Cucumber Help To Reduce Acne

The essential vitamins and nutrients in cucumbers have several amazing benefits on the skin and the whole body. Cucumber is a great remedy to treat acne for people with sensitive skin. Here is how cucumber can help reduce acne and provide flawless skin.

Silica, an essential component present in cucumber helps to heal and develop the acne damaged skin cells
The natural cooling effect of cucumber soothes redness, inflammation and irritation caused by pimples
Cucumber is rich in vitamin E that helps to fight the free radicals causing acne and also remove stubborn acne scars to reveal a clearer blemish free skin
Cucumber juice when applied on acne infected skin helps in unclogging pores by cleaning skin from deep inside to remove dirt, bacteria and excess oil.
The rich minerals and amino acids in cucumber helps to redevelop and rejuvenate dull skin
How to use cucumber for acnes?

1. Cucumber in Diet

Cucumber is filled with essential nutrients and vitamins that help to keep the body hydrated, induce a cooling effect within the body, flush out toxins and help fight acne. Regular intake of cucumber in the form of juice or salads helps in weight loss, constipation and promotes a healthy glowing acne free skin.

Peel cucumber and roughly chop them into medium size pieces. Place in a juicer and blend well. Drink the juice everyday on an empty stomach as first thing in the morning to flush out toxins from the body. You can notice difference in your body within 1 to 2 weeks.
Use fresh cucumbers to make salads. To make healthy green salad bowl take a large salad bowl, add 1 cup chopped fresh cucumber, ½ cup sprouts, 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves and 1 tsp black salt. Toss all the ingredients together.
Another interesting way to have cucumber is adding cucumber slices to sandwiches, burgers and rolls.

2. Cucumber Slices

Peel and cut fresh cucumber into thin slices
Place the cucumber slices on acne affected skin and leave for 15 to 20 minutes
Repeat the process everyday to minimize pimples and have a clear skin
Note: The above method helps to reduce acne and fade away acne scars as well

3. Cucumber Juice & Lemon Juice

The blend of cucumber and lemon helps to fight acnes and acne scars. The natural anti-bacterial and bleaching effect of lemon juice kills acne bacteria and fades away scars.

Peel and grate 1 medium size cucumber
Place in a cheese cloth and squeeze to extract juice
Mix 1 tbsp cucumber juice with 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
Apply the mixture on face with a cotton ball concentrating more on the acne and acne scars
Allow to dry and wash off with clean water
Note: You can also replace lemon juice with pure apple cider vinegar or apply only cucumber juice on face to reduce acne

4. Cucumber Juice & Brown Sugar Scrub)

Cucumber and brown sugar scrub is a great way to gently exfoliate sensitive skin to remove accumulated dead cells, dust, unclog pores and clean the face.

Mix 2 tbsp brown sugar with 1 tbsp cucumber juice
Apply the paste on face and leave for 10 minutes
Now gently scrub face with wet fingers to remove dead cells and gently clean face
Sugar proves a gentle skin scrub as it dissolves easily without any over scrubbing
Note: You can also mix cucumber juice with baking soda or sea salt to make the scrub. Both baking soda and sea salt help fight acne bacteria.

5. Fresh Cucumber Juice Green Face Pack

This green face pack made with fresh cucumber slices, mint leaves and green gram flour acts as a gentle exfoliate, removes excess oil from skin, prevents acne and gives a glowing skin


Peel and chop ½ cup fresh cucumber
In a blender add ½ cup chopped fresh cucumber, ½ cup fresh mint leaves and run the blender to blend well
Mix enough green gram flour powder to make a spreadable paste
Apply the paste as face pack and leave for around 20 minutes to dry
Remove the pack by gently scrubbing face with wet fingers and wash with clean water
Repeat the process thrice a week

6. Cucumber & Chick Pea Flour Face Pack

Chick pea flour is mixed with fresh cucumber juice, lemon juice and organic turmeric powder to make an amazing natural face pack that gently exfoliates skin, fights acne, soaks excess oil from skin, minimizes acne and fades away scar. Turmeric is an excellent natural antiseptic that soothes irritated skin and prevents acne.

Mix 2 tbsp chick pea flour with 1 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp lemon juice and add enough cucumber juice to make a thick paste
Apply the pack on face and neck. Leave the face pack for 20 minutes to dry
Gently scrub face with wet fingers to remove the pack and wash face with water
Repeat the process thrice a week

7. Cucumber, Neem, Turmeric & Oats Pack

The antibacterial and antiseptic properties of neem and turmeric helps to cure acne whereas oats acts as a gentle exfoliate to remove dead cells and excess oil from skin.

Place ½ cup chopped cucumber and ½ cup neem leaves in a blender and blend well
Remove the blended ingredients in a bowl. Add 1 tsp organic turmeric powder and enough oats meal to make a pack
Apply the pack on face, neck and acne affected area of the skin
Leave for at least 20 minutes for the pack to dry
Gently massage skin with wet fingers to remove the pack and wash off with clean water. Follow up with a light moisturizer
Repeat the process thrice a week to cure acne

8. Cucumber Juice & Fuller’s Earth Pack

Mix 2 to 3 tbsp fuller’s earth with enough cucumber juice to make a thick paste
Apply it as a face mask on face and neck
Leave for 20 minutes to dry
Gently massage skin with wet fingers to remove pack and wash skin with cool water
Apply a light moisturizer to lock in skin’s moisture

9. Cucumber, Tea Tree Oil & Aloe Vera Gel

Aloe vera is a natural skin beauty ingredient. The antibacterial and healing property of aloe vera helps to kill acne bacteria, soothe, repair and restore damaged skin cells.

Break a medium size aloe vera leaf to extract fresh aloe vera gel
Mix aloe gel and cucumber juice in equal quantities. Add few drops of tea tree oil
Apply the mixture on face and acne with the help of aloe leaf
Leave for 20 minutes and reapply another layer of the juice. Now massage face gently for 5-10 minutes with the inside soft portion of the broken aloe leaf
Wash face with clean water
Follow the process everyday to treat acne