Increase your vitamin C intake. This improves skin tone and
suppleness. This will help keep your skin strong by maintaining basic support
structure of collagen. You can increase your intake of vitamin C with:
Eat more foods
containing vitamin C. These include citrus fruits / juices, strawberries, sweet
peppers, tomatoes, melons, and green beans.
Taking pills
vit.C. If you choose to do it this way, you should take 250 mg / day. Do not
exceed this amount.
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Eat more vitamin A. Because your skin is basically made up
of Retinol, namely Vitamin A, this will help keep your skin healthy and strong.
If you feel your skin is weak or not tight enough, which usually indicates a
lack of vitamin A.
Foods high in
vitamin A include nonfat milk, oysters, and egg yolks. You can also get vitamin
A by eating foods high in beta carotene, which will help minimize the effects
of sun damage on your skin. These include carrots, watermelon, papaya,
tomatoes, or other dark-colored products.
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Minimize sun exposure and pollution. Apply sunscreen with at
least SPF 15 every time you are outdoors. UVA / UVB known to be harmful for
your skin because they slow down your body's ability to repair skin cells are
damaged and dead ones are obvious. Pollution is also a major cause of acne and
dull skin tone.
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Use of skin lightening products - with caution. Skin
lightening products with hydroquinone or kojic acid reduces the amount of
melanin in the skin when applied [2] This can be effective, but they come with
certain risks.:
Skin whitening products have been associated
with toxic levels of mercury, and therefore, with mercury poisoning. The FDA
regulates the use of hydroquinone in the U.S., and so it is relatively safe. 1
of every 4 skin whitening agent from China, however, contains mercury, so it
should be used with caution.
Be careful about
sun exposure while using a skin whitening agent. Prolonged sun exposure can
cause skin cancer. [2] Always use proper sunscreen and other sun protection
when exposed to sunlight.
Bleaching agents
can cause irritation and allergic reactions in some people. Bleaching agents
with steroids, such as kojic acid, can put you at risk of health problems
associated with steroid use.
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Drink 8-10 glasses of water a day. This will help keep your
skin from drying out.
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Exercise every day for 30-60 minutes. Doing this will help
you de-stress and let your body detoxify.
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Mix raw sugar with oil. This mild scrub on your face.
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Use lemon to brighten the color of your skin. Citric acid is
lemon slowly working away in pigment in your skin, but the treatment will take
a while. Mix equal parts fresh lemon juice and water into a spray bottle and
apply evenly on the skin that want to lighten. Consider:
Avoid exposure to
sunlight. When using lemon and other skin whitening products, always use
sunscreen and avoid unnecessary time in the sun. Lemon and lemon juice can dry
out the skin, leaving it vulnerable to sun damage.
Try using lemon or
orange juice every day only. Lightening your skin with lemon juice will take a
long time, so tempting to try to apply a mask or lemon juice every day. Try to
keep 3-4 apps every week. Lemon juice dries out the skin too much to implement
every day.
Aware of what
products you put on your skin. Much of what you put on your skin gets absorbed
into your body. If you use materials other than lemon juice as skin, wash,
lotion, or mask, use good judgment about whether you want your bloodstream.
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Make face masks. The following options will whiten your skin
and improve your skin.
Cucumber mask. Put
cucumber, 1/4 cup lemon juice, 5 teaspoons of honey, and 5 tablespoons of milk
to the blender. Blend until mixed. Pour mixture into a bowl. Stir in the flour
until the mixture gets thick consistency. Refrigerate for 6 hours. Apply to
your face once a day after you shower. You should leave it on for 15-20 minutes
and wash it off with warm water and a clean towel.
Amaranth juice
mask. Blend 1/4 cup juice 1 cup spinach or spinach leaves with a small amount
of warm water leave for 15 to 25 minutes.
Mint and cream
flowers. Put a handful of almonds, roses fresh pasta, honey and 5 tablespoons
of fresh mint juice into blender. Blend until smooth. Apply the cream every
night before bed. When cooled, the cream should last about one week.
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Utilizing other home remedies. Other home remedies using
items commonly found around the home can help you whiten your skin while giving
a reddish sheen.
Making masks
potatoes. Potatoes may contain bleaching agents that make skin lighter while
treating stains. Raw potato mash into a pulp, make a paste with a little milk
and apply to skin, leave for 15 minutes. Alternately, apply slices of raw
potato on the skin and leave on for 15 minutes.
Make almond mask.
Soak some almonds in water overnight. Throw out the water, mingled with either
honey or almond milk, and apply as a paste on the skin. As it dries, wash it
gently.
Make tomato mask.
Another natural bleaching agent, can be mixed raw tomatoes with a little lemon
juice and applied as a paste on the skin. Let stand for 15 minutes before
rinsing
