How to Bleach Skin

You look into the mirror and give out a shriek of horror. Out of the blue you seem to have developed some scars from a long forgotten rash on your face. You make valiant efforts to get rid of it and you finally succeed in conquering that dark spot. Bravo! Seems like a deja vu feeling? I am sure it is. Yet, it is always not that huge a problem and skin can be easily bleached. Our skin has pigments which give us our complexion. Bleaching or skin whitening is a method through which our skin is de-pigmented, leading to whitening of skin. There are natural as well as chemical substances used to bleach your skin. Bleaching your skin is pretty simple, though you would need to be careful while doing it.

How to Bleach Skin Naturally?

Cucumber, Potato and Tomato

These are one of the most user-friendly (this is for the tech savvy lasses) bleaching ingredients available! You can use them separately as well as in tandem. While blemishes on the skin are reduced by cucumber and potato, tomato adds icing on the cake (oops I mean the bleaching mixture), with its fantastic antioxidant properties. Rub your face with the juices of these 3, let it stay overnight and wash it off the next morning.

Potato and Honey with Lemon Juice

• Take two small potatoes and then peel and grate them. Place the grated potato in a square portion of unbleached cotton or muslin cloth.
• Now add 3 drops of lemon juice to the grated potatoes and similarly add a few drops of honey to the mixture.
• Close the cloth by bringing the corners together, holding them between your fingers.
• Rub the cloth with the mixture inside on your face. Let this mixture cum juice stay on your face for a minimum of 20 minutes before you wash it off.
• An application, twice a week, of this mixture, would get good results for bleaching your skin.

Oranges and Raw Milk

• Take an orange and peel it and let the peels dry in sun.
• After the peels are thoroughly dried, grind them and then add raw milk to the orange paste. Add milk till you get the consistency of a paste.
• Apply the paste to your face and leave it until it dries.
• Clean your face with lukewarm water.

Lemon Juice

• Begin with cutting a fresh lemon in slices.
• Apply these slices where there are dark spots, freckles or blemishes directly.
• Hold the slice there for around 10 minutes and then wash off all the juice.
• You can do this once a week, till the time you get rid of those spots.

Bleaching skin with lemon is as simple as that. Apart from these mixtures, you can create a paste including all these above ingredients with an addition of gram flour. This was all about bleaching skin naturally. This will certainly work, but will take some time, but the advantage is that it is organic and a natural way of skin care. Nevertheless, if you want to use a chemical bleach, here is what you can do.

How to Bleach Skin at Home?

• Wash your face clean with a mild cleanser at night and rinse with warm water. Then pat your face dry.
• Another way in which you can bleach skin is using a skin care product with hydroquinone. Apply it every evening before going to bed. Hydroquinone obstructs melanin production and does not let the skin produce the pigment needed for skin color.
• Increase the exfoliating process in the morning. This will expose the fresh, pigment-inhibited skin.
• Amongst other useful and effective solutions for bleaching skin is to use a chemical exfoliant. This leads to boosting the turnover of the cells of the skin.
• Use a sunscreen regularly for avoiding side effects caused by exposure to sun, especially to a harsh sun. The sun can totally reverse the impact of hydroquinone on your skin, resulting in increased pigment production.

Even this process is not fast. It is because it is not a overnight process and it takes a minimum of couple of weeks for the effects to be seen. Hence, you have to be patient and wait for the impact. But while doing this, the issue of safety comes up, because these are not natural skin bleaching agents.

Finally, I feel rather than chemical bleaching, you should use oranges, gram four, lemon honey, potato etc to cleanse the skin. There is no need to bleach skin unless there are dark spots or the likes on your face disturbing you. Dusky and lovely skin looks ravishing, ladies! Forget fair and lovely for some time. This is where I sign off! Take care!