The sun's rays, of course, paint the walls of the ancient Kremlin with a gentle light, but the skin clearly does not grow young. On the face there are freckles and pigmented spots. Well - shall we whiten? Removing freckles, pigmented spots - our topic for today.
Fashion in speckles
Generally, freckles have been on the crest of high fashion for 5 consecutive years. They entered it with the easy hand of Hugo Boss, who entrusted advertising the new line of perfume top model with a scattering of cute specks on the face, ears, neck, shoulders, chest and hands. Couturier this pigment abundance is not embarrassing: he is sure that thanks to freckles, the beauty with which consumers associate this fragrance looks natural, and this is the most important thing. Especially for those who are deprived of this piquant feature of the skin, French makeup artists even created a special series of cosmetic products, helping to simulate freckles.
Psychologists especially warn against parting with freckles of business women. It is believed that it is thanks to these "frivolous" specks that business partners become more disposed towards communication. This "naturalness" on the face inspires confidence in the reliability of your company and facilitates the conclusion of contracts. As soon as you allow yourself to come to negotiations with a clarified person, without freckles and age spots, the subconscious minds of the interlocutors will immediately be perceived as a deception, and the deal may break, experts warn.
But cosmetologists have a different opinion. They believe that freckles and pigmentation spots appear on the face and body due to a violation of skin pigmentation and, like all other dermatological problems, need correction. Especially when the starting mechanism to their formation is the sun's rays. After all, the increased deposition of pigment melanin - one of the main signs of withering the skin. You do not want it to be too early! Cosmetologists in one voice say: avoid cosmetics with St. John's wort and bergamot! And do not drink tea with them - these plants increase the tendency to pigmentation.
Hormonal trap
The tendency to the formation of pigment spots increases during hormonal adjustment of the female body against the background of puberty, pregnancy and menopause. At such times, the sensitivity of the skin to ultraviolet light rises: keep this in mind!
Take at least future mothers, whose pigmentation occurs under the influence of progesterone, which ensures the preservation of pregnancy. In 3-4 out of five women waiting for a child, dark spots are on the face in the form of a half-mask covering the cheeks and forehead. This phenomenon is called chloasma - a "mask of pregnant women". If you do not take care of the sun, it can show up for another 3 months, telling others about your condition long before the tummy is rounded.
To acquire a chloasma is more risky for swarthy brunettes, and for fair-skinned blondes it practically does not happen. Do not worry, after the birth, the hyperpigmentation will disappear (although not immediately!), But after sunburn it can come back again without any connection with pregnancy. In order not to acquire this "decoration", protect the face from contact with ultraviolet light! But the pigmentation around the navel and the swarthy band from the middle of the tummy appearing under the action of hormones, even if the future mother never sunbathed and was not in the solarium. When the endocrine background is normal, the skin will gradually assume the same color.
Protect yourself from the sun! Stock up with a cream with SPF-factor, as well as an umbrella and a hat with wide margins, if you plan to spend October or November by the sea. However, a fair portion of ultraviolet can be obtained on a clear day even in winter. In this case, you should have a cream with SPF-factor or ... a strong infusion of tea leaves (wipe your face with it to protect yourself from the sun). You should take for the rule even in the cold season, when there are not so many sunny days, use a cream with SPF!
Cosmetic safety technology
Do not even try to scrape off freckles and pigmentation spots from the skin surface with aggressive peeling with saturated acid solutions. Especially those that contain hydrogen peroxide - perhydrol - and excess ascorbic acid. All that you get as a result - damaged and aged skin, freckles will remain in place. Better use more reliable proven and safe (and even useful) tools. At least 3-4 times a week, do bleach masks and lotions, leaving them on the face for 20-30 minutes.
Scratch the horseradish root and a green apple without peel on a shallow grater, mix (1: 1) and apply a mask to the greasy, porous skin. With dry or normal skin, you can limit the lotions from the infusion of horseradish. You just need to pour a tablespoon of grated root with a glass of boiling water and insist 20 minutes in a warm place. Then cool and you can use.
READ THE folded in several layers of gauze with slits for eyes and nose with milk whey from under the cottage cheese, squeeze out slightly and put on the face. Use the serum not only for the mask, but also for washing.
MIX 2 teaspoons of cottage cheese with a teaspoon of sour cream, add 10-12 drops of 2-3% hydrogen peroxide (such a small concentration will not hurt the face). But keep in mind: this mask is contraindicated if you have dry and very sensitive skin.
STRETCH slightly curdled cotton swab or gauze ball and attach for 15 minutes on the problem area. You can alternate lotions from yogurt and table wine or apple cider vinegar (unless, of course, your skin is not too dry). Do it according to this pattern: alternately, day - one, day - another.
MIX 2 tablespoons of kefir, standing for 2-3 days in the refrigerator, with mashed berries of mountain ash, lemon juice or parsley (on a tablespoon).
EXTRACT 20 g of yeast with a teaspoon of lemon pulp. Put a cup with a mixture for 2-3 minutes in a bowl of hot water, and then apply a warm mass on the face.
MIX lemon juice, table vinegar and boiled water (1: 1: 1). If the skin is dry, add glycerin.
MIX egg white with juice of half a lemon, bring to a homogeneous mass, apply the mask on the skin with a brush.
Finely cut 200 g of parsley leaves, brew with a liter of boiling water, insist 2-3 hours in a warm place, strain and store in the refrigerator. After washing, wipe the face with this infusion - the skin will become whiter and more tender. Similarly, birch juice and birch leaf infusion act.
Rinse half a banana in a mash and mix it with a teaspoon of lemon juice.
Wipe off fatty and fading skin with lemon juice mixed with mineral water (1: 1).
MIX 100 g of honey with the juice of large lime, soak the mixture with gauze wipes and apply on freckles or pigment spots. After 20 minutes, wash with cool water. Repeat the procedure every day for 3 weeks.
MIX 3 tablespoons of liquid honey, 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar and a lightly beaten egg white.
MIX a teaspoon of onion juice with a few drops of lemon and whipped egg whites. In the morning and in the evening, wipe this mixture with pigmented places. Keep it in the fridge for 2-3 days.
Wipe face 1 -2 times a day with freshly squeezed juice from beets, carrots or strawberries, as well as a mixture of 2 tablespoons of strong black tea with a teaspoon of lemon juice.
Hide under the sun
What if you do not deal with the removal of freckles, pigmented spots, do not lighten the skin, and hide the "problem" areas under the sun? Moreover, the darker the background, the less noticeable. The problem is that freckled skin is usually the color of milk. And she does not so much sunbathe as blushes, suffering from the effects of sunburn. But there is a way out! Fruits and vegetables of red, yellow and orange color can increase the susceptibility of the skin to the sun's rays. They can help the skin "brown", but they do not allow it to burn and become covered with age spots.
Just before you go out on a hot sunny day (or go to the beach), do not forget to drink tea with lemon, half a cup of carrot juice or a glass of freshly squeezed mandarin, orange, grapefruit. Also suitable are pomegranate, sea-buckthorn, currant and tomato.
Scientists have been proven: tomatoes contribute to a smooth beautiful tan, smoothing the skin color! Only 100 grams of fresh tomato salad with olive oil can almost double its resistance to ultraviolet rays. The usual pizza, in which, in addition to tomatoes are still cheese, flour, eggs and mayonnaise, gives a five-fold effect for 3 weeks! This dish (called "sunscreen") is able to restore the balance of biologically active substances in the skin, preventing the absorption of ultraviolet rays and the formation of pigmented spots.
Aesthetic Eraser
With the help of home lightening procedures and special cosmetics, unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve complete lightening of the pigmented spot. These drugs act at the level of the upper layer of the skin, not penetrating inside. But in the arsenal of aesthetic medicine there are methods that will help to erase even the smallest trace of pigmentation.
LASER GRINDING
Freckles, as well as pigment and age spots are removed today with the help of light energy.
How does this happen:
Under the action of laser radiation, the spots become much lighter or disappear at all. The laser beam penetrates exactly to the depth at which melanin is deposited, and the surrounding layers of the skin are not damaged at the same time.
Rehabilitation period:
A slight redness may occur, lasting from 2 days to 4 weeks. To make it as quickly as possible, you need to use a special cream that the doctor will choose.
Contraindications:
Diabetes mellitus, the tendency to form keloid scars
Course:
To achieve the desired effect, usually 1-2 sessions are enough. But if the pigmentation zone is quite extensive, it is broken up into separate fragments and processed in several receptions.
Cost:
Around 3000 rubles. for one patch of skin
PHOTOTHERAPY
Light impulses with a certain wavelength penetrate into the structure of the skin and "kill" freckles, age spots, as well as solar and medicated pigmentation.
How does this happen:
A cooling gel is applied to the pigmented spot, then a tip is brought to the spot for a few seconds, which emits light pulses. The procedure is rather painful, but fast.
Rehabilitation period:
You immediately return to a normal lifestyle. But for 2 weeks you can not sunbathe. Permanent use of creams with SPF is mandatory!
Contraindications:
Presence of sunburn, psoriasis, eczema, pregnancy, malignant tumors
Course:
1-2 procedures with a break of 3 weeks (depending on the area of the pigmented spot)
Cost:
500 rubles. for a flash (you need at least 5-7 flashes per session)