Now drinking lemon juice for acne throughout the day has become a habit for me. I used to drink soda (soft drinks) all day, but that really didn’t help my acne. So if you’re in the same situation I was a few years ago, drinking two cans of pop every day, then this might be the most important thing you read all year.
Now I replaced that with water bottles. And although that helped, it didn’t quite clear my acne.
Then I discovered that mixing fresh lemon juice with water really helps a lot. In fact, if you do only one thing, I would recommend the acne lemon juice.
- In the morning, I wake up, splash a bit of water on my face and then I go and cut up a whole lemon in half.
- After that, I juice the lemon using a cheap fruit juicer, one that’s going to separate the juice from the pulp and seeds.
- Then, I open up a water bottle and take a healthy gulp, so that there’s room to mix the lemon juice.
- Afterwards, I mix in the lemon juice with the water and shake it just a bit.
NOTE: “BOTTLE WATER ONLY! Or purified at least. No tap water.”
A little more details on my lemon water for acne routine
There we go; the lemon juice is ready to go for the rest of the day. Actually, I usually end up drinking it all within 1-2 hours, which is fine, there’s no need to extend it throughout the day. When I first started doing this, it was actually difficult to gulp down that much lemon, so what I did was use half a lemon per day, and I kept the other side for the next. After a while though, I noticed better results using the whole lemon, and the taste was actually enjoyable, so I now do a complete lemon per day.
Side effects of Lemon Water
Note: Usually after drinking lemon water, I noticed that my teeth are a bit more sensitive (makes sense since it’s slightly a slightly acidic drink) so what I do is I brush my teeth about 30-60 min after taking the lemon water. Sometimes I forget, or I just eat food and it seems to have the same effect, but I don’t want to have any cavities so I make sure to take care of my teeth! Some people suggested that I could drink it with a straw… I guess that could work too. Also, I never take more than 1 lemon per day; it’s apparently not good to take too much.
UPDATE: Do not take more than 1 lemon per day, I usually do 1 lemon per day for 7 days and then I go into a ‘maintenance dose’ of 1 lemon every 2-3 days. Taking more than this can cause side effects.
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I’ve been struggling with acne ever since I got off of the birth control pill for good. I started breaking out in places that never had acne before. I also realized that whenever I eat anything with dairy: chocolates, cheese, milk, pastries, etc., I get acne. I basically have to stay away from dairy and I’m trying to see if wheat is a culprit too.
Anyway, I decided to try this lemon deal. I just put some lemon juice on my face and it looks nice and glowy. It stings for a little bit, but then it goes away. I’m going to also start drinking hot water with lemon because I’ve realized that your skin is a reflection of what’s going on internally.
This is much cheaper than buying creams, etc.
Just wondering why no tap water? its free and I have always drank tap water – never done me any harm! but if someone can give me a valid reason I will start paying the £1.38 a day for bottled water – thats £503.70 a year! I prefer to fill the kettle with tap water, let it cool and then fill up a 1L jug with it and the juice of half a freshily squeezed lemon – wouldn’t reccomend more than half a lemon a day! Also do Not clean your teeth for an hour after any citrus fruit or drinks because it speeds up the effects of the acid on your teeth and causes more errosion than there needs to be (I was a Dental Nurse for a long while) wait at least 1 hour then use a tooth paste specially formulated for sensitive teeth – don’t brush hard! soft sweeping motions away from the gum are best! Also, if you are going to use lemon juice on your skin use it as a cleanser on a piece of cotton wool before washing – don’t leave it on the skin, this will irritate the pores and cause over production of sebum in the follicles! (dry flaky skin with oily areas will result!)
how much lemon juice should I mix with water?
the ratio 1:1?
e.g. 500 ml of lemon juice mixed with 500 ml of water?
I’m afraid making it too diluted may not work