Black spots on my face, chin and back have been haunting me since I was 13 years old. The only period when my face, one might say, shone with beauty, all the pores were tightened, ALL the acne disappeared from my back was a difficult year in 2005, when I was being treated for tuberculosis and my body was filled with antibiotics, vitamins, harmful bacilli, etc... But this is different story.
How to get rid of comedones as quickly as possible, why pores don’t want to shrink, what to change in your diet, what foods to eat more, what masks and homemade tonics to use so that your face always shines with freshness, is clean and smooth. Read about everything in the article that the author Lyudmila prepared especially for you.
Causes of comedones - what you didn’t know
When we look carefully at the causes of acne, we immediately see ways out of the problem. It is important to approach treatment comprehensively. To be honest, I’m already very tired of this “integrated approach” that cosmetologists and dermatologists so often talk about. I would like to ask what exactly needs to be done to get rid, preferably quickly and permanently, of acne.
So, in order, the reasons for the appearance of comedones and the solution.
| Cause | Solution |
| Irregular and improper skin care. Using cosmetics that are inappropriate for your skin type, insufficient cleansing, etc. | Determine your facial skin type. We choose high-quality care products: tonic, cream, scrub and decorative cosmetics. We carry out daily cleansing procedures. We make masks 2-3 times a week. |
| Heredity. The presence of comedones in mom or dad can lead to acne in their children. | The cause cannot be eliminated. Only constant prevention can help, which will prevent the appearance of acne. |
| Unbalanced diet, with a predominance of fats and carbohydrates, as well as consumption of fried and spicy foods. | We are reviewing the diet. We remove all harmful foods that only give a pleasant sensation in the mouth, but provoke disruptions in the body’s functioning. |
| Diseases of the stomach, intestines, pancreas. Malfunctions of the endocrine system, problems with gynecology. | We make an appointment with doctors and undergo a full examination. In fact, in half of the cases, acne is only a consequence of the body not working correctly. The skin is one of the cleansing organs of our body, like the kidneys and lungs, and takes on all the work if other systems do not have time to rid the body of toxins. And you can simply check this using the example of women who smoke. They quit smoking and their acne goes away. Why? Yes, everything is simple - the lungs begin to work at full strength, the skin is saturated with oxygen and can already cleanse itself. |
| Stress and overwork | Do we already understand what to do here? Rest, walks, good thoughts after watching a comedy, trips to the park, forest, etc. Don’t forget about sex... |
| Hormonal imbalance | We go to the doctor, get tested for hormones and correct this famous background either with medication or with home remedies. This method works great for women who have long since left adolescence and are not currently pregnant. |
| Long-term use of certain groups of drugs. | Buy a glucometer if you care... knowing your sugar level is very useful, and sometimes even vital. |
| Geographical and environmental factors, such as high humidity or polluted atmosphere. |
Of all the listed reasons, only three are practically impossible for us to eliminate. This is the general ecology of our place of residence, what we inherited from mom and dad, i.e. heredity and long-term use of medications. In these cases, we can use prophylaxis to completely remove comedones from the face and neck. In other cases, it is quite possible to completely cure your skin of blackheads and acne, and then only carry out prevention.
How to get rid of comedones on the back
You can remove comedones from your back both in the salon and at home. In the salon, cleaning the skin on the back is carried out both by squeezing and pulling with a needle and a Vidal loop, a Uno spoon, and tweezers. Before this, the skin is exfoliated using a scrub and the back is steamed with a cream or mask with the appropriate effect.
At the end of the procedure, the back is treated with an antiseptic, and anti-inflammatory agents and soothing ointments or lotions are applied to it, as well as a mask to improve the functioning of the sebaceous glands.
Cosmetologists can also remove comedones with the help of peelings, for example, glycolic peeling using retinoic acid.
At home, baths with sea salt, a clay mask, and lotions prepared with medicinal herbs help remove comedones. Coffee body scrubs are effective.
After steaming in a bath or sauna, you can remove the comedone yourself by prying it with a sterile needle. The eel is squeezed out from the edges to the center. Next, proceed as you would when cleaning leather in a salon.
But even after clearing my back of acne, the sebaceous glands did not start working properly. To get a permanent effect, you must adhere to the cleansing procedure for at least three months; a visit to an endocrinologist and gastroenterologist remains mandatory, as well as checking your hormonal levels.
A bath of string and celandine is the best remedy for comedones on the back
The course of treatment consists of 10 baths, taken every other day. Along with warm baths, you need to drink a herbal infusion and make lotions from celandine or string several times a day. In three weeks, your skin will be completely cleansed and the sebaceous glands will stabilize. What to do.
- Pour 1 cup of crushed celandine herb (bought at the pharmacy) into a large saucepan and fill with 4 liters of cold water.
- Place on the stove, bring to a boil, but do not boil.
- Remove from the stove, wrap in a blanket, blanket, anything to keep it warm and leave for 1 hour.
- We draw a bath of water, temperature no higher than 40 degrees.
- Strain the broth and pour it into the bath.
- Enjoy in the hot bath for 10-15 minutes.
- Rinse with warm water.
These procedures must be carried out 10 times. Please do not stop taking baths if in a week the comedones disappear from your back and face, and it seems to you that everything is forever. Treatment regimen:
- 10 baths for 10-15 minutes. in the first 20 days.
- Then 1 bath once a week for 20 minutes.
If you are allergic to celandine, use a warm bath with a decoction from a set of herbs. Take:
- Celandine - 1 tablespoon;
- Valerian root - 2 tbsp. spoons.
- 3 tbsp. spoons of St. John's wort;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of succession;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of meadow clover;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of calendula.
- 2 tbsp. spoons of creeping thyme.
Pour the collection with 3 liters of cold water, bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for up to 5 minutes. Leave for 30 minutes, add to a warm bath. Take a bath for 15-20 minutes. In addition to comedones, baths with medicinal herbs help get rid of psoriasis at an early stage.
Make lotions from the same infusions. After I prepared the saucepan for the bath, I took 50 grams of infusion from it and, in my free time, wiped my face and back with a cotton swab. If it was a day off, the number of such wipes could reach 5-7, but on work days I only had time to wipe in the morning and evening.
How to get rid of comedones on the face and chin - simple rules
Comedones on the face can be treated in various ways. Common salon procedures.
Mechanical facial cleansing is done in the same way as removing comedones on the back. Ultrasonic cleaning is less painful and at the same time effectively exfoliates the upper layers of the dermis. Here, under the influence of ultrasound, the contents of the ducts are brought out.
Vacuum cleansing, where a special attachment is passed over the skin of the face, is slightly less effective. In this case, sebaceous plugs are sucked out of the pores. Expensive, but very effective cleaning with a laser beam, read all the details about laser peeling here... Peeling also eliminates comedones on the face. It is similar to this procedure on the back.
As for most cosmetic products, they can be used without the supervision of a dermatologist or cosmetologist. A mask based on inexpensive blue clay helps to disinfect your facial skin and cleanse it of comedones. Tea tree oil copes well with facial inflammation and effectively eliminates comedones.
Types (closed, open)
There are two types of comedones: open comedones, the so-called blackheads, and closed comedones, which appear as white pimples.
Open comedones are formed when sebum, dust, dead dermal cells, and cosmetic residues accumulate in the follicles and pores. They clog the pore like a plug, the upper part of which oxidizes under the influence of oxygen, after which it becomes black and looks like a black dot on the skin. Such comedones are the least dangerous and traumatic for the skin, but they must be gotten rid of and treated.
Closed comedones, unlike the previous version, do not have a point where sebum comes to the surface, as they are located under the upper layer of the epithelium. They have the appearance of white balls or nodules that rise above the surface of the skin. A decrease in the production and content of linoleic acid in the tissues of the epidermis leads to a decrease in the protective properties of the dermis and an increase in the acidity of the sebum produced by the skin.
In combination, these factors provide a favorable environment for the proliferation of pathogenic microorganisms:
- propionbacteria;
- siaphylococcus;
- fungi.
comedones in the photo
In this case, inflammatory processes can develop in the body, both in the closed comedones themselves and in the surrounding tissues of the epidermis, purulent acne can form, the lesions of which are painful, unaesthetic and can form abscesses and boils. After such lesions, in most cases, uneven skin, scars and scars remain, which can only be eliminated by resorting to cosmetic procedures and the help of specialists.
Localization of comedones of any type is possible on the surface of the entire body, but is mainly found on the forehead, nose, cheeks, chin, upper back and on the surface of the chest. When acne appears, it is necessary to carry out treatment that will get rid of the problem and bring the skin to normal condition.
Personal experience - the best homemade masks for comedones on the face and back
An effective cosmetic product is Israeli-made Holy Land lotion. It is effective for closed comedones. I use this lotion from time to time. To remove acne from oily skin, the German Ancomega cream, which contains AHA acid, is suitable.
Israeli Tapuach drops, containing many different plant extracts, soften comedones. I have not used this drug, so I will not give my opinion, I am based on the experience of my girlfriends.
Scrubs
You can quickly get rid of black pimples and spots on your face by resorting to simple and affordable home treatments. Scrubs have a versatile effect. They cannot be used often, as the skin may be injured, which will lead to irritation and worsening of the rash. For oily dermis, the procedure is carried out 3 times a week, for combination skin - every 5 days, for dry skin - 2 times a month. The best peeling for dry skin, read here...
The procedure for using homemade scrubs is as follows. The composition is prepared in advance according to the recipe. Cosmetics and dirt are removed from the skin either with hydrophilic oil, or facial wash, or micellar water. Using a decoction of medicinal herbs, the face is steamed over a bath. Next, rub the composition into problem areas using circular movements. At the end of the procedure, you need to wash your face with warm water and apply a cream appropriate to its type on the dermis. Read all the details about home peeling
Coffee scrub for comedones on the face and back
The coffee scrub, intended for aging skin, contains the following ingredients: 2 tbsp. l. coffee grounds, 3 tbsp. l. honey and 1 tbsp. l. lemon juice. This composition can be stored for a long time without refrigeration. Mix all the products until smooth, and carefully clean your face and back along the massage lines.
The second recipe is based on coffee. Coffee grounds, sour cream, oatmeal 1 tbsp. spoon, mix until smooth.
Salt peeling for comedones on the back and chest
Salt scrub is suitable for oily skin if it does not cause irritation. Contains 1 chicken egg white, beaten cold until thick foam, to which 2 tbsp. medium-ground sea salt and baking soda in the amount of 1 tsp.
Walnut
A nut scrub can be used for any skin. When preparing it, rice and any nuts are ground in a coffee grinder and mixed with honey. As an alternative, I used nut scrub from Faberlic. The effect is almost the same, 250 ml jars. enough for 2 weeks for peeling the face and back.
Acne on the tip of the nose is removed with Rice Scrub. Rice is poured with half a glass of warm milk, kept for 4 hours and ground until smooth.
Gelatin mask for acne
You can keep your facial skin clean using multi-component or single-component masks, which you alternate and do 1-2 times a week. A homemade gelatin film mask adheres well to sebaceous plugs in the pores of a pre-steamed face. When preparing it, gelatin is soaked for 30 minutes in milk or water and heated until dissolved. Next, crushed activated carbon (1-3 tablets) is added to it. The mixture, cooled to room temperature, is applied to the face with a brush and left until completely hardened. Then carefully steam and remove. Read all gelatin masks for rejuvenation .
Egg mask for comedones
An effective folk method is a protein mask that hardens on the face. Beat egg whites with sugar and apply the mixture to the face in 2 additions. A good remedy is masks made from pharmaceutical chamomile, oatmeal and soda, kefir-honey, kefir-oatmeal. For vegetable masks, cucumbers, zucchini, and carrots are used; for fruit masks, strawberries and pineapple are used. The masks are applied for a few minutes and then washed off.
It is useful to wipe your face with a tonic prepared at home, for example, lemon or grapefruit juice mixed with water.
Pharmacy drugs
Medicines to combat comedones should be used exclusively as prescribed by a dermatologist. The doctor must conduct an external examination and rule out pathologies that could cause the rash.
Most often, the following pharmaceutical products are used to eliminate closed comedones:
- Zenerite. This cream contains antibacterial and drying ingredients. With its help it is possible to cope with acne. The active component of the drug is erythromycin. It is worth considering that you should not constantly use this substance, since it can lead to microflora resistance.
- Skinoren . This gel contains azelaic acid and is suitable for long-term use. The antiseptic components of the substance do not cause resistance in bacterial microorganisms. The drug has a slightly acidic pH, which helps soften the epithelium. The skin becomes thinner and it is easier to remove gland secretions. Systematic use of Skinoren helps to successfully cope with closed comedones.
- Substances containing retinoic acid. This component is present in various drugs. Domestic retinoic ointment is considered an affordable remedy. You can also find an effective foreign gel on sale - adapalene. When the density of rashes is small, such preparations are applied pointwise. In advanced cases, you have to cover your entire face.
- Ichthyol ointment . This product is highly effective, but has a very specific aroma. It is best to apply the ointment before bed. In the morning, the product must be washed off. If there is an average intensity of rashes, it is enough to use the drug for 3-4 days.
- Zinc ointment. This drug is accessible. It is recommended to apply it pointwise to each element of the rash. It is not recommended to use the substance for prophylactic purposes.
- Salicylic ointment. This product has an acidic reaction. Therefore, it has antiseptic and keratolytic properties.
In addition to topical remedies, your doctor may prescribe medications to strengthen your immune system. Colon cleansing substances can also be used. In addition, vitamin and mineral complexes are often used.
