Aspirin Mask

Worth it - not abrasive or smelly. Convenient.

I had a crazy cyst on my cheek that I thought would never go away. As soon as I saw the cyst forming, I mixed a little water with uncoated aspirin. I then dabbed the paste onto the cyst and let it sit there for a few hours. I did this for a few days. By each day the cyst got smaller and smaller. Now the cyst is flat. It formed into two pimples during the process, but these two pimples have been greatly reduced. I still have a slight redmark, but it's flat now.

I tried this on a cyst... didn't work... but it didn't hurt. I'm not the type of person to do this every day as a preventative, so word on that.

Aspirin masks are far too irritating to use on my face, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE them for my legs, pre- and post-shaving. It totally clears up any razor bumps or ingrown hairs, and helps my shaves last for days (instead of mere hours). I made a pre-shave mask with ground up uncoated aspirins, honey, and glycerin. I let it sit on my legs a few minutes, then VIGOROUSLY rubbed it in with scrubby gloves right before shaving. After shaving, I used a home-made aspirin toner, with 70% alcohol and witch hazel, then moisturized with jojoba oil. My legs feel sooooooo smooth, even on the second and third days.

Its amazing!! my acne was pretty bad. i didnt like to go out in public when i had a breakout. now when i have a breakout its just a little one. i use lemon juice instead of water it works great! BUT if you have sensitive skin i would not recommend using lemon juice with it. i also use moisturizer either lotion or olive oil. which also helps with my oily skin! i do this twice a day, morning and evening before bed. Good luck!

Aspirin applied topically DOES work - BUT (and this is a big 'but') only with certain types of acne. Aspirin, when taken orally, reduced internal inflammation and thus relieves aches, pains, and some swelling. However, when applied topically, aspirin does not always have this effect. In my experience, the aspirin mask is most effective on erupted pimples - those which have come to a "head" and are ready to be popped, or have popped. In the case of those pimples, the aspirin mask does a good job of reducing redness and swelling, and also dries the pimple, to reduce its size. However, the mask is largely or sometimes completely ineffective on cystic acne and so-called "underground" pimples - those pimples which sit beneath the surface and hurt when touched. The aspirin simply does not absorb into the skin and have the same anti-inflammatory effect that it does on internal inflammation when taken orally. So... it is useful, but just one item in your anti-acne arsenal. I also find a green clay mint sulfur mask to be more effective on erupted pimples. Ice is really the only thing which works to reduce the size of, and eliminate, underground pimples. Just to add - you can use coated aspirin - it will just take longer to dissolve. I hold the coated aspirin under warm running water, rub the coating off, and then make my paste with what remains after the coating has come off. (You can tell when the coating is gone because the aspirin becomes gritty to the touch and begins to dissolve almost immediately.)

I am blown away by the effectiveness of this - I just discovered the aspirin mask on this forum last night during my desperate search that has now lasted almost 2 weeks. I have always had clear, awesome skin and then all of the sudden, out of nowhere I got a few pimples on my chin, off to the side, beneath my lip and to the side of my mouth - so of course I picked and tried to pop them and they turned into scabs and then MORE, smaller pimples showed up so .... I messed with those too.... anyways, I ended up with some serious nasty redness, scabs, dryness grossness that makeup wouldn't really cover - I tried everything - Finally Aloe Vera and taking French Green Clay supplements started helping with the redness and pimples and the scabs started to shrink but I was still mortified to even go out to the store - SO this afternoon I mixed about 4 crushed up aspirins with Polysporin gel, Aloe Vera Moisturizing Gel and Aloe straight from the plant and rubbed it all over the area in question - Maybe 4 hours later I washed it off, patted it dry and while the pimples are still there, they have shrunk dramatically, the scabs are gone and my skin is all one color...no red...no dry patches, no scarring or dark marks and only two of the pimples are still on the large side BUT those came to a perfect head which I will WILL myself to leave alone and let them work themselves out. I am so impressed, I can't wait to do it again tonight lol

i have some red acne scars. I have tried to get rid of it for months. No treatment gives favorably result as fast as this aspirin mask. Overall, this is the cheapest treatment that gives great improvement! must try :))

Its good if u had acne or has acne because these product wont cloak pores or cause acne and it helps scar~ heres how i make mine: use a couple tablet of aspirng or u can use powder ~ i perfer powder~ and drop a couple drops of water on it and pad it with ur fingers to dissolve it and some honey and a bit of apple vinegar( i dont use this sometime cuz of the smell) ~ apple vinegar is not too harsh on ur face and defintely wont cause pimples and acne infact it dissolve the oil and the stuff underneath ur acne~ and also breaksdown scar tissue~ rub it on ur face and gently exfoliate ur skin then leave it on for 10 minute =] and wash n rinse it off with ur regular facial cleanser~ AND PUT SUNSCREEN ONNNN when u go out because ur skin is 50% mroe sensitive to the sun cuz of this product~ Ohh and exposure to the sun also makes scars and redmarks worst by a tiny lil bit~ =] use baby sunscreen btw or one tat wont cloak pore ~ cuz we oun wan no acne from sunscreen~~

It is perfect if you have a lot of whiteheads and redness. I get a small glad container and put half a bottle about 20 aspirin and dialogs them slowly in water, then add about a teaspoon of honey, and some soothing acne wash (Neutrogena redness soothing works great. About a teaspoon of that.) mix and use out of the jar for about ten times, saves me a lot of prep time and the consistency is better after it sits for a day or two. Dollar general brand aspirin is cheap and don't get the coated kind!