3/25/2008 1:36:59 PM Buy oatmeal, that is oats ground down to a fine dust. 1) Mix it with water to make a face-pack and leave on for 20 minutes or so. Oatmeal is drying and will help to balance the oiliness in your skin that is clogging up your pores and causing blackheads. It will make your skin more taut and you can extract the blackheads more easily, and the oatmeal will work wonders reducing inflammation and covering up redness. 2) Use the oat powder to wash your face twice a day. It will have an exfolliant action and it is excellent for reducing inflammation and redness. Your skin will be much smoother and less oily and it will seem lighter in colour thanks to the oatmeal action. And it is really soothing to sore skin. Cheap and effective - that's what I like!I was put onto this by my dermatologist because I have severe dermatitis and the OATMEAL WORKED BETTER THAN ALL OF THE EXPENSIVE CREAMS I HAD BEEN PRESCRIBED BY DOCTORS BEFORE.It was discoveries like this that encouraged me to start a blogspot called http:naturalcuresthatreallywork.blogspot.com, because you can often cure your problems quite cheaply at home, if you know what to use. Anyway, Tara, I hope that this helps and I'd love to hear how you get on with your skin problem. Best Wishes, Lindy