How to Minimize a Large Blemish Overnight

Plain white toothpaste can help banish a pimple overnight.

Large acne blemishes can be painful, as well as unsightly. They can also be quite inconvenient if they appear the night before an important event. Fortunately, you can minimize a large blemish overnight with simple, inexpensive home remedies. Baking soda, toothpaste, aspirin and calamine lotion are effective pimple fighters. Combined with medicated acne wash, these remedies can make short work of a big pimple. Zap zits while you sleep by drying out the oil on your skin.

Things You'll Need

• Medicated acne wash
• Salicylic acid toner
• Calamine lotion, aspirin, toothpaste or baking soda
• Cotton ball (optional)

Instructions

1. Wash your face with medicated acne wash according to the package directions. Dry your face with a clean towel, as used towels can hold pimple-causing bacteria.

2. Apply salicylic acid toner. Use a cotton ball for liquid toner or swipe a medicated pad over your face. Allow the toner to dry.

3. Crush a plain aspirin and mix the powder with a few drops of water in the palm of your hand. Alternatively, you can do the same with baking soda. Add only enough water to make a paste and dot a thick coat on your blemish. If you don't have aspirin, apply a drop of calamine lotion or a dab of toothpaste.

4. Wash your face and apply the mixture again, if you wake in the middle of the night.

5. Wash your face the following morning and follow with toner.

References

• Medical News Today: What is Acne? What Causes Acne? How to Get Rid of Acne
• Cosmopolitan; Getting Rid of Pimples
• Dr. Oz: Viewers' Beauty Secrets Revealed

Resources

• MayoClinic: Acne