What do you do when you wake up in the morning and find you have an zit in exactly the wrong place? These strategies are mainly for an isolated pimple or inconvenient zit, while they will also work for more series cases (ie, face covered with acne), it may take a while to handle that many pimples!
There are several things you need to consider in treating your acne: things that work to reduce the amount of acne, treatments you should avoid because they’ll make your acne worse, and ways to avoid drawing attention to all those pimples! Before we start, it might help to know a little bit about what causes acne to begin with; on this page, we’ll discuss the basics of how acne works.
Blackheads and Whiteheads
Photo by David Shankbone
Blackheads occur when your face has too much oil on it; the oil blocks your pores and oxidizes. The black hue is caused by clogged hair folicles; when extracted, a blackhead may actually appear yellow-brown. Although blackheads are not caused by dirt (as popularly believed), you can help prevent them by washing your face regularly, as this removes the excess oil.
Whiteheads are similar to blackheads, but because there is no opening to the surface of the skin, air cannot reach it and it does not oxidize; as a result, they remain white.
How to Get Rid of Blackheads and Whiteheads
Warning: many people will tell you that you should squeeze or pop pimples to get rid of them. Don’t do this! It can lead to scarring.
Preventive: To avoid getting blackheads in the first place, avoid using oil-based products on your face. Also, avoid using harsh abrasives to clean your face, as irritating the skin results in more naturally occurring oils coming out to try to fix the damage you just did! Rather, boil a washcloth (to remove bacteria), allow it to cool (NEVER place a boiling washcloth on your face!), then use the damp cloth to wipe your face gently and/or place it over your face for 15-25 minutes to loosen dead skin and dirt.
To remove your white spots by hand, place your fingernail at the base of the spot, just to one side. Then slide your finger across the slot, as if you were pushing it across your face; this causes one side of the spot to get deeper and the other to get higher. Eventually the spot will burst; you’ll end up with a small amount of white pus on the bottom of your fingernail, which you can now rinse off. If you have a red spot with a whitehead on top of it, you’ll need to do this repeatedly until all the pus has been removed; after several tries it will be mixed with blood, and once only blood is coming out, you’ve killed the zit.
Warning: don’t do this if you have hemophilia!
Be sure to clean your face thoroughly to avoid infection; it is recommended that you clean the wound afterwards using hydrogen peroxide. You should also be aware of the dangers of popping zits.
If this doesn’t work, you may want to consider commercial acne treatments.
Get rid of zits fast: home zit removal treatment
What do you do when you wake up in the morning and find you have an zit in exactly the wrong place? These strategies are mainly for an isolated pimple or inconvenient zit, while they will also work for more series cases (ie, face covered with acne), it may take a while to handle that many pimples!
There are several things you need to consider in treating your acne: things that work to reduce the amount of acne, treatments you should avoid because they’ll make your acne worse, and ways to avoid drawing attention to all those pimples! Before we start, it might help to know a little bit about what causes acne to begin with; on this page, we’ll discuss the basics of how acne works.
Blackheads and Whiteheads
Photo by David Shankbone
Blackheads occur when your face has too much oil on it; the oil blocks your pores and oxidizes. The black hue is caused by clogged hair folicles; when extracted, a blackhead may actually appear yellow-brown. Although blackheads are not caused by dirt (as popularly believed), you can help prevent them by washing your face regularly, as this removes the excess oil.
Whiteheads are similar to blackheads, but because there is no opening to the surface of the skin, air cannot reach it and it does not oxidize; as a result, they remain white.
How to Get Rid of Blackheads and Whiteheads
Warning: many people will tell you that you should squeeze or pop pimples to get rid of them. Don’t do this! It can lead to scarring.
Preventive: To avoid getting blackheads in the first place, avoid using oil-based products on your face. Also, avoid using harsh abrasives to clean your face, as irritating the skin results in more naturally occurring oils coming out to try to fix the damage you just did! Rather, boil a washcloth (to remove bacteria), allow it to cool (NEVER place a boiling washcloth on your face!), then use the damp cloth to wipe your face gently and/or place it over your face for 15-25 minutes to loosen dead skin and dirt.
To remove your white spots by hand, place your fingernail at the base of the spot, just to one side. Then slide your finger across the slot, as if you were pushing it across your face; this causes one side of the spot to get deeper and the other to get higher. Eventually the spot will burst; you’ll end up with a small amount of white pus on the bottom of your fingernail, which you can now rinse off. If you have a red spot with a whitehead on top of it, you’ll need to do this repeatedly until all the pus has been removed; after several tries it will be mixed with blood, and once only blood is coming out, you’ve killed the zit.
Warning: don’t do this if you have hemophilia!
Be sure to clean your face thoroughly to avoid infection; it is recommended that you clean the wound afterwards using hydrogen peroxide. You should also be aware of the dangers of popping zits.
If this doesn’t work, you may want to consider commercial acne treatments.
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