As every girl who's ever had a blemish knows, there's a certain desperation that comes along with treating it. You're pretty much always on the hunt for the next great miracle product, but there's a special urgency when you can feel an angry spot forming—or worse, when you've already got one, and you're going out tomorrow night and this is just really bad timing.

Which means: You're willing to try anything and everything, and there's nothing wrong with that. Over-the-counter creams? Been there. Derm-prescribed medications? Done that. But what if the newest solution to pesky zits were an all-natural one? Better yet, what if it were basically free, and something you could do to prevent acne from forming at all?

Enter oil-pulling, an interesting new practice (that's actually very, very old) all about stopping zits before they start. It's not an exact science, and it's kind of alternative, but hey, what do you have to lose?

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