Toothpaste on acne!
 

So I heard on here on the General Discussion Forums topics that toothpaste apparently works amazingly on acne that you need to go away as soon as possible..
So I had this terrible pimple last week on my chin, I rubbed some Colgate toothpaste on it and left it there for a minute, and KAZZAMO, it was dry in the morning. I kind of just picked it off, and it was gone. :)
And I have been using it on my other acne on my cheek/forehead as well. Does anyone else do this regularly as well? ^ ^ ;;

No, that never worked on me -- my skin is super sensitive -- I can't even use regular soap on my face...

Damn, I am sorry.. >>
Yeah, I can not use soap-bar soap on my face, either.. it dries it out sooo bad... =_____="

I used to use toothpaste or vodka to dry out acne. Worked very well. I was lucky though and very rarely got zits, so didn't have to use it often.

That's weird...I didn't know toothpaste could do that o.o

That's a terrible waste of vodka. xD

You think? I wash my hair with beer! :vicky:

The American in me is intrigued; the German and Dutch in me is horrified!

After I wash it with shampoo, I use beer as a conditioner -- it gives great volume to your hair. I don't do it all the time, but when I do, I love the results (and I guess it gives a great excuse to keep beer in the bathroom)...

Organic coconut oil is great for silky hair. Only use a little though.

I heard it works on Ipods too~ > . >...

Queenie: LOL. I meant..the cracks in the screen. xD I should of specified.

Honestly, the best way to keep away acne if it's a problem is to either wash your pillowcase regularly (about as often as you do laundry, if not more so for those lazy people) and/or lay a clean towel on your pillow and sleep on it. A lot of the bacteria that causes acne is caused by a dirty sleeping surface. Of course, it helps to wash your face before sleep as well, not just in the morning. ^.^
I used to have terrible acne, but this really helped, and your face doesn't even have to smell like cool mint afterward.

But who DOESN'T want their face to smell like cool mint? ;)

''i heard this a while back when my auntie saw an article in a beauty magazine saying Jackie Chan swears by this method! LOL! Well, naturally being a family who practically worships Asian stars, my mom made my sister and I try it. It sort of worked for my sister lessening her pimples but for me, my experience was horrible because I left it on for one night, the pimple dried up and then there was a huge burn scar on my face!!! The toothpaste had well, burnt the skin on my face. So there was s inking circular spot on my cheek which was far worse than having a pimple. And it hurt really bad and took a much longer time to heal >.<

After that experience, I definitely never continued with putting anything that was not zit cream directly on my acne...

Moogle: I've never tried it personally! D: At your own risk!

I haven't heard that toothpaste could do that, I wish I had known this in middle school. I had horrible acne and a lot of the stuff I used didn't work until the doctor prescribed me some stuff. Now that I know this, I can use it on the occasional zit I get.

Toothpaste never worked that well for my acne. I have, however, been using this mint masque, and it looks and smells a bit like toothpaste, and I've been using that on my acne. :lol: It's working somewhat well.

I also do the towel-on-the-pillow thing that Lizabeth Storm mentioned. I'm still breaking out a little bit, but I think it's gone down some. If nothing else, my face isn't so greasy when I wake up!

maybe, Dx ok ok.. I have a bad habbit of forgetting to wash my face :C

I never found toothpaste works for me. I use tea tree oil instead. However, they are both astringents. I think tea tree oil is better, because of its antiseptic qualities.