Spot Healing Tool???

I hope someone can answer my question.....
I downloaded a trial version of Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 to use the Spot Healing Tool but that is all I need it for so paying $160 for this product is not an option.
Is there a tool in Iphoto or some other free software for mac I can use for this same purpose, to remove blemishes or scrapes or whatever from faces in pictures?
Thanks
Patrick

I wish there were a way to delete your own posts.....
Once I played around with Iphoto I found the spot healing tool and it worked just as well as photoshop.
Awesome!!!!!!

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