For natural home skin care remedies steaming out black heads works wonders. When steaming at home, do this no longer than 5-7 minutes once or twice a week It will cleanse the skin and the black heads but may loosen the skin, and which may create early wrinkles. Combine 1/4 cup of hot water and 1 teaspoon of Epsom salts with 4 drops of iodine. Heat slightly to dissolve, mix well and let it cool until it is lukewarm. Submerge a cotton ball in to the mixture and apply to the troubled area. When the mixture dries, remove it gently with a washcloth. Do not use a Kleenex tissue as this contains paper particles that may add to clogging of the pores.Use Green Tea as a face scrub to loosen blackheads.Combine equal parts baking soda and water in your hand and massage gently on your skin and allow it to set up for 2 to 3 minutes once or twice a week to exfoliate. Do not exfoliate longer than 2-3 minutes per usage as this can break down too much skin tissue at one time. Rinse with warm water by touch your skin lightly with your hands.
If you choose to use a moderately warm washcloth, use with care as the roughness may also create skin break down. Apply the washcloth to your skin, and allow it to absorb the mixture on it’s own. Then use a blotting method to remove mixture from nose and creases.
Drink plenty of water daily.
Always cleanse twice a day with warm water and use your astringent with each cleansing.
Many people with black heads hesitate to use moisturizers. A moisturizer helps protect the skin from future wrinkles. Moisturizers for oily skin should be very lightweight.
Many people have black heads under the eye area. It is most important to remember this is a very sensitive area of the face. This area of the skin is much thinner and home remedies as well as over the counter products must be used with caution and care.
Some natural remedies may be too heavy for this area and cause under eye swelling. Try Rosewater, Lavender and Alcohol at equal portions. Steaming is the best method. Do not squeeze, blot with washcloth as instructed above.
Black heads under the eye area are very difficult to treat and this takes patience with time for results.
Another Home Remedy for blackheads:
Take a tablespoon each of yoghurt, fuller's earth powder and mint powder. Soak fuller's earth and mint powder in yoghurt for half an hour and then blend well. Apply it on your face for 15 minutes. When dried, wash off with lukewarm water followed by a cold-water rinse. This is an ideal mask for oily skin.
Take one egg white, a teaspoon of fuller's earth powder, a few drops each of peppermint extract and water. Soak fuller's earth powder in the water for half an hour. Beat the egg and blend in all the ingredients together. Mix the soaked fuller's earth powder in the mixture. Apply this on the face for 15 minutes and wash off with lukewarm water. This is also a good mask for oily skin.
If you have a patchy skin make the following face pack. Take a tablespoon each of yoghurt and fuller's earth and a teaspoon of mint powder. Soak fuller's earth in yoghurt for half an hour, then mix mint in it. Apply the paste on the face. Leave it to dry and wash off with lukewarm water followed by a cold-water rinse.
Mix an egg white, a tablespoon yoghurt, a teaspoon each fuller's earth and honey as a mask for normal to oily skin. Mix a tablespoon each of yoghurt and fuller's earth with half a teaspoon of honey and one eighth teaspoon of baking soda for a mask for normal to oily skin. A simple mask of fuller's earth with chickpea flour and rose water (rose water) is effective for treating sunburn. Some fuller's earth mixed with tomato juice applied it to your skin is also good for treating sunburn.
Answered by
Ajay Chawla
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4:55 PM on March 10, 2009