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Show If Pimples Are Your Case Learn to Scrub Your Face A lovely complexion is the desire of every girl (not to exclude the boys!). Those lucky people who possess a flawless skin are often questioned about the secret of their radiant complexions but there is no secret. They use no magical creams to beautify their beautiful epidermis. epi-dermis. They simply use the same beauty treatment their grandmoth- es used soap and water! Perhaps the real secret is that they know really how to wash their faces. They don't wait for the blotches on their faces to disappear disap-pear just because someone says , they are caused by adolescence. They know that without proper care, when they do go awayi that ugly traces of scars and holes will be left. Yes, and they realize that a nice skin cannot be produced by rubbing on greasy ointments and creams or treating their faces like air bubbles., These facts and many more are revealed in Dr. J. Howard Crum's book, "The Truth About Beauty." He not only tells how to obtain a lovely complexion, but he recommends recom-mends a treatment for the cure of those pimples and blackheads that worry so many youths. Did you know that a blackhead is nothing but an accumulation of dirt, oil and grease in the pores and that if the oily condition of the skin is disposed of that blackheads black-heads will not develop? The problem, prob-lem, then, is to train those little oil glands to quit working so hard. Dr. Crum says to absolutely stop the use of all cosmetics, including creams, ointments, salves, lotions, powder base and rouge, which promote this condition. He tells us to scrub our faces every single night with warm water and soap. He states that every blackhead and pimple must be removed in a sanitary way, until they gradually disappear. To really have a lovely skin, Dr. Crum states that you must stimulate and irritate it yes, irritate ir-ritate it! Use rough towels and washcloths and really make the blood circulate. Of course, if you are persistent, the results will be a skin as soft and smooth as velvet. It sounds wonderful, doesn't it? And it really works! If you are one of those unhappy victims of either continuous or occasional oc-casional "blossoms," read Dr. Crum's book of helpful infomation of healthful beauty. |