12 Simple Home Concoctions for Treating Acne Scars

Looking for a cheap yet effective way of how to treat acne scar?
Here are some things that you can concoct in the comfort of your
own home:

1. Squeeze the juice out of fresh lemons or limes. Apply the
juice directly on your acne scars using a cotton ball. Let your
skin soak up the lemon juice for a while before washing it off
with water. Lemon juice improves the appearance of dark acne
scars and blemishes by lightening them.

2. Mix sandalwood with a few drops of rosewater to make a paste.
The sandalwood and rosewater paste can be used as a facial mask
and can be directly applied on the scarred area. Leave the paste
on for more than an hour. Wear it overnight if you can. Wash off
completely with water. This is an effective method of how to
treat acne scar because of sandalwood’s soothing and cooling
effect on the skin.

3. Slice up a tomato and place it over your face. Tomatoes are
rich in vitamin A that hinders overproduction of sebum that
causes acne. Vitamin A also has antioxidant qualities that
refreshes and renews scarred and damaged skin.

4. Olive oil does not only improve the taste of food, but can
also improve the appearance of acne scars. Massage olive oil on
the scarred skin. Olive oil has a moisturizing quality that
softens the skin’s texture and reduces visibility of acne scars.

5. Honey is another natural moisturizer that can help in
treating acne scars. You can use honey as a mask or orally take
a specially formulated honey acne scar treatment.

6. To treat acne scars, use this mixture as a face mask: 1
tablespoon of sour cream, 1 tablespoon of yogurt, 1 tablespoon
of oatmeal, and a few drops of lemon juice. Pat the mixture onto
acne scars, leave on for 10 minutes, and rinse off.

7. A popular way of how to treat acne scar is to use a face mask
made out of tomatoes and cucumbers. These two combined can
greatly reduce the visibility of acne scars. Using a tomato and
cucumber face mask also tightens the pores of the skin giving it
a nice, even texture.

8. To get a quick relief from acne scars, rub some ice cubes in
a pack on the affected area. This soothes the irritated skin and
also shrinks the size of pores.

9. Fenugreek is an effective solution to how to treat acne scar.
You can make a paste out of fenugreek leaves and use it as a
face mask. You can also boil Fenugreek seeds in water and use
the solution on acne scars after it cools down.

10. Saturate a cotton ball with a few drops of acne-fighting
essential oil such as lavender oil. Apply it on acne scars at
least two times a day.

11. Use cucumber juice or fresh cucumber paste as a face mask.
Cucumber soothes inflammation, refreshes the skin, and heals
acne scars.

12. Egg whites are a cheap yet effective way of how to treat
acne scar. Dab some egg whites onto acne scars using a cotton
ball and leave on overnight to prevent acne and treat acne
scars.

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