The Best Home Facials For Acne

Skin Care

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By Anwesha Barari

Friday, October 21, 2011, 17:40

Facials for acne are not so easy to come by. You may have heard about many types of facials like pearl facial, golf facial, etc but none of these are a direct solution for your acne. This particular problem exists because acne is mostly a skin problem in adolescence whereas the ideal age for having any type facial done for the first time is definitely post 25 years. So adult acne treatment becomes a problem within the setup of your beauty salons. Moreover, the various exotic facials may actually aggravate your acne condition because your skin is clearly sensitive if you have acne even after your teens.

It is best to try these facials for acne at home or have a customised facial for yourself in a salon after consulting a specialist. Either ways you need to have a clear picture of the components being used in the facial mask for acne treatment.

Facials For Acne:

• For any acne facial mask to work you need to remove all the black heads from your face. It is a black head or a white head that eventually develops into large break outs.

• So steam your face to open up the pores. You can do this both at home or in the salon. At the salon ask for a face 'clean up' and at home put your face in front of a pot of boiling water and cover your head with a towel.

• After you do this for about 5-7 minutes your skin pores will open up. In the parlour they remove the blackheads with a scaling instrument but if you feel it is too abrasive then you can do the same with your fingers.

• Another way is to rub oatmeal powder in them or rub it with a scrub. Use any of these methods and then go for the types of facial described below.

• Egg whites are a great way to get rid of minor acne problems. So if you want to save yourself a trip to the parlour take the egg whites of 2 eggs and beat it into a thick paste. Apply it on your face and relax for 10 minutes. Wash it off with lukewarm water.

• Facials for acne can also be done with baking soda. What baking soda does is to dehydrate the pimples by soaking all the fluid inside them. Make a thick paste of 3-4 tablespoons of baking soda and flatten it with water. Apply the resulting paste on your face and wipe it off after 10 minutes with a damp cloth.

• If you have really severe break out of acne and want to give it one final try before you visit a dermatologist then you can try a facial with oatmeal powder, onion juice and honey. Squeeze out the juice from onion pulp and use it to mix oatmeal and honey together into a paste.

Use these natural beauty tips to do special facials for acne at home.