Simple Pimple Treatment - Toothpaste

Put toothpaste on your zits.

I've heard of this simple treatment for pimples time and time again, but it was not until recently that it really proved to be an effective solution.

I've actually tried the toothpaste remedy before but as it didn't seem to me to do much in terms of shrinking the pimple, I gave up on it; that is, until I was really desperate.  I hadn't had a pimple in quite some time (which gave me quite a feeling of satisfaction that I was keeping my face quite clean), when lo and behold, a pimple started forming on my chin; and it wouldn't go away early like all my other ones had of recent date.  I haven't had a pimple on my chin for almost a year, I think, so this was also a shocker.  I could not have imagined what brought it on.

But whatever it was, the pimple would not go away.  And I had already tried my whole arsenal of acne treatments:  salicylic acid, zeno acne clearing device, clay mask.  But none would work completely.  I was out of tricks and wished I still had some ProActiv Refining Clay Mask left from years ago.  That stuff always seemed to suck the life out of pimples.  But alas, I did not.  And I wasn't about to go spending money for a big tube of that stuff.

But while I was in the bathroom, it suddenly dawned on me that I hadn't tried toothpaste.  I didn't think it would do much good but I thought I might as well try it since nothing else was making a big impact on the pimple.  And do you know what?  It worked.  I was happily surprised.

My pimple had just been starting to form.  It was in that stage where it hurts and where you can see and feel this hard white mass developing under your skin.  After I applied the toothpaste, and left it on for a few hours, I noticed that a tiny white bubble had formed.  I realized that the toothpaste must have broken through to the pimple and caused some pus to come out.  After I washed off the toothpaste, I realized that the pimple hadn't diminished much in size but that the white pus under the skin had seemed to retreat into balls under their respective pores.  Something that happens further along in the pimple's life span.  I therefore concluded that the toothpaste had helped it along.  Happily then, I applied some more toothpaste and let it set overnight.

When I woke up the next morning and washed my face, I noticed that again there was a white bubble and also that the pimple had now hardened.  It still hurt some so I could not clear it out with my handy skin care tool.  But that was just as well.  I happily applied more toothpaste again so that it would keep drying out the pimple.  And voila, it kept hardening and stopped hurting.  All I needed to do was wait for it to completely dry out and finish its evolution, and then I could either clear it out, or it would fall off of its own accord.

And so I learned, toothpaste really does help treat acne.  It dries the pimple out so that it doesn't get bigger, and speeds up the healing process.  I don't know why it didn't work before except that maybe I used it too late then.  I used to wait until the pimple had already come to a head.  This time I couldn't wait and did it before the pimple rose.  That seemed to help.  Of course, it could just depend on the pimple.  And maybe my other acne arsenal weakened it to the point that it responded to the toothpaste treatment.  In any case, I'd try it again.  It clearly worked this time.