The Many Intriguing Cures for Acne

(not sure if they will work, because well, I never tried them) And I never had reason to try them because I have never suffered from acne very much, though no doubt some of you vain, frilly ladies (and some gentlemen) may think differently. After doing some research (for a school assignment) I discovered that I too was an unknowing sufferer of acne! D: I have a few (actually, quite a lot) of white heads on my forehead, and black heads on my nose >< Now you all know my secrets!!! Though if you looked at me carefully you had know anyway, so oh, well... Oh, and I also have an occasional pimple or two on my face (usually either on my nose or forehead, though once or twice I had it on my cheeks). According to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, acne is a common skin disease that causes excessive 'oiling' or 'sebuming'... (sebum is the human body's natural oil) which clogs up your pores and gives you blackheads, whiteheads and painful pimples. The blackheads, I believe, (I did not really read through carefully) is caused by *gasp* rancid oil clogging your pores!!! EWWWWWW... I am not really sure what whiteheads are, but the site said that it was a collection of skin and oil... what does that mean? 


Anyway... coming to the topic of my blogpost. I was researching home remedies, what you could find in your own home that you could put on your acne to make it go away. Well, I guess I hit on normal stuff like toothpaste and baking soda and lime... but there are other things :)


YOUR OWN URINE...


Some people actually tried it, and it worked :o if the internet is actually to be trusted. There was this guy, I think it was on www.homeremedies.com, he or she (come to think of it) collected some of the urine and dabbed it on the pimples with a cotten bud. AND IT WORKED! *GASP* Well... I don't really have the right to speak, but even if I had a severe case of acne, with acne all down to my butt, h*ll, no way am I going to do THAT!


Garlic


Yuck. Having that smell lingering all over your face after applying it. Apparently it works because it has anti-inflammatory (however you spell the word) properties and will stop your acne from becoming all red and puffy... ah, but do not despair. Apparently mint (I am not sure what species) works just as well.All hail mint!


Apple Cider Vinegar


I dunno about the Westerners, but seeing this on the list gave me quite a turn. Applying vinegar to our face...BATHING with it. OMGosh. I was most skeptical regarding this 'cure' because I had learnt in school that it was the acidity of the sebum that made your acne inflamed. What good would it be to apply vinegar, which probably has a pH level of 3 or something along there? But a lot of people, all Westerners, I believe, are willing to swear by it. I guess there must be something behind this. Okay, colds, fevers, body odour, acne... Is this some sort of miracle cure? I, a South East Asian, seriously doubt it. But you never know, maybe the genetic make up of the Westerners help them. Weird people, them. 


There are some other stuff, I suppose, many of them include recipes, some Chinese, some African, other cultures... I believe some of them involved... ummm... stuff, you can imagine, huh?


Oh, and I discovered some interesting stuff. Did you know, the Greek Philosophers Aristotle and Socrates actually wrote about acne? Some of the Pharaohs of Egypt actually suffered from acne. Hehe~ and the ancient Romans believed it was contagious. Imagine, I wonder what would have happened if they decided to keep all acne-sufferers at bay like lepers. They had probably become extinct, because all the teenagers would have it! HAHAHAAHHAAAA... okay, not funny, but still...

Feeling Gloomy

I am feeling gloomy. It's not an emotion I tend to take much notice of unless I am bored, but there it is, I am in fact quite busy right now, yet I feel so gloomy... Not the pleasant, gloomy feeling you get on a sunless or rainy day. It's the I am so lonely, so aimless sort of gloomy I am feeling now. Perhaps it is because I just miss my friends at school. I miss acting the unpredictable one, the one that never acts in the way other people want, the one that says the most remarkably silly things that some people seem to think is AWESOME, and say so... I feel so flattered, then. I even miss having homework and stuff like that. I even miss my TEACHERS. Gosh... sometimes I wish I had tuition. Sometimes... is this human nature? Why are we so confusing? I have been trying for a long time to robotify myself, without success. Whenever I feel I may have succeeded, something crops up and I burst out laughing or crying... What am I TALKING about?! I am gloomy and DEPRESSED! Life is MONOTONOUS this hols... MONOTONOUS!