Video: How to Get Rid of Whiteheads

To get rid of whitehead from acne, steam the face and use the ring fingers to wiggle the pustule from the follicle, or use a blemish dissolver to draw the infection from the follicle. Consider using a product with citric acid and exfoliating properties to reduce whiteheads with help from a makeup artist in this free video on applying makeup.

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I'm Kelli I'm an aesthetician and make up artist at Ulta Salon and Cosmetic and I'm going to tell you how to get rid of whiteheads. Basically what a whitehead is, it's a pustule. It's dirt, debris and oil within a pore that's become infected by acne bacteria and formed a pustule on the surface of the skin. So one thing that you can do is you can actually steam the face and then take your ring fingers and actually do a wiggling motion and help to remove that pustule from the follicle. Another thing that you can do is use some really good antibacterial products and antibacterial cleansers that's going to help to kill the acne bacteria and help to pull that pustule out of the follicle as well. You can also use a blemish dissolver, something that has sulfur in it is a really great product to help with whiteheads. Sulfur is a drawing agent so it's going to help to draw any infection out of the follicle. Also anything with citric acid that's going to give you an antibacterial property as well as a exfoliating property and you can also use anything with salycidic acid that's a drawing agent as well. So those are some tips of things that you can do to get rid of whiteheads or pustules.

How to Get Rid of Whiteheads

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