That's where pimple patches come into play because they directly treat the blemish, rather than drying out your entire face. These patches are well-equipped to handle everything from a pus-filled pimple (apologies for the visual there) to battling a blackhead. Make sure you apply the patches before applying the rest of your skincare routine to best secure them to your skin.

What we loved most about this product was the variation in size of the stickers – after all, we all know those beasty blemishes can be large and small. Dermatologic Therapy : “Efficacy and safety of a novel water-soluble herbal patch for acne vulgaris treatment: A randomized, assessor-blinds controlled, intra-individual split-face comparative study. We've made sure to include a wide variety of options to suit all skin types, budgets and personal preferences. Every spot is different, what we say is that for most skin types, 1 to 2 patches should be enough for one spot and it will do the magic. What acne patches probably do the best job at is keeping the area covered so that you can’t pick at your blemish,” says Lauren Fine, MD, a board-certified dermatologist at Chicago Cosmetic Surgery and Dermatology.Their signature colour is yellow, but they also come in glow-in-the-dark, cyber silver, and multicoloured. Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too. These blemish patches from Pixi Beauty are packed full of alicylic acid, cica and green-tea-leaf extract – which all work together to help reduce the appearance of blemishes.

Although not reinventing the wheel (many in this lineup contain salicylic acid, as you've probably realised), these guys work to suck up all the 'gunk' by absorbing excess sebum and calming irritation. Hydrocolloid is an adhesive and waterproof material that creates a moist environment when applied on a spot, which in turn maintains the optimum conditions to heal your spots. Containing three different kinds of patch – 24 pimple-shrinking salicylic acid dots, 24 whitehead-absorbing hydrocolloid dots and three blackhead-eliminating nose strips – to treat all skin emergencies, we’d be lying if we said this wasn’t a skincare saviour. The moisture from the hydrocolloid gel promotes healing and protects your skin from infection at the same time.

A bittersweet moment of testing, we had to wait until a pesky pimple popped up on our skin but we used these as soon as we started to feel a bump or blemish arising. This unmedicated hydrocolloid patch (meaning it does not contain active ingredients like salicylic acid) is clear so people will hardly know you’re wearing one.

But do not worry if you have to use more, this is normal and is why we provide a large pack of 36 patches so they last you a long time. While salicylic acid is in the product name, the ingredient is assisted by two other key ones when it comes to spot soothing: tea tree oil and witch hazel. If, like me, you're skin is more on the dry side, but you still get the odd whitehead or red hormonal chin spot, it can be hard to know how to treat it.Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology : “Acne and its post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation treatment by applying anti-acne dissolving microneedle patches.