My skin was at its worse and my self esteem was plunging with it. I tried to avoid looking in the mirror at all times b/c it was a constant reminder of acne on my face. I always felt that people were looking at my acne and not at me when i was talking to them. I was desperate to find ways of reducing and hopefully finally stopping the acne from appearing on my face. I read online about lemons that helps reduce acne and the scarring that follows with it. Although, I also read that drinking water with some lemon juice is good for acne and helps kick up your metabolism in the morning haha. I just used it topically and I have to say it really does the trick, but like it said it WILL sting while u leave it to sit on your face. It just takes a few weeks for it to stop stinging. My face was slowly getting better, but the scars from previous acne breakouts were still there. I like to call them battle scars since it sounds cooler LOL anyways. Lemons also help your skin to exfoliate from what i read so as i kept using it every night. My scars were slowly going away too. I know that this description is pretty long and it isnt enough to justify how well lemons do the trick since i avoided taking pictures also.... So please give lemons a try and see if it does anything for your acne! :D

I have been using lemons over a year on and off and currently I have stopped using it. Partly because I don't want to get anymore lighter on my face.

I think the best way to use it, is before going to bed and using it as a toner with a cotton wool. I never rinsed it off though until the following morning.

I am starting to wonder if lemons have been the cause of my cystic acne as I never used to have them before. But that's probably because I never rinsed it off.

Overall, I suppose I've taken what the juice has done for me for granted over the period when my skin was really bad (as I am my own cause of self picking) and it seemed to be the best remedy on giving me back my skin again and also at times given me a lovely satin healthy glow.

I've stopped using it because I'm worried it has been the cause of my cystic acne, a sort of a 'catch 22' situation.

Lemons are ideal for evening out the overall complexion and tone. But I can't remember if it decreased or increased my spots as recently my skin is looking good just using Clean&Clear blackhead scrub.

I really liked using lemon. I did find my red blemish scars (from past acne) faded. It will be worth keeping this up to see a better improvement over time. I used lemon diluted with water on some occasions, and sometimes dabbed a little slice of lemon directly to the red blemishes/scars (both stung/itched the same amount). Apply before bed, and be careful in the sun.

this stuff works great!!! ive had acne for off and on for about 15 years and this works better than any other Rx meds and OTC medications.its cheap as all get out and worth a shot as long as you have patience!!! wash your face first, then apply with cotton ball morning and night...and use a mostierizer afterwards...and also what else helps is the the steam from boiling water and honey masks at least once a week......

I use mixture of Lemon Juice to remove the acne and Honey to avoid sting and 'too acid' from Lemon. Honey also works as natural antibacterial. it help you to kill bacterial which caused acne.

Because it is so difficult to precisely pinpoint what causes acne, it is also very difficult to prove what can treat it. Therefore, I would love to say that applying a mixture of undiluted lemon juice, ginger and tea tree oil every night for 3 months has almost completely cleared my acne, but I can't. All I can say is that my skin is better since I've been using this mixture, although other factors, such as stress or diet may have helped the improvement of my skin. I would certainly recommend using lemon juice, it's cheap and it works well to fade the scars left behind. A little tip: Avoid going out in the sun with lemon juice on your face. Sun + acid = no!

I was so embarrased about the break outs and scars on my cheeks that I tried using lemon juice. It worked a little bit, but the pieces of pulp kept sticking to my face and irriating my skin so much that I stopped using it.

Use lemon juice on scars

i found this little remedy for my acne on yahoo answers, someone referenced me [link removed] with a bunch of resourceful information on that site using lemon juice for acne. have been trying for the past week and seeing results. i read a lot about it before trying it because i wanted to make sure it wont encourage more problems since i have light acne. so far so good.

Before I go to bed every night i cut open a fresh lemon and juice it, then wash my face, apply the lemon juice, and wait 30 minutes to wash. I also drink the remaining lemon juice and use Dan regimen. it works very well, however right now i unfortunately have a big, red pimple on my cheek. i have very minor break outs now and before i would get a new breakout practially every night. definitely try it!