Katherine emailed me asking about Visine and acne. Visine is a brand of eye drops that are used to reduce redness and inflammation in the eyes.
Visine works by constricting the small blood vessels in the eye. So it reduces the blood flow to the eye and so gets rid of the redness.
Apparently some people have said that Visine also works for acne. That it reduces redness of a pimple. If the acntive ingredients in Visine penetrate your skin deep enough and do constrict the blood vessels around the pimple, this could happen.
Whether this works or not I’m not convinced this is very smart.
Pimples get rid for a reason: inflammation. Inflammation is part of the healing process and happens because the immune system fights the acne causing bacteria and other invaders in the blocked pore. Restricting blood flow to the pimple could clamp down your body’s healing efforts.
This could lead to slower healing of the pimple and possibly more scarring.
I’m just speculating there, but this kind of thing happens when you stick your fingers in and mess with the healing efforts of your body.
Better just let the body do the healing, and focus on supporting the body the best way you can.
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