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October 23, 2009
Cons:
makes your face smell like an old chinese restaurant
my face was starting to clear up JUST a little and then all of a sudden it exploded again the day before i had a date. i was desperate, and when i looked online i found the garlic cure. i was really nervous because i didnt want to get burns, but luckily i didn't have any trouble there. before bed, i cut a large clove in half and ate one half (OH, SPICY) and used the other to dab my face in problem areas, then rinsed my face thoroughly when it started to tingle. i put neosporin on my face overnight (just in case!) and was really pleasantly surprised in the morning. my face looks like a normal person's!! this is really exciting for me, because even expensive things like proactiv have never worked for me AT ALL. and garlic is so cheap! eat THAT, proactiv. after eating some, i could see how leaving it on your face for long periods might burn you, tho i didnt have any trouble. i'd say: be sparing- you can always re-apply if you dont have enough, but once you're burned,
September 1, 2009
Pros:
works great!!
Cons:
you might smell a little bit funny!!
I've been taking garlic internally, and so far it's been working great!!! picture day is on Wed and I'm trying to clear out my acne, ;and I think I'll make it with good clear skin : )
December 24, 2016
It works
I never have hope any more of anything working for my acne but this helped my skin. It's less oily, smoother and fewer pimples. I crushed it and mixed it with olive oil. I left it on my face for about 10 minutes. It never turned my face red or made it dry. If you try it just do a small patch of skin. It does have a burning feeling when it was on my face but after I just put aloe vera on my skin.
July 16, 2012
Pros:
cheap
effective
Cons:
none
I tried this after reading the other reviews on this site. I was pretty desperate for something to work and this worked pretty well!
My acne is hormonal, and is confined to my chin only...I've just started on the pill (so the results I've seen could be due to that as well) but I've been using BP for about a month and found that it really wasn't effective in preventing new lesions from forming.
I took one clove per day, crushed in water, for two days and have been taking 2 odourless capsules per day since. I'ts been about a week and I have NO new lesions (and none forming under the surface either!!) and all existing zits are healing up.
July 13, 2015
So many people take the pill and don't realize how horrible it is for your health! It hurts more than helps. There are so many more natural ways to fix acne.
August 19, 2009
Pros:
worked quick, had no side effect, and its all natural
Cons:
makes you stink, but its well worth the outcome.
garlic has worked great for me i barely get any pimples now, i use to get really bad skin around my period it was even worse it was horrible, i had tried everything antibiotics, skin creams/washes.. you name it i tried it.. and so far garlic has been the best thing i have tried i swallow a clove in the morning cut a clove in half at night and just rub the juice on the infected areas wash my face in the morning and have to teaspoons of apple cider vinegar and never wash my face with any harsh products all natural is the way to go, and it has been the best thing i have done. it never burnt my skin or gave me marks. the trick is not to over do it dont mince the garlic and put it on just cut it in half and rub it on. has worked great for me hope it does for you too :)
July 14, 2011
Pros:
It is super effective, especially as a spot treatment.
Cheap and available anywhere.
Natural.
Cons:
Burns.
Might not be preventive (depends on how you use it)
Smell.
I tried this on a painful pimple, the one thats a bump that hurts if you try to touch it. I put garlic juice on it and as I don't really have sensitive skin, it didn't burn too bad, just some tingles. The next morning, the pimple went down DRAMATICALLY. Like, from this point you don't have to spot treat it anymore and it'll pretty much go away on its own. It perfect for treating spots, better than the Clinique Acne Solutions one I had. I also ate garlic. Basically, I crushed it and swallowed it with water so it wasn't bad. For one or two days, I had absolutely clear skin, although I'm not sure if this had anything to do with garlic. Then pimples started to sprout. So I guess you could get garlic and rub it all over your face if you want clear skin. I didn't try this as I didn't want to smell like garlic (my sister told me I smelled like garlic after spot treating) but I'm think it could work if you don't mind the smell. Just be careful if you have sensitive skin, I don't and it did sting to some degree.
January 6, 2008
Pros:
Completely cleared my skin
Cons:
Tastes bad! Really bad!!
I started eating abt 8 raw cloves of garlic a day and gradually increased it to 14. Having had moderate to severe acne, my skin has pretty much cleared out. I also take megadoses of Vitamin C(4-6gms). I absolutely have no more acne problems. Gr8 stuff!!
Abt. eating raw garlic, my advice wld be to chew 1-2 cloves until it is crushed and then swallow it with a glass of water.
PS: Don't put it on ur face. Its not meant to be applied topically.
August 23, 2012
Pros:
It reduces the size of the pimple
Skin looks better than before
Cons:
If you do not dilute, it will sting and cause a burn
I have been eating garlic for two days. I used my juicer to juice half of one garlic and one half of a cucumber. I mixed it and applied to my three pimples three times during over night. When I woke up the size of the pimples were reduced in size and not as red. I have to wait and see how eating two bulbs per day will affect my skin. I am on Gillette birth control pills also and they work but I still break out sometimes.
October 16, 2009
Pros:
Reduced amount of pimples on face and helped remove others.
Cons:
The smell has proven to be quite annoying. It leaves the skin red where the garlic has been applied for quite a while.
I've tried the garlic for about a week now. All the really ugly pimples on the left side of my face are gone and have not come back. I do get little ones here and there but with the application of garlic on them they are gone the next day. On the right side of my face three pimples have turned in to more like bug bites. They are slowly going away. I don't know if the garlic caused this. Though, nothing else has popped up there either. So far anything new that shows up each morning are tiny little pimples that disappear the next day after garlic is applied.
October 16, 2007
Pros:
Turns your skin, sweat and blood antibacterial (when swallowed raw).
Cons:
burns an empty stomach like crazy.
Garlic has a natural antibacterial chemical called allicin. Allicin is what causes halitosis after eating garlic bread. This happens b/c allicin is carried by the blood, still potent. I finely mince a clove of garlic and swallow it with iced tea or water like a pill. Because of the smell i like to do this at night, before going to sleep. Works even better when done before sleep and after waking up (after eating something). Garlic burns. Do not eat on an empty stomach. I tried garlic topically once and it burned like crazy. Comparatively, eating raw garlic is much nicer and is more effective (b/c your sweat is now antibacterial).
BECAUSE GARLIC BURNS LIKE CRAZY, i only use this when i'm desperate and NEED IMMEDIATE RESULTS(like, before a job interview).
Pros:
gets rid of redness, reduces puffiness/swelling, evens skin tone