Acne Solution- Tomato Mask!

Aren’t you sick of the disappointment that you get from buying products after products that always fails to deliver what they promise? Yes, that includes expensive products too.  Not only will the disappointment you get make you more despair of your current situation, it is also a waste of time and money.

I suffered from acne when I was younger too, they started appearing when I was 12 years old and they stayed with me till I was 17 years old. There were times when my skin was cleared up and times when the acne came back. I tried many different kind of medication during the 5 years. When I was on medication, my skin condition improved a lot, it became less oily and is no longer pimple-prone although one or two pimples may still pop up at occasionally but that is fine. However, when I stopped taking my medication, the pimples will start to form again so you can say that it was a on and off thing in that 5 years.

One day, my mother heard that tomatoes are effective in the treating of acne skin and she decided to let me have a go at it.  She bought tomatoes from the supermarket, washes them, puree the tomato in the blender and applied it on my face. (Detailed instructions will be provided below) After doing it every day continuously, in about two week’s time, my skin became fairer, scars started to fade a little and the acne condition was in much better control. (At that point of time my medication ended because I finished the cycle of the medication.) 

Out of curiosity, I decided to find out what is it about TOMATOES that is able to fade scars, make the skin fairer and treat pimples.

Tomatoes are able to fade scars because they are rich in Vitamin A and antioxidant which will help to boost the healing of the acne condition and the reducing/fading of acne scars.  In fact, one of the medications that I was on that worked the best on me was Retinol, a type of Vitamin A. 

Other than being rich in Vitamin A, tomatoes are rich in Vitamin C too! It is also the reason why I realized that my skin became fairer after consistent usage of the tomato masks. Besides that, it also helps to improve skin complexion!

Tomatoes are also rich in vitamin E, iron and potassium which are essential in the nourishing of the skin! After knowing the benefits of tomatoes, don’t you want to know how should it be prepared to be use as a mask?  There are two ways in making tomato masks but I prefer the second way.

First Way

1)      Wash a tomato and dry it with a paper towel.

2)      Cut the tomatoes into slices

3)      Remove the core

4)      Rub the flesh all over your face

5)      After rubbing, leave it on the face for 20-30 minutes.

6)      Rinse off with warm water followed by cold water

7)       TA-DAH! Beautiful skin!

Second Way

1)      Wash a tomato and dry it with a paper towel

2)      Chop them into pieces

3)      Pour them into a blender and puree the tomato in it.  

4)      Apply the puree onto the face and leave it on for 20 – 30 minutes.

5)      Keep the remaining puree in the refrigerator

6)      Rinse off with warm water followed by cold water

7)       TA-DAH! Beautiful skin!

If you do not have a blender in Step 3, you can put the whole tomato inside a clean and dry plastic bag and squash it into a puree state and follow the remaining steps.

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