Acne is a skin disorder resulting from the actions of hormones on the skins sabaceous glands which leads to plugged pores (blackheads and whiteheads)and outbreak of cysts or nodules commonly called pimples. It affects most of the teenagers. It is the most common and chronic skin disease.
Remedies
• Make sure that you are washing your face two or three times each day, with clean water and a pure soap, such as Ivory.

• Oatmeal can be used as soothing scrub. Washing your face with warm salt water helps in getting rid of dirt and oil.

• Try applying essential oils directly to the acne. Oils to try are Tea Tree Oil, Bergamot Oil, Clove Oil, Lavender Oil, and Rosewood Oil. If you have sensitive skin, you may need to dilute the oil with Grapeseed oil to avoid irritation. Apply the oil before going to bed, and then wash it away, using pure soap and clean water, in the morning. Give it about a month to see if it is working. This is one of the least expensive acne solutions that have proven to be effective for many people.

• Toothpaste also is effective. It should be applied at night and washed in the morning. This makes pimples less noticeable.

• Applying ground nutmeg blend with milk opens the pores thereby cleaning the dirt.

• Saturate lettuce leaves in water, use this water to rinse acne.

• Honey and cinnamon paste also get rids of acne as honey traps the dirt and paste washes it off. Ground radish seeds with water eliminate the stubborn blackheads.

• Applying garlic juice on the pimple will leave no blemish on your face. Orange peel paste also gives identical results.

• Lime juice, mint juice eliminates pimples, skin infections and eczema.

• Drink a glass of wheat grass juice daily to avoid acne.

• Cook 2-3 tea bags and mix with dried basil for 10-20 minutes. Apply this on the face and acne with a cotton ball.

• Make a paste of turmeric powder in mint juice ,keep it for 30 minutes and then wash it with lukewarm water.

Home remedies list is endless and inexpensive, but pursuing it with patience is awarded as the paradise for cure. However the solutions may vary from one individual to another. Kindly consult your general physician before following any of the remedies.

Boil is a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue in the skin. It starts off as reddened tender swellings and over a period of time, the area around it becomes firm and hard with oozing pus. They look like a huge pimple sticking up through the skin and are quiet painful.

This is caused by the infection of hair follicles by Staphylococcus aurous, commonly known as staph, which is a strain of bacteria than normally live on the surface of the skin. It is also observed that a small cut of the skin can also allow these bacteria to enter the follicles and cause an infection. Apart from the face, boils can also occur in neck, thighs and even in the armpits.

The four main types of boils are carbuncle (or furuncle), cystic acne, hidradenitis suppurativa and Pilonidal cysts.

Carbuncle: A carbuncle is a cluster of boils that often occurs on the back of the neck, shoulders or thighs, especially in older men. Carbuncles are deeper and more infectious as compared to the single boils. You can imagine how much a cluster of boils can be painful! Carbuncles develop and heal more slowly and are likely to leave a scar. They are sometimes accompanied by fever.

Cystic boils: The bacterial infection that penetrates the body through hair follicles causes cystic boils. The bacteria causing the infection are found to be Staphylococcus aureus. If the hair follicle is infected, the dead skin cells, blood and white blood cells get accumulated forming pus. This type of boil occurs when oils ducts become clogged and infected. It is most common on the face. Teenagers are mostly found to encounter this type of skin boils. 

Hidradenitis suppurativa: Hidradenitis suppurativa are generally found to occur around hair follicles where many oil and sweat glands get deposited. That is why it is found in the armpits, anal area as well as the groin. This may also occur in the inner thighs or between the buttocks. They are found to affect single or multiple areas of the body.
 
Pilonidal cysts:  A pilonidal cyst develops when body hair grows or is pushed into a pilonidal dimple or pit, which is a cavity located in the crease of the buttocks. When the hair grows inward, the cavity gets irritated. As a result, the cavity may also get inflamed and infected.

Causes of skin boils:

Skin boil may be caused by the bacteria that can enter the skin if a foreign object enters the ingrown hairs, clogged sweat glands or clogged oil ducts.

Prevention:
The foreign objected accumulated under your skin should be immediately removed using tweezers. If tweezers don’t work, try to squeeze the skin gently and push the object toward the surface of the skin. If you are still unable to remove the splinter, consult a doctor.

Home remedy:
Hot soaks or hot packs are the best home remedy for skin boils. To get the best result, apply the heat uniformly in the affected area to bring the antibodies and white blood cells to the surface of the skin as to help fight the infection.