Hi. I have fairly clear skin, except for
a huge pimple right beside my nose. It
about the size of a dime, but it looks
huge. Ive had it for over a week now. It
never gets white heads or nothin on it,
and it never gets any smaller. And theres
another one under that one thats alittle
smaller.
How long will it take to start to go away?
Is there any way to make em go away
faster?
Ive never had a huge zit like this before,
and now I have 2. I havnt ate any chips,
chocolate, burgerking, mcdonalds, or any
kind of oiley junk food in over 6 months,
and I use an oil free acne wash every
night and morning and usually once during
the day, how do I keep getting zits???
Please help, thanks!
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Kit
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 41 Location: PA, USA
This Should Help. Posted: 08-04-04 10:02am
I would gently keep it clean with a non
abrasive anti bacterial soap. No acne
wash for just a bit. Then use an
astringent on it , letting it dry
completely. Do not rub it! Just pat it
on generously with a cotton ball.
Although it may seem strange to put an oil
base on a greasy looking zit, remember
that all zits, pimples, acne, blackheads,
whiteheads (you get the point) are
infected pores caused by bacteria. Try
putting a thin film of neosporin on it
several times a day.
Do not pick or pop or squeeze it no matter
how tempting it may be. Its on a part
of your face, its very visible and from
the size description it will scar horrible
if you do not completely leave it alone
until the last tiny scab of it goes away
by itself. Do not mess with it or you
will have a pit in your face forever.
Either one of them. If you do not see
some improvement within a week, see a
doctor.
Keep it clean, dab with an astringent, let
dry completely, apply neosporin
(antibacterial ointment)
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miller2190
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 58 Location: GA
Posted: 08-04-04 13:40pm
Ok thanks! I got some neosporin, but
whats an example of an astringent?
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miller2190
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 58 Location: GA
Posted: 08-04-04 21:23pm
And I got some anti-acne gel patches that
you put on overnight. Do you think that
would help?
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Yellowcarddude
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Posts: 14 Location: Behind the Screen
Posted: 08-07-04 15:43pm
Astrigent is a bottle of liquid. You
should be able to get them at your local
grocery store or wherever. It even says
astrigent on the bottle.
An example of an astrigent would be aveeno
or sea breeze.
