Why The Latest Beauty Trend Involves Rubbing Garlic on Your Face

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Tuesday, 19 Apr 2016, 4:50PM

Obviously rubbing food on your face is becoming a thing, as not long ago we reported on girls using onion slices to make their brows grow but now beauty bloggers are testing the skin healing powers of garlic by rubbing it on their pimples.

According to one beauty vlogger, Farah Dhukhai, it really works. She believes that rubbing a sliced garlic clove on your pimple will help it to dry up.

GET RID OF PIMPLES OVER NIGHT! 👋🏽⚪️🌝 GARLIC will flatten your pimple and get rid of it overnight, if not instantly! 🙌 💦Take a clove of garlic and make some cuts in it to extract some garlic juice 🌬RUB the garlic on any pimples that you may have ⚪️If you have a whitehead like me - itll be gone INSTANTLY and wont come back🙅🏽 🔴If you have a larger pimple beneath the surface, rub the garlic on it and leave it on over night. Youll wake up with it GONE! ✅Try this out.. it REALLY works to flatten the pimple and make sure it doesn't come back! #hudabeauty #wakeupandmakeup #vegas_nay #diy #makegirlz #byefeliciapimple *disclaimer - if you have sensitive skin, do a test patch first. If it starts to string or you feel discomfort rinse off immediately*

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Cosmopolitan asked a dermatologist in NYC, Amy Wechsler, about the new trend, and she said that this strange acne solution might actually work.

Dr. Wechsler said to Cosmopolitan that, "Allicin is the active ingredient in garlic. Allicin has anti-inflammatory properties, so it's possible that applying some could take down the inflammation."

We'll have to see if overcoming the smell is really worth it! 

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