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post #61 of 758
10/27/06 at 2:50am
Yesterday I washed with aspirin and honey together at the same time. Wow! It's just fantastic. Only problem was I used what was supposed to be a tiny bit of warm water to dissolve the aspirin, and it made it too watery, a pain to apply. So I will try it again with just aspirin and honey. I think I'll suggest to anyone with acne to do this. I've found a bunch of things which work well, but nothing has worked this well before.

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post #62 of 758
10/27/06 at 3:05am
Would this work on MY DH's acne? He always breaks out, has oily skin, would never use a moisturizer, works in and older dusty business, I asked him if he would try it, he said "uhhhuhhhu" "pretty sticky, how would I wash it off?"

I think he is at the point where he will try anything, except Accutane. He got as far as buying it one time but was too scared of the blood tests every week it required.
post #63 of 758
10/27/06 at 3:14am
I tried it!

I usually have some acne (not terrible), and then monthly, my face breaks out horribly. Well, so far, I've been using the honey once a day in the shower. I think I've used it 4(?) days and in that time, I've only gotten one new zit AND I got my period with no explosion (I think the single zit was because of my period as it showed up today and I got my period last night)! So it's either the honey or a coincidence.

My face feels less dry. I'm confident if I keep using the honey, it'll feel smoother before long!

And since it's feeling healthier already, I've been confident enough to go without foundation for the last 2 days (which is the only make-up I ever wear). Maybe I'll be able to finally ditch the foundation. I'm soooo sick of feeling like I need it to camoflauge the nasties!
post #64 of 758
10/27/06 at 4:19am
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Originally Posted by ilovemy2ds View Post
Would this work on MY DH's acne? He always breaks out, has oily skin, would never use a moisturizer, works in and older dusty business, I asked him if he would try it, he said "uhhhuhhhu" "pretty sticky, how would I wash it off?"

I think he is at the point where he will try anything, except Accutane. He got as far as buying it one time but was too scared of the blood tests every week it required.
Ack. My feeling is, don't do accutane unless your DH has exhausted ALL other options. It permanently alters your body, and has been found to lead to increased depression and suicidual tendencies. I had many friends in college take it, and several had dreadful side effects during the treatment--one basically had a raw crusty face the entire time. All that, and it may not even work!

Maybe using a small amount of honey would make it easier to apply and wash off?

I would also suggest (as I just posted about ) doing an aspirin mask and honey at the same time. Google "aspirin mask" ... it is really very interesting for acne.

Oh whew, I just reread your post and saw that you said except accutane, I musta read "even accutane".
post #65 of 758
10/27/06 at 2:35pm
I do have dry skin/sensitive skin, but today my face and neck has a blotchy rash all over. So I'm thinkin' I'm allergic to the bear. I will get some raw honey and try again. I used warm water, so next time I try it with raw honey I'll use cool water and then because of my dry skin, maybe a little moisturizer. Do you think I can use my EVOO for my mositurizer still?

Shannon
post #66 of 758
10/27/06 at 7:43pm
Okay. I just want to note this down. Last night's experiments showed that aspirin emphatically does not dissolve in honey. So today I experimented with proportions of witchazel (acts just like water but an extra bonus for skin) and honey, to figure out how to keep a nice slow viscocity, but to have something to dissolve the aspirin in. I liked 3:1 honey and witchazel the best.

So I got a 4 oz bottle. In a measuring cup I put in a whole bunch of aspirins on the bottom, and added 1 oz of witchazel. The aspirins dissolved, absorbing the witchazel, so I had to add more witchazel to get it back to 1 oz. Then I added 3 oz of honey, and mixed well, and poured into the bottle.

Unfortunately I then added a few drops of anti-acne eos, which ruined the honey smell. So next time I won't do that. But it should work great on my skin either way.

I know the two stubborn pimples I had on one cheek went away completely with two applications. All my pores are small, my skin is even, and the usual cysts are either nonexistant or very close. And it's so easy to rinse off.
post #67 of 758
10/27/06 at 9:20pm
I tried it on my son too!

DS (21 months) has been having little baby acne break-outs on his cheeks ever since the weather turned cold. He was in the tub with me the other day so I said, "why not?" and rubbed a little on him. His acne cleared up almost overnight!

post #68 of 758
10/27/06 at 10:06pm
Anyone know the risks of using aspirin topically when pregnant? I know ingesting aspirin is a big no-no. I recently googled salicylic acid (aspirin's sibling) the split was 50-50 for it's okay and maybe not.

I have been combining baking soda and honey and that has been working better than honey alone. The honey alone did almost nothing for my acne.
post #69 of 758
10/27/06 at 10:43pm
InstinctiveMama, I dunno. If you start a new thread on it the title will catch more people's attention, somebody must know.
post #70 of 758
10/28/06 at 12:50am
I tried the honey. Sofar no results, but I only washed with it once.

I have a question about the Asprin mask; is it supposed to be kinda chunky? Mine didn't really desolve into a paste for some reason...
post #71 of 758
10/28/06 at 1:19am
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Originally Posted by GiggleBirds View Post
I have a question about the Asprin mask; is it supposed to be kinda chunky? Mine didn't really desolve into a paste for some reason...
It seems like it dissolves into a gritty thin paste, so yes there are little chunks... if it was even more chunky than that, maybe it needs more time to dissolve?
post #72 of 758
10/28/06 at 2:57am
Yeah, it's gritty... I was really tired and couldn't think of the word! "Crispy" was all that came to mind, but that's just silly.
post #73 of 758
10/28/06 at 10:46am
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Originally Posted by PajamaMama View Post
hm, I have a TON of honey (OK, a couple of gallons) and no idea of how to use it all, It just keeps on a-comin' from my CSA. Maybe I will try this! My skin is a mess this pregnancy.
havent read all the posts yet, but honey is also a great conditioner- 1/2 cup honey and 1/4 cup olive oil, let it sit for 30 minutes or longer under a shower cap, and my hair looks and feels awesome
post #74 of 758
10/29/06 at 1:52pm
I'm going to try the honey and olive oil conditioner, thanks for posting it. I've been using ACV, but it's to much conditioner for the scalp which is really oily and not enough for the ends which are dryer and get split easily.
post #75 of 758
10/30/06 at 3:46am
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post #76 of 758
10/30/06 at 4:31am
Seems to be working very well. Most of my blackheads are gone and my skin is much smoother!
post #77 of 758
10/30/06 at 7:03pm
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Originally Posted by GiggleBirds View Post
Seems to be working very well. Most of my blackheads are gone and my skin is much smoother!
I tried it last night and this morning and my skin feels nice. I have blackheads or are they whiteheads around my nose area, what did you do? Did you do a mask? Or just wash?
post #78 of 758
10/30/06 at 10:09pm
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Originally Posted by mamaMAMAma View Post
I tried it last night and this morning and my skin feels nice. I have blackheads or are they whiteheads around my nose area, what did you do? Did you do a mask? Or just wash?
For me too, it helps my skin all over, but it is most effective on blackheads.

I think it helps to do it a few times in a row... just be careful because aspirin can be drying, so you don't want to overdo it, see what's right for your skin. On the other hand if you're mixing it with honey, that might counteract the drying... I haven't had any trouble so far and I'm doing it every night.

I usually do it as a brief mask. I put it on, rub a tiny bit in places that seem to need exfoliation, and then potter around tidying up the apartment, then wash it off. Sometimes I just use it as a wash though. You can also wait til it gets completely dry for maximum penetration.

ETA: And meanwhile the honey helps keep the aspirin dust on the face so it doesn't fall off as it dries.
post #79 of 758
10/30/06 at 10:12pm
mamaMAMAma,

I did it as a mask once and washed with it aswell. During the mask it tingled in a most pleasant way, so I think I will do one everyday!
post #80 of 758
11/1/06 at 10:22pm
I thought I'd give a little progress report. I started using honey 1 week ago today, and I haven't seen any change to the acne on my forehead. In fact, it seems like it hasn't improved at all since my AF breakout. The only difference I did see is that my nose seemed to have fewer blackheads while using the honey.

I can't stand having such painful, red acne on my forehead for so long, so I'm switching back to the Nature's Gate stuff I had been using. I was really hoping honey would finally solve my acne problem, but it didn't seem to help at all. At least with Nature's Gate stuff, my AF breakout gets under control faster and it brings my forehead acne back to normal levels.

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