Dermatologist warns against blogger’s seemingly easy pimple hack

Everyone has their favourite home remedy or old wives' tale they call upon to ease their aches and pains.

Despite being a bitter old cynic, when I was much younger I had warts all over my hands and come hell or high water, nothing would get rid of them. One of my friend's mums heard of my plight and told me she rubbed potatoes on her daughter's hands and buried them in the garden - according to an old wives' tale she heard, it got rid of warts and that's exactly what worked for me. To this day, I can't explain how or why my warts disappeared but I just know that rubbing potatoes on them and burying them in the garden had a big part to play in it. My ramblings aside, another home remedy has come to our attention that isn't so harmless as rubbing potatoes on your warts. Instagram queen Farah Dhukai, known for her unusual homemade remedies to bigger lips and masks for your hair and face, recommended putting wasabi on your whitehead spots to dry them out.

?HOW TO GET RID OF WHITEHEADS IN LESS THAN 2 MINUTES WITHOUT POPPING THEM! ?- no more acne, no big monstrous pimples, no clusters of pimples - just smooth pimple free skin! ——great for men too who get whiteheads from shaving facial hair? All you need is WASABI!? ✅Apply the wasabi with a qtip to a cleansed face ‼️USE AS A SPOT TREATMENT ONLY to your whiteheads and leave on for NO MORE THAN 2 MINS - DO NOT apply this on your entire face. Spicy ingredients like wasabi, cayenne, chilli pepper etc ARE NOT meant for your entire face as a mask. They can cause unnecessary pain if you use it all over, and can actually do more harm than good. I mean would you eat a spoon full of spice or just add a tiny bit for some flavour? Same concept applies when you use it topically. Theyre ONLY good for spot treatments, just like your “regular" acne spot treatments. ‼️ ✅Wipe off with a clean qtip ✅WASH your face after - no cleanser ?the whitehead will be GONE and it will NOT turn into a big annoying pimple, and it wont spread into more pimples (which whiteheads can tend to do) ?*this does STING. It gets red. thats normal. its doing its job. If you have extremely sensitive skin then wipe off after 20-30 seconds* ?IM NOT CRAZY! IT WORKS! HERES WHY: -For my sushi lovers.. do you know why wasabi is served with sushi? aside from being delicious? Its because its an ANTIBACTERIAL (for the raw fish) and also a pimples worst enemy!! -JAM packed with VITAMIN C, CALCIUM, POTASSIUM, and PHYTOCHEMICALS that can help strengthen antioxidants in your body -it stimulates and increases circulation in your skin, so when you apply it topically it helps instantly heal whiteheads and generate clear, soft, smooth, healthy skin. -promotes oxygenation of cell tissues = healthy tissues = healthy beautiful skin ?PS. i use this as a lip plumper too - check out the demo video on my feed <3 ? ??TAG A FRIEND WHO COULD USE THIS and dont forget to LIKE THIS VIDEO TO HELP A SIS OUT FAM! ??? Disclaimer: As with any skin care regimen, always do a test patch first to see if your skin is allergic to any of the ingredients.

A video posted by Farah D (@farahdhukai) on Dec 18, 2016 at 8:04pm PST

Swearing by the spice, Farah told her followers about getting fast results in just 2 minutes for your spots, but according to Refinery29, it could be doing more bad than good. Jeanette Graf, dermatologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York spoke of the dangers of putting wasabi on your face.

"Application [of wasabi] to a pimple can create itching, burning, and irritation...There are so many good over-the-counter spot treatments that make more sense."

If you're feeling the pinch and really want to keep your beauty natural and DIY, Jeanette recommended using white vinegar or apple-cider vinegar and a q-tip to eradicate a pimple.

"It can be helpful since vinegar has antibacterial properties."