Vitiligo, dark spots, moles, patches of coffee, freckles, pityriasis: the types of spots that can appear on our skin are really many and of different origins.
There are also many causes of skin blemish formation.
Why do stains form on the skin?
The most common and frequent causes are damage caused by too much or incorrect exposure to sunlight or sun lamps .
The sun is in fact the cause of a hypermelanosis, or of a concentration of overproduction of melanin only in certain points of the body, the so-called cloasmas or melasms, the classic dark spots so frequent.
Taking hormones, autoimmune diseases and metabolic dysfunctions can be other triggers, causes of other types of spots.
Natural remedies against skin blemishes: what are external applications?
There are different do-it-yourself solutions and natural remedies against skin blemishes, their functionality depends on the type of stain to be treated, the use and the frequency and constancy of the application;
- The decoction of birch bark, used both internally, or as an herbal tea, which externally left to cool and applied to the spots is perfect against pityriasis, dark spots and skin diseases.
- For the brown spots that the skin presents in adulthood it is very useful to rub the skin with castor oil and essential oil of eucalyptus , morning and evening.
- An effective application, which is also one of the simplest natural remedies, is obtained by mixing rice bran with lemon juice : the mixture is applied to the face for about a quarter of an hour and then rinsed. Or, following the same application, you can blend the pulp of an apple, add 2 tablespoons of rice flour and centrifuged cucumber juice or grated cucumber.
- Preparing a lotion of grated horseradish and 200 ml of wine vinegar macerated in a jug can prove to be a fantastic natural remedy for the skin. You have to let the lotion rest for a whole day, then filter it and dab the stains with the liquid obtained, as if it were a tonic.
- A stain and refreshing lotion is made with 1/2 cucumber, 50 ml of carrot juice, 30 ml of wheat germ oil . Peel the cucumber and grate it finely; pass the purée, press it and mix it with carrot juice and wheat germ oil. This paste, if applied on sunspots, is able to make them fade and refresh the dermis.
Effective aid also comes from herbal medicine . It can be spread on the stained skin of pure aloe vera or in a super-concentrated gel or cream, continuing for at least two months.
The pot marigold is also very effective, which can be bought both in pharmacies and in herbal medicine, or can be prepared at home by centrifuging the fresh stems of the plant.
Mallow, which contains ascorbic acid, also helps to lighten and arbutin contained in bearberry has recently been widely used in herbal preparations for the same purpose.
Natural remedies against skin blemishes: what are the internal remedies?
Food has a huge influence on the condition of the skin, in fact there are also foods that are themselves natural remedies against unsightly skin spots. If we were to eat carrots and yellow pumpkins for a long time, our skin, starting from that of the hands, would take on a slightly yellowish color. The food therefore affects the pigmentation of the skin and is partly responsible for its defense.
The dark spots of the skin can in fact be caused by an excessive consumption of simple and refined sugars, honey, tropical fruit. It happens like this: since the excess sugars collect and move towards the surface of the body to be eliminated, during this process they stimulate the production of melanin, and the result can be a bad brown spot.
To avoid giving strength to this process, among the natural remedies against skin blemishes can come to the rescue all those foods rich in vitamin E such as oils, nuts, seeds and cereals in the forefront. The list is vast and includes extra virgin olive oil, hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts and dried fruit, sunflower oil, rice, wholemeal flour, milk should never be missing on the table and in defense of the skin.
