All About Freckles

What we must do Freckles?

Freckles appear early in life, increase in number during summer months and fade in winter. After an age of 40-45 are disappearing.

Age spots look like freckles. They appear later in life and can occur in any skin type. 

If you know why the discoloration occurs and take measures to prevent and treat it, you can have an even skin tone at any age.

What to do?

In the young age have a fair skin secretion of melanin. In this way, your body does not need to produce more melanin at a time (melanin produced by the body in reaction to the sun).

Since melanin is accumulated in the upper layer of skin, you can consider skin lightening and peeling. There are various products that can be used for this purpose:

Hydroquinone has been a very popular treatment, but it can irritate the skin.

KOJIC acid, discovered in Japan in 1989, is a natural product derived from fungi. It is gentle on skin and very effective for treating skin discoloration. Penetrating upper skin layers, inhibiting the formation of pigment.

Alpha hydroxy acids help to shed old cells faster, therefore they will be useful. By removing the outer skin cells, which are usually darker, you will make your freckles or age spots lighter and less visibly.

If you decide to use any of the above products, extra sun protection is imperative. If necessary, apply an SPF cream several times a day. By using skin lighteners and shells, will affect you in the dark upper layer. Lower layers are lighter, with less melanin present. If you do not protect your skin, will launch its own defense mechanism produces more melanin. This will result in a darker and more intensive discoloration, which can be even harder to get rid of.

Remember that skin discoloration requires similar treatment. When you stop using lighteners and protection, the dark spots left. But to keep pace with your skin regiment is not difficult: all you need is a gentle but effective Lightener and a moisturizer with complete UV protection - against both UVB and UVA rays.

Herbal preparations:

Wash your face with sour milk. Lactic acid will provide gentle peeling effect without irritating or drying your skin.

Lemon juice is a time proven freckle fighting remedy. It is not necessary to rub the skin with a piece of lemon. Application of juice with your fingers will do the job.

 

Fruit and vegetable masks (apricots, strawberries, cucumbers, red currant).

Sour cream mask. Do not rinse this mask completely, just remove gently with a facial tissue, and then apply a moisturizer. For oily skin - use lemon juice before applying the mask.

Natural parsley juice (or parsley infusion) mixed with equal amounts of lemon juice, orange juice, and red currant juice under your favorite cream will help you keep your freckles invisible.

Increase your vitamin C intake! It makes the skin less sensitive to the sun. Foods rich in vitamin C include citrus, apples, green onions, black and red currant, rosehip tea.