Step 2 – Apply a tea tree oil compress to kill bacteria inside the pores. Soak five cotton pads in water, then squeeze out the excess with your fingers, Drop 1 drop of tea tree oil onto each pad, and allow it sit for 3 minutes to spread the oil around the pad. Put the pads onto your skin, allowing them to remain there for five minutes, then remove them and let your skin dry naturally. Repeat 2 times per day.
Step 3 – Spot treat the cysts with calamine lotion. Soap the end of a cotton swab in calamine lotion, then dab it liberally around the acne cyst. Allow the lotion dry completely, and let it to stay on your skin for approximately three hours. Rinse off the calamine lotion with warm water. Repeat 2 times per day.
Steaming the skin forces the pores to spread out, and enables bring impurities that are trapped deep inside the pores to the surface of the skin. When steaming your face, you should lean no nearer than 12 inches over the bowl of hot water. Otherwise, the steam could scald your skin.