm water on the blackheads.

* Using green tea as a facial scrub helps in loosening blackheads.

Answered by Ravi Dahiya , an ibibo Advisor, at 1:42 AM on September 29, 2008

Homemade remedy for black heads
Paste of Yogurt and banana
Mix one or two bananas in almost 200ml yogurt and mash it until it begins to look like a paste.After washing face apply this paste before sleeping, after one or two weeks not only you but other will also feel a difference in your skin.This paste has a magical effect not only in removing blackheads but also gives a glowing touch to your skin.
Paste of turmeric and rose petals
This paste is also very useful in treating blackheads however it is somewhat difficult to prepare that paste and one needs fresh rose petals and pure turmeric to prepare this paste. However it proves very useful in treating blackheads, acne and pimples.
Paste of Ayurveda and fenugreek’s leaves
Another paste that proves very helpful in this connection is the paste of Ayurveda and fenugreek’s leaves if this paste is applied about 10 to 15 minutes on blackheads and wrinkles as well, it can be helpful to prevent both blackhead and wrinkles.
Rose water and lemon juice
Take some rose water and mix it equal amount of lemon juice apply this mixture on face for almost half an hour then wash your face and continue this treatment for almost 15 days and I promise you your skin will be as smooth as baby’s bottom.
Fresh mint juice
A proven remedy for blackheads, eczema and scabies is to rub fresh mint juice over it and it can be very helpful to get rid of these curses.

Answered by Ajay Chawla , an ibibo Master, at 9:31 PM on September 28, 2008