h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well, it's Easter weekend, so I figured that this little remedy for acne was particuarly timely:

Seperate an egg yolk into a dish (just the egg yolk-- you can make yourself a zero-fat omelette later with the white) and grab a clean beauty brush (artists' brushes will do too, but it must be clean) and paint a medium-thick coat onto your face. Let it dry to the point of pseudo-crustiness, and wash it off. Repeat this 2-3 times a day for 1-2 months, or until you start seeing signifigant results. You might have to continue doing this to maintain your clear skin, but perhaps only once a day, or once every two days.

My younger sister (who has astonishingly bad skin due to her love of pancake makeup) tried this at my suggestion and sure enough, her skin gradually cleared up when nothing else really helped in the long term. Unfortuanately, with her skin cleared up, she didn't see any reason for continuing to slather her face with egg-yolk and she stopped; the zits came back within weeks.

I'm not exactly sure why this works, but we've speculated that it has something to do with the enzymes that are present in chicken eggs.

It's supposed to be an old eastern indian remedy, if anyone's curious.