Blackheads are common on the face, neck, chest and inside the ears, especially affecting teenagers and pregnant women due to hormonal changes that make the skin more oily.
Squeezing blackheads can aggravate the situation, and a blackhead can become an inflamed spine if not handled correctly, so here are seven infallible ways to remove blackheads safely.
1. Exfoliate with Baking Soda
To prepare a simple homemade mask simply mix 2 or 3 tablespoons of Baking Soda with a little water, so as to form a paste. During the bath or after washing the face, use this paste to exfoliate the face, or just the nose if necessary, doing it in circular motions on the forehead, chin, nose, cheekbones and cheeks.
Sodium Bicarbonate will leave your skin soft and smooth, while exfoliation helps in removing impurities and blackheads.
2. Spend a relaxing mask of tomato juice
PO tomato is a great choice for oily and blackheads, as it has an astringent effect on the skin, helping to remove oil and impurities, thus purifying the pores and preventing the appearance of new blackheads.
Ingredients:
- 1 tomato;
- ¼ lemon juice;
- 15 g oat flakes.
Method of preparation:
Beat the ingredients in a mixer until it forms a paste and is ready to use.
This mask should be carefully passed over the face, letting act for 10 to 20 minutes. After this time, gently remove everything with a cotton swab dipped in warm water.
3. Use egg whites
The egg white mask is ideal for the skin with cloves and closed pores, as well as helping remove the blackheads, prevents the appearance of new, reduces oil and moisturizes and nourishes the skin very well, leaving the skin more luminous. In addition, by containing the protein Albumin in its composition, egg white also helps minimize sagging skin, boosting the production of collagen.
Ingredients:
- 2 or 3 egg whites
Method of preparation:
Beat the egg whites before applying to the skin, then brush or gauze and leave to act until dry, eventually removing easily from the face. If you only have cloves in the nose, just apply the mask only in that area.
4. Try green tea
Green tea is a great ally of cosmetics as it helps remove bacteria and impurities from the skin, and is great for treating minor inflammations, helping to maintain skin health.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup boiling water;
- 1 sachet of green tea or 2 teaspoons of dried green tea leaves.
Method of preparation:
Add the sachet or herbs to the cup of boiling water and let stand for 10 minutes. Then remove the sachet or herbs and place the cup in the refrigerator for 30 to 60 minutes until it is ice cold. When the tea is cold, use a brush or sponge on your face.
This mask should act on the face for approximately 15 minutes, then wash the face well after that time.
5. Steam and exfoliate with a toothbrush
If you are suffering from many blackheads in the nose, then this technique is the solution as it helps remove blackheads quickly. So, you should first start by preparing the steam bath for your face. To do this, simply put boiling water in a bowl, on which you must put your face, covering your head with a towel.
This bath and steam should be done for 5 minutes, before starting to remove the blackheads. To remove the nails from the nose, try gently brushing a toothbrush in the regions with blackheads yesterday, brushing the brush in a circular motion without pressing too much. See other techniques for removing blackheads in How to Remove Skin Carnations.
6. Prepare a homemade clay mask
The green clay is known to care for the skin and activate the blood circulation, besides being a powerful cleaning agent for the mixed skin to oily, helping to remove impurities and avoiding the formation of blackheads.
Ingredients:
- 1 glass or plastic pot;
- 1 brush to apply the mask;
- Green clay;
- Mineral water.
Method of preparation:
To prepare, you only need to put in the pot 1 scoop of green clay and a little mineral water, enough to form a paste without diluting too much. After mixing and having the paste, you should pass the mask with the brush on the washed face.
This mask should work for about 20 minutes, then removing all the clay with warm water.
7. Put a honey mask over your face
Lastly, the honey mask is another fantastic choice, which will help remove the blackheads from your face. To prepare this mask, you just need to heat some honey on the fire or the microwave until it gets warm, and then go through a brush or gauze all over the face.
This mask should act on the face for 15 minutes and then be removed with hot water and a towel if necessary.
Honey is known to act as an antibiotic on the skin, thus eliminating bacteria from the face and helping to heal the wounds caused by acne. In addition, the honey will leave your skin moisturized and smooth, removing excess oil, impurities and dirt from the skin.
In addition, changing pillowcases regularly, especially if you have oily skin, is another important tip as the linings easily accumulate the oil produced by the skin, thus becoming a source of oil and impurities.
And do not forget, if you have sensitive or allergy-prone skin, do not make any of these masks without first talking to your dermatologist. Also, avoid removing or squeezing the nails with the nails, as well as being quite harmful to the skin, nails are also a source of dirt and impurities that potentiate the appearance of skin infections.
