Acne scars can test your patience and mar your
natural good looks. We present five easy fixes for them.
Acne is one of the
biggest banes when it comes to skin. It can happen to anyone, and it has the
tendency to leave behind ugly scars for the world to see. The scars may take
the shape of discolouration, dark patches or depressions in the skin.
The best way to
prevent acne scars is to prevent the occurrence of acne. Eating healthy
food, drinking a lot of water, regular exercise and getting enough sleep are
all conducive to good skin health. But if you still experience acne breakouts
and scars, this is what you can do:
- Daily cleansing and moisturising. Not cleansing and moisturising the skin
every day results in a build-up of dead skin cells, excess oil and dirt on the
skin. Acne develops and leaves scars behind. So instead of letting acne
scars appear, it is better to remove the cause of acne – with daily
cleansing and moisturising.
- Tomato and lemon face pack. Both tomato and lemon have bleaching and
hydrating properties. Both of them can fade acne scars over time. Make a
face pack out of ripe tomato pulp (keep the seeds and the jelly-like substance
around them intact) and add one teaspoon of lemon juice. Mix together and apply
on the face. Once it dries, wash with cold water. Do this daily to reduce the
appearance of scars.
- Orange peel mask. Vitamin C helps to hydrate the
skin and aid cell repair so that it can remove the vestiges of acne scars from
the skin. here’s how you can prepare orange peel: take the peel from a ripe
orange and dry it in strong sunlight. The peel soon becomes brittle. Now pound
the orange peel in a tablespoon of fresh milk and use half a teaspoon of rose
water as well. The peel now forms a paste – refrigerate it overnight and apply
it to the skin first thing after waking up. It removes surface impurities,
prevents the occurrence of acne and removes scars over a period of days.
- Oat scrub. Oily, unclean skin is prone to acne
breakouts. You may drink a lot of water and trust that sweating may remove
toxins from the skin. But you must aid the skin’s cellular repair process by
removing impurities from the surface. Instead of using readymade chemical
scrubs, make one at home using oats. Take two tablespoons of oats and add one
teaspoon of cold milk to it. Rub it evenly over the skin in circular motions to
remove excess oil, dead skin cells and dirt. The skin becomes clearer and
fresher, and the scars also reduce. If you have sensitive skin, grind the oats
to powder before mixing with milk.
- Hydrogen peroxide. This is a sure-fire cure that
will lighten and remove acne scars
permanently. But do not try it if you have sensitive skin or conditions like
eczema. Hydrogen peroxide is a mild acid that has a bleaching action. It goes
to the source of the scar and starts removing the pollutants that cause
scarring on the skin. Take two or three drops of the liquid on a ball of cotton
and apply it evenly on the scars. Leave on for 15 minutes, then rinse with cold
water. Doing this daily will reduce the appearance of scars in just a few days.
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