Here’s a face mask that costs about 20 cents and lives entirely in your fridge: an egg, and a spoonful of plain yogurt. It made the rounds after Dr. Eric Berg, DC featured it, and it’s worth writing down honestly — because it does something real, and it also isn’t the miracle the thumbnail promises.
What it actually does: the egg white dries into a temporary protein film that makes skin feel tight and look a little smoother for a while. People report a more even look on mild marks and some help with small red bumps. What it doesn’t do: replace real scar work. Berg’s “better than any cream” line is marketing — this is a cheap, pleasant weekly ritual, not a treatment for a surgical or stuck scar. Keep the cooked scar salve for that.
Here’s the clip it comes from:
The recipe (makes one mask)
Start simple — just the egg white — or make the fuller version with the yolk and a little yogurt, which is gentler on dry skin (egg white alone can leave a dry face feeling tight and flaky).
Egg White & Yogurt Face Mask
A cheap kitchen face mask—egg white for a temporary tightening film, or the fuller egg white + yolk + plain yogurt version for dry skin—left on 15–20 minutes, twice a week.
Ingredients
Equipment
- Small clean bowl
- Fork or small whisk
Method
- Whisk the egg white. For the full version, whisk the white + yolk + yogurt until just combined.
- Start with a clean, dry face.
- Spread a thin layer only — thick egg takes forever to dry and peels off in sheets.
- Leave it 15–20 minutes, until it’s dry and tight.
- Rinse with warm water and pat dry.
- Use it twice a week, not daily.
Notes
- Raw egg can carry salmonella: use a fresh egg, wash the shell, mix in a clean bowl, and throw the leftovers away — don’t store the mix.
- Skip it if you have an egg allergy, active eczema, broken skin, or weeping acne.
- Egg white alone can leave dry skin feeling tighter and flakier. If your face is dry, use the white + yolk + yogurt version, not white alone.
- Yogurt is mildly acidic — patch-test the jawline first. Keep all of it out of your eyes.
- The tightening is a temporary protein film from the egg white — a short-term firm feel, not a treatment for deep or stuck scars.
How this fits next to the other recipes
Three different jobs, three different bottles — don’t cross the wires:
| The job | Reach for |
|---|---|
| Face tightness, dullness, mild marks | This egg + yogurt mask, 2×/week |
| A closed surgical or adhesion scar on the body | The comfrey–rosehip Scar Mobility Oil or cooked Scar Salve + cross-fiber massage |
| Sore muscles | The menthol-free muscle oil, then a dab of menthol gel on the hot spot |
Two hard rules: don’t put the mask on a fresh or open scar, and don’t put the scar salve on top of raw egg. Want both on the same day? Mask on the face at night; scar salve on the body scar after a shower — different areas, different times.
A word on the “eat more eggs” part
In the same clip, Berg also recommends eating more eggs (he says he eats four a day) and frying them in olive oil, butter, or coconut oil — not seed oils. That’s diet advice, separate from the mask, and reasonable enough on its own: whole eggs are a genuinely good food. Just know it’s a different claim than what the mask does on your skin.
Safety (read this once)
Raw egg on the face is low-risk, but not zero:
- Salmonella. Use a fresh egg, wash the shell before cracking, mix in a clean bowl, and throw leftovers away — never store the mix.
- Skip it with an egg allergy, active eczema, broken skin, or weeping acne.
- Dry skin? Use the white + yolk + yogurt version, not white alone.
- Patch-test the jawline first (yogurt is mildly acidic), and keep it out of your eyes.
The barefoot part
This is the whole idea in miniature: you don’t need a $60 jar for a Tuesday-night face mask. An egg, a spoon of yogurt, fifteen minutes — ingredients you can name, already in your kitchen, for pennies. Use it because you enjoy the ritual and the temporary firm feel, and keep your money for the things that actually earn it.
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Sources & further reading
- Dr. Eric Berg, DC — “Why Is No One Talking About This?!” (YouTube, June 2025). — The egg-white / egg-yolk-and-yogurt face mask this recipe is based on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx5vxhx6fsU
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