Those are a lot of great ideas. I discovered an overnight acne treatment. Make a wet paste of water and Comet and dab it on any pimples. It disinfects as it soaks in, and it draws out impurities (like a mud mask) as it dries.

Zotron wrote:Those are a lot of great ideas. I discovered an overnight acne treatment. Make a wet paste of water and Comet and dab it on any pimples.  It disinfects as it soaks in, and it draws out impurities (like a mud mask) as it dries.

I wonder if that actually works. I have tried a lot of acne treatments but sadly, they only work for a short amount of time or not at all. Mainly because I may not have bacterial but perhaps hormonal which has almost no cure for at all.

Sure it works. Well, it has worked for me. Maybe the hormonal thing just means a lowered resistance to infection. Acne is just bacteria that has gotten into a pore in the skin and has begun to multiply. I saw "disinfectant" on the Comet can and thought "Hm. What the heck? Worth a try."

Alright, I will keep that in mind. The most famous ingredient is baking soda but I don't know if it did anything for me. I have tried a lot of things but I did the math in my head. If it is hormonal, then the anti-bacterial ingredients won't work. So, I just quite putting a bunch of stuff on my face and just wash it with soap and water as usual and see if it does any good.

I've never heard of using baking soda, but I bet it is because it has a drawing effect. Like blotting. If there is something dry and porous on the skin, any liquid under the skin will be drawn into it. I'm sorry to hear that you have had that kind of problem. It must be especially hard for a girl. I never had a problem with a lot of acne, but when I was a teenager, I had a boil on my chin. That is like a pimple from hell. The whole side of my face swole up.

Zotron wrote:I've never heard of using baking soda, but I bet it is because it has a drawing effect. Like blotting. If there is something dry and porous on the skin, any liquid under the skin will be drawn into it. I'm sorry to hear that you have had that kind of problem. It must be especially hard for a girl. I never had a problem with a lot of acne, but when I was a teenager, I had a boil on my chin. That is like a pimple from hell. The whole side of my face swole up.

I am sorry that you went through that.
Baking soda does draw out the dirt and is supposed to help clear up acne. I have heard that it does help some people. I am working on other techniques that might help me in my situation. Thank you for your suggestion though. I actually might consider trying it sometime.

Wow, I forgot all about this conversation we had about acne. <That sounds like such a teen term, but I had a pre-pimple on my temple last night. Kind of an under-the-skin red swelling. I put a dab of Comet paste on it and this morning there was only dried Comet. I knew you had a Beauty/Skin Hack section, and I was going to post about my overnight cure, then I saw all those posts.
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So, yeah, anyway, yeah, it works.

I have still never tried that but I might one day. My face is kinda healing or almost completely scare and acne free (lets hope I don't jinx it now). I had one appear near my mouth at the beginning of the week so I placed some raw honey on a band-aid and put it on my pimple overnight. After that I was able to get rid of it and it is now slowly going away and I am thankful for it too.

There are tons of things you can do to treat acne, however, it may not work for some people since not everyone has the same skin type. Some is more sensitive than others which is why it is always recommended to do a patch test before you start applying it to your entire face just in case it breaks you out more, causes irritation, causes more oil to form, or causes any discomfort.

I think the mouth thing was probably what I've heard referred to as an ulcer. It's not really an infection but kind of a bruise or break in the skin. Like maybe you bit your cheek or the inside of your lip. Anyway I'm sorry you had that and I'm glad it went away.
This is pretty much off-topic, (more in the realm of "Precognitive Dreams") but a few months ago I was having dreams where I had a really painful sore inside the center of my bottom lip. Those were the only dreams I ever had where I had real pain in dreams. Anyway I got an ulser inside my lip. I haven't had those dreams anymore.

I have had dreams similar to that. Not exactly pain but when I was younger, and still losing my baby teeth, I had one that was really loose and about to come out until one night I dreamt I had something round in my mouth. I think it was one of those grey round and small things that you use in fishing. I think it had something to do with fishing but anyways, when I woke up my tooth came out and I was "chewing" on that like I was "chewing" on something in my dream.

But, this is getting a bit off-topc though. I have heard of the many different types of Pimples like Cysts and whatnot. But, I don't think pimples are similar to sores. I think it could have been something to do with Hormones since mine doesnt like me and it prefers to make me break out quite often but I have many remedies that can help me treat it that normally works.

That was a cute dream. (yeah, off-topic, but who's gonna make us stand in the corner?)
I know it's been over a year, but in a previous post I said that pimples are just infections caused by bacteria getting in skin pores. The hormone thing  is probably about lowering resistance to infection.
I'm glad that you mostly got it under control.

I was just re-reading and I saw that you said "near" your mouth. I'm sorry. Maybe a ghost flew by and blurred it. Or I was just reading too fast.