How to Cure a Breakout

Clear skin, free of breakouts, requires a daily skin care regimen.

Skin breakouts, such as pimples or blackheads, are embarrassing and uncomfortable. Many different factors contribute to skin breakouts, such as dead skin cells, clogged oil ducts or pores clogged by dirt or debris. Simple procedures and a skin care regimen help cure breakouts, keeping your skin healthy.

Things You'll Need

• Antibacterial soap
• Soft cloth
• Towel
• Wash cloth
• Facial mask
• Pore cleaning strips
• Benzoyl peroxide

Instructions

1. 

   Wash your face once or twice per day to reduce skin breakouts.

   Cleanse the face with an antibacterial soap to make sure there's no bacteria present to cause skin irritation and breakouts. Use a soft cloth to gently slough off dead skin cells that can cause clogged pores and result in pimples.

2. Rinse the skin on your face with warm water and dry with a clean towel.

3. Heat a damp cloth in the microwave and hold the heated cloth on the site of the skin breakout to open pores and loosen oil plugs or pustules. Since the time needed to heat the cloth in the microwave may vary, begin checking the cloth after 30 seconds to see if it's hot to the touch. Keep the cloth on your face for a couple minutes.

4. 

   Facial masks deep-clean the pores.

   Dab a facial mask onto the site of the skin breakout. Clay masks are especially effective for removing oil and dirt from clogged pores. Leave the facial mask on the skin until it dries, then wipe off with a damp cloth.

5. Use a pore cleaning strip to remove any blackheads on the skin. Apply the strip, press it against the skin, then pull off to remove the blackhead.

6. Treat pimples with benzoyl peroxide by dabbing some on once or twice a day.

Tips & Warnings

• Remove redness from pimples by putting one drop of eye drops made for reducing redness on the pimple.

• Squeezing pimples can scar the skin. See a dermatologist for severe skin breakouts or proper treatment of pimples instead of squeezing and picking.

References

• Ladies Home Journal: How to Get Rid of a Pimple
• Ayushveda: Home Remedies for Blackheads