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Easy, Cheap, EFFECTIVE
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 03:58 — Anonymous
I have suffered from acne since i was 13. After many ineffective drugs, i finally gave up wasting money and used what was in my house.
What you'll need
1. acne free face wash
2. lime and lemon juice, isopropal alcohol
3. any kind of mint toothpaste with whitening strips
4. a mud mask
5. an old tooth brush (clean it with very hot water soap and isopropal alcohol)
6. cotton balls
7. q tips
8. 2 plastic containers one small one big
*All together this should cost about 30-40 dollars
9. 2 asprins
Step 1. Wash your face with hot water apply the acne free face wash dip the toothbrush in isopropl and start scrubbing your face in the affected areas, rinse with cold and pat dry.
2. Apply a toothpaste mask yes MASK let dry for 15 mins and scrub off with hot water and the toothbrush
(about every three days i use a mud and toothpaste mask mixed together in a large container while sitting in a relaxing warm bath)
3. In a large container pour some lime juice lemon jiice and isopropal alcohol. Put the 1 asprins in this mix. Wait for asprin to dissolve stir with a qtip and apply with cotton balls (this WILL sting)
4. After the asprin and juice mix above i apply normal isopropal alcohol all over face to get rid of the stickiness.
5. If you have pimples that just wont go away apply a thin layer of the toothpaste and mud mask to the affected area and leave on over night and rinse off with you got it the toothbrush and hot water.
Tips, Dont use face lotion at night your skin is more prone to oil, dont lean hands on face, and if your acne will not go away take an asprin before using all these steps drink water and you WILL see results the next day, for me it took 2 weeks for my acne to be COMPLETELY gone.
Good luck, mother_nature
Comments
are you serious?
brush your face with a toothbrush?
that's a ridiculous idea
it sounds right to me
once in awhile our acne face do need a srcub n this is the cheapes way to do it
if not go buy urself n expensive face scruber.
no
a toothbrush is way too abrasive to use on your face that many times, especially if you try and use this everyday. and a face scrub is not that expensive. a tub of St. Ives Body Scrub is 5.47 at Walmart and lasts 4 months. Use every other day in a hot, steamy shower. If you have Proactiv or any other type of acne medication, use it right after. The scrub removes all dead skin and helps open your pore with some help from the steamy shower, so the acne med goes right into your pores and not just sitting on top of your skin. this is A LOT cheaper than 30-40 dollars of acid and extreme abrasiveness.
Its Fine,
I use a toothbrush to wash my face all the time, It works great for exfoliating. You just need to find a soft one so that you don't brush your skin too roughly.(:
woah- ok, i have lupus and
woah- ok, i have lupus and very sensitive skin.
everybody, please check with your dr before trying ANYTHING. most of these at home remedies kinda sound like some a$$hole is trying to play pranks on people they don't even know. a toothbrush on skin more than once....omg....ouch, that would literally rip my facial skin right off!!! if my bf rubs my back too hard the skin comes off. please use common sense, people. i guess that's what the aspirin is for...LOL
also, rubbing alcohol all over the face WILL age you prematurley.
wooowww r u serious???
for this i will buy something thats already made proactive works fine and its better n cheaper than all diz..................
ouch
this does sound extremely abrasive, on top of being a bit of overkill.
first off, you should not wash your face with HOT water. use warm water. the toothbrush idea is fine if it is fairly soft, but not for every single day! lemon, lime, and aspirin all contain natural exfoliants. no need for so much exfoliation, and of course it's going to sting! ouch.
i'm not trying to critisize, if this works for you then great. but these tips will dry out your skin, possibly causing worse acne than before. all skin needs moisture, even skin that is oily. if you strip all the oils away, your skin will react by producing more. use a light moisturizer designed to not clog pores instead.