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Home Remedies for Blackheads 1 - Mix one fourth cup of hot water and one teaspoonful of Epsom salt with 4 drops of iodine. Combine and allow cooling. Dip a cotton ball and apply to the blackhead and surrounding region. When paste is dry gently remove with a clean cloth.
Home Remedies for Blackheads 2 - Extract juice of one lemon and mix with equal quantity of rose water. Apply face and let it stay for about 1/2 hour. Wash the face with clean water.
Home Remedies for Blackheads 3 - Mix up together 1 or 2mls each of the following: witch hazel, tea-tree and sweet fennel essential oils, adding essential oil of geranium for women and essential oil of rosewood for men. Mix up with 300mls of water. Mix previous to use, as the oils will float on top of the water during storage. Apply affected areas with cotton wool two or three times a day.
Some other Home Remedies for Blackheads
# Make a scrub of salt, lemon and honey; yogurt can also be added to it. Scrub the face for 5-10 minutes and afterward wash the face and pat it dry.
# Apply a paste of fresh methi (fenugreek) leaves over the face nighttime for 10-15 minutes and washed with lukewarm water.
# Use a mask base powder, such as fullers earth or kaolin powder. Use clean water to make a paste. Mix 1 heaped teaspoon of base powder to 3 drops of necessary oil. Add approximately 2 tbs of the water in, to make a fluid yet balanced paste. Essential oils to add in the mask either one by one or try smaller amounts together; cypress oil one drop, lemon oil two drops, sage oil 1 drop.
# Make a solution of one and 1/2 cup of warm water and half tbs of boric powder. Dip one face napkin in the solution and pat on the face for a short time. Afterward massage the face with a cotton ball.
# Make solution with 1 cups of warm water and 1/2 tbs of boric powder. Saturate a face napkin in this hot solution and press on to the skin, repeat it two times. Take out blackheads carefully with a blackhead extractor and sterilized cotton wool. The blackhead extractor you use should be a sterilized one. Apply astringent lotion.
# Make paste of 5gm piece of red sandalwood (Rakta Chandan) and turmeric made with milk and apply on the affected region.
# Mix small quantity of vinegar and salt in a bowl. Pour a little bit in your hand and apply it on the pimples. Soak a face towel in it and apply to bumps. Wait for 15-20 minutes and wash it.
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