Home Remedies to Remove Blackheads

Blackheads are also called open comedones, Blackheads, are follicles that have a wider than normal opening. All home remedies for acne are enhanced by proper vitamin and mineral supplementation. First of all, when it develops it's called whiteheads - but as they come into contact with the atmospheric oxygen, a chemical reaction takes place and the mixture darkens and turns to blackheads.
You identify these black spots on the nose, ears or anywhere else on the body. These are embedded into the pores of the skin and therefore, they the treatment for blackheads mainly work on the principle of cleaning those pores and purifying the blood.
The blackheads can occur at any age but particularly, they affect teenagers and adolescents.
This could be due to lot of hormonal changes in their body and they also tend to use plenty of different cosmetic products in the makeup.

Some of the known home remedies for treating blackheads:

• One can put toothpaste on the blackhead before you go to bed. This helps reducing the swelling if kept overnight. But, make sure that it is the paste not the gel.

• Make a paste of ground radish seeds with water and apply on face to remove blackheads.

• Prepare a mixture of corn flour with egg white and apply on face. 
Let it dry completely for 1/2 hour. 
Dip your hands in warm water and massage your face and wash off. This when repeated regularly gives you a smooth skin. 

• One of the great home-remedies for blackhead described in Ayurveda is applying a paste of fresh methi (fenugreek) leaves on the affected area every night for about 10-15 minutes and then rinsing it with lukewarm water. 
This will prevent blackhead as well as wrinkles.

• One can also place strawberry leaves on the blackhead, the alkalinity helps to reduce the swelling and cleanse the pores those are blocked.

• Good remedy for blackhead is extracting juice of one lemon and mixing it with equal quantity of rose water. An application of this mixture on the face and let it stay for about ½ hour. Rinse the face with fresh water afterwards. The treatment should be continued for about 15 days so that it will reduce blemishes, blackheads and scars.

• Another method to get rid of blackhead is to massage the face with the bark of fresh lemon before washing with lukewarm water.

• One can also apply fresh mint juice on the affected area every night for the treatment of blackheads, insect stings, eczema, and scabies.

• To prevent blackheads, one should eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. Minimum five servings of fruits and vegetables are to be included in the diet. 
All blackhead home remedies should include a healthy diet.

• Use one tsp. of lemon juice and one tsp. of ground cinnamon as a scrub. repeat this everyday in the mornings for about a half month to see differences.

• Make a solution of one and a half cup of hot water and half tablespoon of boric powder. 
Dip one face napkin in the solution and pat on the face for sometime. 
Later rub the face with a cotton ball. This is a very useful blackheads remedy.

• Jojoba oil is a good moisturizer for skin used after scrubs to remove blackheads and whiteheads.

These are some best tips to remove blackheads and whiteheads at home naturally.