How to get rid of freckles?

Let's start with what freckles are and why theyappear. In our skin, hair, retina and tissues contains a natural dark pigment melanin. It absorbs ultraviolet and protects us from its harmful effects. In the skin of blonde and red-haired people, it contains less. The means of protection from ultraviolet radiation are freckles - congestions of melanin.

Freckles are not all red and blondes - For the production of pigment is responsible for a special gene, so freckles are inherited. They appear in childhood, at the age of 20-25 yearsreach the greatest intensity of color, and with age they become paler. Also freckles become paler in autumn and winter, when the body no longer needs strong protection from ultraviolet light, but in the spring they again become bright.

Many men are crazy about freckled women, andthe ladies themselves are far from always delighted with such a natural pigmentation, so already from the first warm spring days they begin to feverishly reflect, how to get rid of freckles.

We want to disappoint you at once: get rid of freckles once and for all you are unlikely to get. Blocking the production of melanin is unrealistic, so that every spring you will have to take measures to prevent freckles from appearing, or bleach them if you still missed their appearance.

In order to prevent the appearance of freckles, it is necessary to protect the skin from ultraviolet by artificial means - the body will feel that it is protected, andThe need for melanin will disappear. To do this, you need to wear sunglasses, hats with wide margins, try not to be in the sun between 12 and 3 o'clock in the day (at this time, solar activity is maximum) and use cosmetics with SPF. Still it is possible to try to wash with a lemon juice (if at you a dry skin - that the diluted water) or sour milk. Prevent the appearance of freckles will help and foods rich in vitamin C, so lean on citrus and sauerkraut.

If you still "missed", and freckles had time to appear, you can get rid of freckles in the cosmetic room. To cosmetic procedures that allow you to get rid of freckles, include chemical peeling, laser polishing and irradiation with a quartz lamp. The fact is that freckles are ina superficial layer of a skin, and at these procedures it is removed together with freckles. These procedures should be performed only in good salons, and best of all - in specialized clinics. After the procedure, do not forget about protection from the sun, otherwise freckles will appear again.

To get rid of freckles will help and cosmetics - whitening masks, creams and lotions. You can use ready-made "shop" cosmetics to fight freckles, but you can try to get by folk remedies. So, get rid of freckles help juiceslemon, sauerkraut, quince, black and red currants, raspberries, viburnum, strawberries, radishes, parsley leaves, calendula flowers, onions, cucumber - and this is not a complete list of plants that can effectively fight freckles.

To get rid of freckles with parsley, for example, you can use infusion of parsley leaves, decoction of the roots, juice or crushed leaves. To prepare infusion, you need to finely chop a bunch of parsley, pour it with a liter of boiling water, insist for 1-3 hours, strain and cool. This infusion should be wiped face once or twice a day.

From leaves of parsley it is possible to make mask. To do this, a tablespoon of chopped leavesmix with a tablespoon of honey and apply the resulting mask to your face for 45 minutes, then rinse. The more "vigorous" mask is made from two tablespoons of chopped parsley leaves, the same amount of lemon juice and honey. It is applied to the face for 15 minutes.

This is just a couple of examples whitening masks for fighting freckles - More recipes you can find in our article on bleaching skin. And if you can not get rid of freckles - make them your highlight!