Quickest way to get rid of spots?

[carriewintermeadow]

Dh has an interview this week, but has developed a cluster of nasty spots, big, red and yuck! What is the quickest way to get rid of them, i.e. in a day or 2?

He's been putting Oxy gel (spot gel for men) on them since Saturday, last night I advised toothpaste, which he did. They do look slightly better this morning. Anything else he can do?

Thanks

MadeMan is right. Salicylic acid is bloody brilliant for clearing spots up quickly. Go get some of [[http://www.superdrug.com/Clearasil/Clearasil-Ultra-Rapid-Action-Pads-x-65/p/143855?gclid=Cj0KEQiA7NyiBRCOhpuCm9Dq6b4BEiQA9D6qhYTE2Wmy1mZDrK0yldfPo2HAONrMhcXcaeEorwd2KjgaAtGi8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds#.VFeqOvmsVqU]]

They have salicylic acid in and are bloody brilliant.

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I discovered, late in life and much to my surprise that SUDOCREAM is the bomb at clearing spots. (pretty sure I learnt that here).

I got a nasty rash of them around one corner of my mouth recently and Sudocream stopped them in their tracks. It is also very effective against the 'painful' ones.

Impressive. Smear thickly onto spots and leave overnight.

Reading this might help, good luck to him!

I use a combination of sudocream, tcp and toothpaste!! Might get some of that neutrogena stuff though...

Quinoderm 10 - over the counter at boots - marvellous stuff!

I read somewhere that a paste made up of cheap aspirin is the best as it's got that salicylic acid or however you spell it in it.

Magnesium sulphate paste. They just vanish.

I have used that Neutrogena gel (as well as a version of the same sort of thing made by Clean and Clear) and it has no effect.

I, too, recently tried Sudocrem and was amazed. I put it on before bed and in the morning the spots were greatly reduced (not erased) and the redness had faded quite a lot.

Wanted to add: the sort of spots I mean are the painful hard lumps that eventually come to a head most of the time and hang around a long time. I put Sudocrem on them every night for a few nights and they really did almost entirely disappear.

Sudocream vote here. Although I have been known to pop a large headed one and clean with nail varnish remover to kill the bacteria and dry out the open wound. Not sure if that is medically advised though, but it didn't come back and went down overnight!

Another vote for Quinoderm here too

Sulphur tablets - the Nelson's homeopathy range.
They are AWESOME and I don't know how they work, magic maybe?
But two days of these tablets and they have almost always gone!
Boots have them. Easy to take as well, just do not take when PG.

DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a doctor...

I crush an aspirin in a little water and put the paste JUST on the actual spot, not on the skin around it, just a teeny tiny bit on the actual spot
ALWAYS gone by the next day

I agree with everyone- Sudocream is great. I use it once a day now, just on the problem area (chin and neck) and that, coupled with a facial wash with salicylic acid in, I have gone from teenagerish hormonal spots esp. when stressed to genuinely spot-free. I can't believe it, I get one a month now, not clusters of 10 or so permanently all round the chin.

The only thing is Sudocream looks very white and you can look a bit ghostly if you put it all over the face before you go out, best before bed, and just in the problem areas.

Quinoderm great for the spots but be very careful about allergies. Brings me up with red itchy neck and swollen eyes, ten times more obvious than a couple of spots...

I sometimes dab a bit of liquid hydrogen peroxide on with a cotton bud.

Magnesium sulphate is a great drawing paste, for big angry ones.

Agree about Sudocrem too.

If any get really big and full of pus, will you be filming the squeezing?

Carrie - good luck to your DH on his interview.

Can I hijack slightly? Someone mentioned about not using teenage type spot products on adult skin. I am 36 and have been using clean and clear face wash, toner and then a very light oil free moisturiser for probably about 15 years I am in the midst of a spot outbreak, even on my chest, neck and arms! What do other people, with oily spot prone skin in their late 30s-40s use as part of their daily routine? I need new inspiration me thinks!

The tooth paste seems to have helped a lot, they look much better now. Think he will do the same tonight.

For future reference, any ideas how he can avoid further outbreaks? Could it be down to bad diet, stress, or do these things just happen?

ButterflySandwich yeah that was me

They do work for some people still but for many they don't. I have genuinely had the most success from just warm water and a flannel. A lot of teenage type products and toners just strip the oil from your skin which in turn makes it then over produce oil (or summat... I'm no dermatologist, I've just spent a long time trying to sort my own face out!!)

Then there is the obvious stuff like trying not to touch your skin other than with very clean hands, keeping hair off your face, changing bed covers regularly and drinking lots of water etc.

Its also worth checking your makeup / moisturisers / cleansers etc to make sure they is as non comedogenic as possible, acne.org has some good resources around this. The worst offenders are products that have Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Sodium Laureth Sulfate which are found it lots of products (its what makes them foam) check your shampoos and body washes as well for these particularly if your breakouts aren't just isolated to your face. Using non-comedogenic products only (as well as being impossible) is unlikely to solve the issue completely there are likely to be other factors at play too.

If you google adult acne you will find that its considered to be much more prevalent now due to changes in the lifestyles many women lead (more makeup, products, hormonal contraceptives, wine, more stress, less sleep etc) and environmental factors (air conditioned offices being one example)

You have to find the right balance for you, have a read of acne.org and other adult acne sources and work out what you think might work for your skin type, and be prepared for your skin to get worse before it gets better as this is often an unfortunate temporary side effect of de-junking it

Applying white toothpaste (not gel toothpaste) is a good idea to improve swelling. You can also dip a cotton in fresh lemon juice and apply it to the spot to dry it up or apply 100% pure tea tree oil. A concealer would also help on the day of his interview.

toothpaste is absolutely brilliant. Dries them out and takes swelling down.

quinoderm for painful cysty ones

i'm another believer in Sudocrem - amazing