How to get rid of a pimple scab in an hour

Chances are, sometime in your life you’ve experienced at least one pimple on your face or body. Acne is especially common in young adults affecting about 85% of people between the ages of 12 and 24, but as you may know from experience, can occur at any age. The skin condition currently affects about 50 million Americans yearly. Besides the embarrassment of an inflamed red mark on your cheek or back, acne can be painful and frustrating. Once that pesky pimple shows up, the question that’s always top of mind is – to pop or not to pop?

No matter what type of pimple you have – whiteheads, blackheads, papules, pustules, etc. – don’t pop it! Yes, even if it "ready." Picking or attempting to pop a zit can lead to pimple scabs, scarring, dark spots, and in some cases, even infection.

Pimples are formed when sebum (excess oil) mixes with dead skin cells and clog your pores. Once your pores are plugged, swelling occurs. When you attempt to pop a pimple, (attempt being the key word), you’re irritating the area, and will often make the inflammation worse.

What Causes Pimple Scabs

Pimple scabs normally occur shortly after a pimple is popped. Squeezing a pimple not only sometimes produces pus, but it can also a little bit of blood. When blood is present, scabbing is welcomed by the injury, but can often bring upon another unwelcomed spot on your face. Platelets break apart, and then come together to form a clot made of vitamin K, fibrinogen and calcium, all of which collects at the site of the injury creating an acne scab when hardened. They also protect the site of injury from bacteria to prevent infection and allow your body to regenerate skin cells and heal.

How to Get Rid of Pimple Scabs

Are you reading this a bit too late and are already left with a pimple scab or two? Then read on to find out how to get rid of pimple scabs as quickly as possible.

Don’t pick.

To help prevent infection and scarring down the road, never pick a scab. We know, that’s easier said than done, but the consequences of picking aren’t worth scratching, or messing with the area. (Yes, even if it’s itchy.) Give your body time to do its thing and heal naturally without interference for best results.

Keep the area clean.

It’s extremely important to keep the area clean and free of bacteria. This way you won’t run into a risk of infection and more inflammation. Use a gentle face wash morning and night and always keep your hands away from the scab. After washing, pat dry instead of rubbing the area to avoid the scab accidentally being torn off.

Use moisturizers and topical treatments.

Keeping your scab moisturized and using over-the-counter topical treatments will help to accelerate the healing process of pimple scabs. Use a light, noncomedogenic moisturizer to keep it moist. Also, try using an acne spot treatment with benzoyl peroxide. The ingredient will help to rid dead skin cells and gently exfoliate without irritating the scab.

Conclusion

The number one way to prevent pimple scabs is to treat your acne with the proper skincare and don’t touch it! If you do end up creating a scab, don’t touch it so your skin can naturally heal without leaving a scar. Keep it clean and apply a topical treatment to help exfoliate the area. Proactiv® has three systems (ProactivMD®, Proactiv+®, and Proactiv Solution®) that are proven to treat breakouts.

Recently, although I am several decades past puberty, I have been getting these whiteheads on my cheek. They drive me crazy. So what do I do? I pick them. Then they turn into a little scab. Turns out that’s the worst thing you can do to keep them from healing. (Eew, even the word scab grosses me out.)

Pimple scabs are red and sore formations that form after popping a pimple. How do you heal scabs on pimples? Crusty scabs form, usually on wounds or cuts to help healing. After scratching and popping zits, dry crusty scabs form on the pimple’s head. They can keep scabbing over and over and come off too early, or even not heal or form scars. Recently, after a bit of research, I found out how to get rid of pimple scabs fast, overnight and naturally. There’s more than one way.

Tea Tree oil, warm compresses, honey, Aloe Vera, Vaseline, Neosporin and baking soda all work wonders in help to heal pimple scabs.

Tea Tree oil is used because of its antiseptic properties. It will prevent bacterial infections on cuts, wounds and scabs on the skin. Put a small amount of the oil on a cotton ball. Gently pat the scab with the oil two times a day to heal scabs overnight.

Warm compresses are another quick home remedy to make facial scabs from zits to disappear. Warm compresses are said to remove scabs overnight or in just a few hours. Why is that? The moisture from the compresses will soften the skin and loosen the scab. Here’s how to heal a pimple scab fast by doing warm compresses.

Take a clean washcloth. Dip it in warm water. The water should not be hot, otherwise you will burn your skin.

Apply the warm water compress on your pimple scabs to relieve the itch and loosen the scabs and crust. Do this for about 5 minutes, twice a day in order to get rid of pimple and acne scabs overnight or within hours.

Warm compresses are known to moisturize wounds, cuts and scabs from pimples and zits. They also increase blood supply on the skin surface around the pimples. This will make the healing process faster. Warm compresses are also part of the home remedies to stop popped pimple scab from swelling. (Gross!)

Aloe Vera is used for healing sunburns, cuts and even bruises. You can use it to get rid of pimple scabs fast. According to Natural Products Network, Aloe Vera gel helps soothe the discomfort and itch on the scabs from pimples. It will also prevent unsightly scars from forming after the acne spots.

Get Aloe Vera gel by squeezing the leaves. Apply a thick gel of Aloe Vera to the scabs on pimples.

Let is sit on your skin for a couple of hours. It is preferable that you leave it on your face overnight to heal acne scabs fast.

Other than treating scabs caused by pimples and acne zits, Aloe Vera is known for its skin lightening properties as well and will help you lighten the dark spots on your face, usually caused from the breakouts.

Scabbing over on a pimple can leave you with scars, dark spots and more blemishes on your face. It is recommended that when you pick or pop pimples, you should use Vaseline to seal them and help them heal faster.

Dry the crusty scabbed spots on your face after cleaning and patting dry. Apply a layer of Vaseline on the scab. This will keep it moist and protected from entry of infectious bacteria. Petroleum jelly also loosens pimple scabs to make them go away faster.

Baking soda is one of the most widely used home remedies for very many skin health problems. Acne scabs can be treated using baking soda paste. The reason for this is that baking soda is an ingredient that works as a fungicide as well as antiseptic.

When used on scabs, baking soda will tighten the scabs (making them loosen from the pimple wound). This draws it away from the wound, allowing it to fall off. Here’s how to use it.

Take a small amount of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and add it into a bowl or glass. Add a little amount of water and mix to make a consistent paste. Apply the paste on the pimple scabs to cover it completely. Repeat this daily until the scab falls off the pimple or acne zit by itself.

For infected pimple, Neosporin and Polysporin antibiotics cab help you treat it. Polysporin can also help as an over-the-counter treatment, but try to keep the pimples dry because that is what will accelerate the healing process.

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