Author: Susie Oprey
Source: ezinearticles.com

There may (and are, in fact!) millions of acne sufferers, but there are also millions of dollars spent on pharmaceuticals to cure this “plague”.

Is that necessary, or are there home remedies for acne that exist in your own home.

The question you need to ask, no matter how much you want to see the end of your acne, is why pay for expensive drugs or lotions when you can simple use some quick and effective home remedies to beat your acne? And maybe those ingredients sit in your kitchen cupboard.

What are the best home remedies for acne? There are any number of home remedies and what you should do is test some on small, infected areas and see what works, which will depend upon your skin type and the severity of your acne, among other things. Different remedies will work for different people and it will depend upon you skin and its sensitivity, the ingredients you have and to some extent your lifestyle.

But rest assured that home remedies can truly work effectively, efficiently and safely to rid yourself of acne.

Among the recommendations you should look at for home-made acne treatment:

Use lemon juice, oatmeal, avocado and other products that are generally easy to find to develop washes and cleansers for your acne.

An oatmeal face wash is one home remedy that many swear by. Cooked oatmeal is put on the face and left for 10 to 15 minutes before being washed gently with warm water.

Another face washing involves lemon juice and rose water, placed on the infected areas with a cotton ball and left for longer than the oatmeal face wash – perhaps half an hour. This should be repeated several times during the day.

Garlic is a natural remedy sworn-to by so many herbalists and natural remedy practitioners for a variety of ailments, but it is hugely valuable as a acne remover.

Avocado paste can be mixed up with water and applied to the affected area, left for a period of time (similar to the oatmeal face wash) before being washed with warm water.
Use cotton balls applied to the infected areas and using any of the following (test them and see what is best):