The title looks a bit peculiar, yet I can assure that if you go in depth of the origins of pimples then eventually you would understand how pimples might be regarded as blessing in disguise? In fact, the main reason behind formation of pimples or acne is the oily skins that many of us have.

Many of us do not know that excessive oozing of oil from our skin gives us a wonderful god’s gift that those among us who have oily skin will not develop wrinkles on their skin and their skin will look much younger than their real age.

Oily Skin and Pimples: Blessing in Disguise

How and where do pimples form:

Excessive oozing oil deposits on the surface of our skin, seals it and in turn, entrap foreign bodies like dirt and microorganisms in the sweat-pores. Once a thick layer of skin-oil seals these foreign particles in the pores, they eventually turn into inflammations, boils and finally produce pus.

They protrude out on our face turn shining blood red and deform the look of our face. There are areas where there is considerably more oozing of skin oil. These parts of our body are our forehead, nose area, earlobes and the area of our cheekbones.

The skin of our shoulders also oozes more skin oil and we get pimples over this area of our body too.  As such if we have small boils or inflammations on the skin of our shoulders then we should not take them otherwise; they too are acne. Consequently, whenever we want to take precautionary measures or start medication we should include the area of our shoulders also in addition to that of our face and head. 

Other negative effects of oily skin:

All the negative effects including formation of pimples are felt more in summer season when the temperature crosses 40deg C and the relative humidity goes beyond 65%. Apart from suffering from acne or pimples there is one of the other problems that we just do not notice and that is a feeling of ‘discomfort’ on our face when a thick sticky layer of skin oil covers our skin.

That is the reason why we feel fresh and energetic when we wash our face or take a quick shower and applying soap, or face-wash type of cleaners on the oily skin.  By doing so we remove the thick covering over our face-skin and make, the sweat pores ventilated for the oxygen present in the atmospheric air to energize our sweat-pores.

Similar comfort we feel when we rinse our face with chilled water or turn the direction of cool air from our car AC towards our face. Have you tried this trick to feel fresh in humid hot weather in tropical countries like India? I usually do that to counter the extreme hot and humid weather in Delhi. I think when you rinse your face with chilled water or expose it to the chilled air of your car AC; the skin pores close their openings and stop oozing-out skin oils. In such condition if you wipe-off your face with tissues.  In such conditions if you wipe-off your face with tissues, that would be quite adequate for you to feel cofortable.

Wash your face at least 4 times a day

How to get rid from Pimples:

There are two ways to stop formation of pimples or acne and the first is applying some medicines on pimples to cure them and the second is just do not allow them to form. The best way for getting rid of acne is to take remedial measures and do not allow them to form.

Medicines for Pimples:

Calamine is a widely used medicine for various skin ailments. Different compositions of Calamine are available on cosmetic shops and medical outlets. Most of the cosmetics that are sold with a claim to cure acne might have Calamine as one of the contents.

These medicinal cosmetics for acne will work for temporary relief and not a cure it. You will have to go for arresting the formation of acne at the root and for that, the only way is to take precautions and remedial measures for their further formation.

Precautions and remedial measures:

•    Wash your face at least 4 times a day with a mild soap, neem soap, Margo soap, hamam, rexona etc in summers
•    Taking evening shower will have more positive results
•    Rinse your face with chilld water whenever you feel discomfort in summers
•    Turn the direction of chilled AC air directly towards your face when driving a car
•    Avoid using cosmetics that have cold cream, Vaseline and other ingredients that might accelerate oozing of fatty oils from your skin in summers
•    Use only soft moisturizers in summers
•    Follow proper diet restrictions by avoiding saturated fats, sweets, deep fried food, fast / junk food, spicy food, red meat etc.
•    Increase intake of lots of water, fresh fruits, salads of fresh green vegetables with a fresh lemon juice squeezed.
•    Take 8hrs sound sleep
•    Go for regular exercise for 30 - 45 minutes
•    Keep your body, clothes and surroundings neat and clean

•    Do not touch your pimples or break them.  Just follow the above guidelines they will dry-up on their own