1. Keep Your Face Clean
2. Wash Your Hair Often
To keep away from pimples it is not just essential to maintain your face oil free but your hair shall also not be oily. Leaving overnight oil on your hair can cause pimples as the hair touching your face will make your skin oily. Rinse your hair regularly and don't let them fall on your face. Also avoid your cheapest hair products like hair gels, fragrances and deodorants because they can clog up the skin pores leading to pimples.
3. Keep Your Hands Away From Your Face
Touching and popping pimples can only accentuate the problem. Don't let your hands touch your face very often. It can spread bacteria cause infections or moreover pimples which you certainly don't want.
4. Eat Healthy Food
Eating oily and fatty food like chocolates or junk food doesn't do much good to your skin. So you can eat grains, fruits and vegetables which help us to keep healthy and pimples free.
5. Apply Ice
Ice can be used to rapidly reduce the redness, swelling and inflammation of pimples. It helps in improving blood circulation to the affected area and in tightening the skin pores and removing dirt and oil accumulated on the skin. You can use ice cubes or crushed ice whichever is suitable.
- Enfold the ice in a piece of cloth and hold it on the affected area for a few seconds.
- Wait a few seconds and do again the process.
6. Apply Lemon Juice
Another speedy way to throw out the pimples is the use of lemon juice which is rich in vitamin C. Lemon juice helps pimples dry out faster.
- Immerse a clean cotton swab in fresh lemon juice and use it to the pimples before going to bed.
- You can also mix 1 tablespoon of lemon juice with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder and put it on the pimples all night. In the morning, rinse the skin well with lukewarm water.
7. Apply Tea Tree Oil
Tea tree oil is one of the most way for treating acne and pimples. It has the antiseptic properties that help fight the bacteria that cause these skin troubles. And it's soothing properties help us to reduce the redness and inflammation of pimples.
- Just immerse a cotton ball in tea tree oil and touch lightly it on the affected area and wash your face after 15-20 minutes.
- Otherwise mix tea tree oil with 1 tablespoon Aloe Vera and apply it on your pimples and blemishes. Then leave it on for 20 minutes and then wash it off.
8. Apply Honey
Using honey on the face works both as a protective method and as a treatment for pimples. It is a natural antiseptic that soothes and heals the skin. Honey has the antioxidants that can help in reducing the redness over the skin and making it pimple free.
- Apply some honey on your face for 15-30 minutes and then rinse it off.
9. Baking Soda
Baking soda can help you fight against the pimples. It dries the skin removing any extra oil. Baking soda works as an acid and it helps in neutralizing the skins pH.
- Apply a mixture of baking soda and lemon juice on the skin to make it pimple free.
- Otherwise use a mixture of baking soda with water works wonderfully in cleansing and exfoliating your skin.
10. Apply Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera is an anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-septic and astringent and has a lot more useful medicinal properties. It primarily has anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory effect. It can be used to remove pimples. Pulp and juice of Aloe Vera have the unique ability to quickly and easily relieve irritated skin.
- Apply the Aloe Vera mask on the affected area and massage lightly and then leave it on for 15-20 minutes. Then wash with lukewarm water.
11. Use Dermatological Products
If all of these fail then this can be your backup plan. There is a huge type of anti pimple products like face washes,creams, face packs, etc. available in the market in recent times. Find out a product that will best suit your skin type and give it a try. If still your pimples are unlikely to go away then don't hesitate from going to a dermatologist.