# My face is turning into a pizza. How do I get rid if these freaking zits!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 19, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-face-is-turning-into-a-pizza-how-do-i-get-rid-if-these-freaking-zits/377052 "2006-10-19T03:48:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-face-is-turning-into-a-pizza-how-do-i-get-rid-if-these-freaking-zits/377052/21 "2006-10-23T15:09:11Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] When I tried that, it made my skin much worse. The alcohol was too drying, it caused my skin to crack and get infections. I use cotton balls or cotton makeup remover squares and put astringent on the cotton, then wipe my face with that. Astringent usually has some alcohol, but it is not as harsh as straight alcohol. [/QUOTE] I’ve also used witch hazel for this purpose, since it’s gentler than alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-face-is-turning-into-a-pizza-how-do-i-get-rid-if-these-freaking-zits/377052/22 "2006-10-31T03:52:26Z")
Well, the breakout is gone. And it wasn’t a miracle drug that did it in, nor was it a regiment, or antyhing else really. I just stopped scrubbing my face. Period. I was going to go along with the regiment mentioned above, but then I got caught up in work and school and couldn’t take the time to stop at a Walgreens. After a few days I noticed my face was clearing up, and so I let it continue on like that. And everything’s looking back to normal. Skin is a funny thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-face-is-turning-into-a-pizza-how-do-i-get-rid-if-these-freaking-zits/377052.md?page=1)