Combat Those Pimples - Parsi Times

A pimple on the skin doesn’t leave easily with soaring temperatures. With the right diet, one can achieve one’s goals of a clear complexion. Here are a few tips to a flawless skin:

Cleanse your face with warm water and soap free face-wash.
Apply cleansing milk and rub it in till oil floats. Remove with tap water followed by splashes of cold water.
Your weekly routine would be to steam your face for ten minutes and then apply a pack of sandalwood powder mixed with ‘multanni mitti’ powder. Allow it to tighten for fifty minutes. Wash off with hot water followed by splashes of icy cold water.
Chew a few bitter neem leaves daily and also apply a pack made with the same, if you are not allergic to it.
Dry grind some orange peels when in season and refrigerate. When needed, take out a tablespoon, mix with water and apply.
Mix cinnamon or nutmeg powder with lime juice and apply on the pimples. If your skin is dry, add honey.
Eat cucumber daily and apply its pulp on the pimple.
A combination of Vitamins ‘A’+’C’+’E’ taken once a week is beneficial.
Drink coconut water on a regular basis. You can also freeze it and rub the cubes on your face.
A ripe papaya/tomato paste not only helps in treating pimples but also helps remove marks, wrinkles and dullness in complexion.
Avoid cakes, pastries, chocolates with nuts, butter, cheese, dry fruits, thick spicy curries, junk and fast foods. Substitute aerated waters with limbu-pani, sugarcane juice and rose syrup squash.
Substituting some meals in the week for watermelon or cucumbers will help reduce weight.
A glass of ‘mosambi’ juice daily flushes your system of all impurities and is a great liver cleanser.
The paste of nutmeg, sandalwood powder and rose water helps combat pimples.
Rub a piece of alum on a wet face for a minute. While venturing out, you can apply a sunscreen with SPF 25.
If your skin is red and inflamed, mix rose oil with milk and some powdered oats.
Emotional upheavals, distress, mental tension, anxiety and depression take a toll on your face and pimples. Restore the disturbance with peace.