toothpaste works...trust me. I accidentally discovered this 'miracle' cure one night as a pimply teenager. I was brushing my teeth, and had a couple of zits on my chin, and some of the toothpaste ended on them and it started to feel funny. Well I washed it off and discovered that the zits had shrunk in size a bit so I decided to put a dab of the toothpaste on it and let it sit for awhile. Well it dried up, and I went and washed it off, and there was barely a bump left in the spot where the zit was. The next morning I got up and looked in the mirror and the zit was completely gone.