How to whiten your face from age spots at home

Every girl wants to have smooth and velvety skin, but this is far from always the case. No one is safe from the appearance of age spots, they are formed for completely different reasons. It is important to learn how to perform cosmetic procedures yourself, without resorting to specialists for help.

Causes of age spots:

• lack of vitamins and minerals;
• hormonal imbalance;
• improper antibiotic treatment or their prolonged use;
• gastrointestinal diseases;
• consequences of the treatment of burns, eczema, pyoderma;
• prolonged and regular exposure to the sun, visiting the solarium;
• smoking;
• unbalanced diet;
• coffee abuse;
• neglect of agents containing SPF filters.

Pigment Spot Whitening Lotions

Replace your regular face lotion with a traditional recipes. Wipe your skin 4 times a day for 2 months. If the result is insufficient, increase the duration to 2.5 months.

Milk lotion

• kefir - 30 ml.
• milk - 30 ml.
• chamomile - 25 gr.
• crushed sea salt - 20 gr.

Brew a camomile in 70 ml. boiling water, pour in salt and insist for half an hour, strain through cheesecloth. Pour in milk and kefir, soak a cotton pad in the mixture and wipe your face. Pay attention to spots and freckles, you can leave the mixture for 5 minutes. At the end of the procedure, treat the skin with cosmetic ice cubes. Store the lotion in the refrigerator for no longer than 3 days.

Cucumber Lotion

• cucumber - 0.5 pcs.
• olive oil - 25 ml.
• vodka - 50 gr.
• cognac - 50 gr.

Grind the cucumber in a blender or combine, add oil and alcohol. Cover, put in a cabinet for 3 days. After the time has passed, strain, wipe your face no more than 2 times a day.

Lemon Lotion

• lemon - 1 pc.
• linden - 20 gr.
• plantain - 20 gr.
• thyme - 10 gr.
• birch sap - 15 ml.
• glycerin - 5 ml.

Squeeze the juice out of the lemon. Steam linden, plantain, thyme 90 ml. boiled water, pour in the birch sap. Insist for about 4 hours, strain through cheesecloth or colander, drip lemon juice and glycerin. Treat your face for 7 minutes with a moistened cosmetic swab. Pour the composition into a dark container, close the lid. Shake the bottle before use. You can use lemon wedges, treating them for 1-2 minutes.

Green Lotion

• dill - 50 gr.
• parsley - 50 gr.
• lemon - 0.5 pcs.
• vodka - 60 gr.
• sage - 25 gr.
• oak bark - 40 gr.
• calendula solution - 30 ml.

Grind parsley and dill, pour 120 ml. hot water. In another container, fill the plants with 100 ml. warm water, put on the stove. Squeeze the juice from the lemon, grind the zest in a blender and add to the boiling broth, simmer the composition for 20 minutes. Mix 2 solutions, strain through cheesecloth, pour vodka and calendula.

Nettle lotion

• nettle - 30 gr.
• linden leaves - 20 gr.
• cornflower - 20 gr.
• Willow bark - 25 gr.

Place the herbs in a glass bowl, pour over boiling water and wait 35 minutes. Pour into a dark bottle, insist 5 days. Treat age spots with a moistened cosmetic swab.

Aspirin Lotion

• acetylsalicylic acid - 8 tablets
• mineral water - 65 ml.
• lemon juice - 25 ml.

Crush aspirin tablets between two tablespoons or another convenient way. Pour them with water and add lemon juice. Moisten a cotton pad, wipe pigment spots 3-5 minutes, then spend 1 minute on the entire skin of the face. Pour into a container, put in a dark cabinet. Store no longer than 21 days.

Herbal lotion

• raspberry leaves - 20 gr.
• wormwood - 25 gr.
• yarrow - 10 gr.
• aloe juice - 30 ml.
• horsetail - 10 g.
• celandine - 25 gr.

Brew herbs in 120 ml.hot water, wait 40 minutes. Add aloe juice, treat the skin with a cosmetic swab. Keep the composition for no longer than 30 days.

Masks for whitening age spots

Masks are applied to the face after using lotions. Recommended duration of use is 2 months. Frequency of use - 4 times a week.

Mask of berries

• lingonberry - 25 gr.
• cranberries - 15 gr.
• raspberries - 20 gr.
• blackcurrant - 20 gr.
• red currant - 10 gr.
• gelatin - 25 gr.

Grind the berries in a blender or use a fork, add gelatin, wait a quarter of an hour. Cover your face, distribute a larger amount of the mixture to age spots. Wait 1 hour, wipe with cosmetic ice.

Kiwi mask

• Kiwi - 2 pcs.
• gelatin - 35 gr.
• liquid honey - 35 ml.
• flax bran - 25 gr.
• celandine - 25 gr.

Brew celandine in 70 ml. boiling water, wait 40 minutes. Pour gelatin and bran, mix thoroughly, wait another half hour. Remove the peel from the kiwi, mash the fruit with a fork, add honey and put in the microwave for 20 seconds. Combine the ingredients in a homogeneous composition, cover with a mass of skin, go to bed for 50 minutes.

Yeast mask

• liquid yeast - 25 ml.
• grapefruit juice - 20 ml.
• lemon juice - 15 ml.
• gelatin - 15 gr.
• oats - 25 gr.

Combine grapefruit and lemon juice with gelatin, wait 15 minutes. Add 45 ml of oats. hot water, wait 1 hour. Soak a cotton pad in a solution of oats, wipe the skin, add grain to the mask. Cover the face with the mixture, put a cling film on top, hold for 50 minutes.

Mask of oils

• burdock oil - 15 ml.
• corn oil - 25 ml.
• patchouli ether - 3 ml.
• orange ether - 4 ml.
• gelatin - 15 gr.

Add gelatin to oils and esters, pour 10 ml. mineral water. Soak for a quarter of an hour, apply a lot, wait 45 minutes.

Apple mask

• glycerin - 15 ml.
• green apple - 0.5 pcs.
• gelatin - 16 gr.
• potato starch - 8 gr.
• kefir - 35 ml.

Grind the apple on a grater, add starch and glycerin. Soak the gelatin in kefir, let it brew for 25 minutes, mix with the first composition. Apply to the skin, put on top of the cling film and go to bed for 45 minutes.

Lemon mask

• lemon - 0.5 pcs.
• chicken protein - 1 pc.
• honey - 35 p.
• sugar - 25 gr.
• whole oat flakes - 25 gr.
• blackberry - 3 berries

Grind the lemon in a combine or meat grinder, beat the protein with a mixer. Mash the blackberry with a fork, rub it with honey and sugar, pour in the cereal. If there is insufficient fluid, add water to obtain a viscous consistency. Combine all the ingredients and make a mask, paying attention to freckles and age spots. Keep the mixture for 40 minutes.

Bell pepper mask

• bell pepper - 40 gr.
• lemon - 0.5 pcs.
• low-fat cottage cheese - 65 gr.
• sour cream - 35 gr.
• hydrogen peroxide (3%) - 5 ml.

Grind pepper and lemon in a convenient way (meat grinder, combine, blender), add cottage cheese and sour cream. Apply and hold for 50 minutes. Wipe pigment spots with peroxide using gauze or a cotton pad, rinse your face with cold water.

Parsley mask

• rye flour - 25 gr.
• fresh parsley - 45 gr.
• sour cream - 65 gr.
• sage - 15 gr.
• castor oil - 25 ml.
• honey - 35 gr.

Grind the parsley, mix it with sour cream, flour and butter. Brew sage in 45 ml. hot water, add honey and mix immediately, insist 40 minutes. Combine the components, make a mask, leave for 50 minutes.

Orange mask

• honey - 100 gr.
• orange - 0.5 pcs.
• cucumber - 0.5 pcs.
• dill - 25 gr.
• banana - 1 pc.
• white onion - 0.5 pcs.

Pass the orange through a meat grinder, peel the onion and do the same. Grate the cucumber with the seeds and peel, add it to the porridge from onions and orange. Mash the banana with a fork, chop the dill and mix the ingredients with honey. Combine the ingredients into one mass, cover your face. Put gauze on top, leave for 50 minutes.

Compresses from age spots

Means can be prepared daily, but it is important to observe the specified exposure time. Compresses do not completely remove age spots, they lighten them and make them less noticeable. It is recommended to use in combination with masks and combine recipes with each other, making 2 compresses in turn.

Sauerkraut compress

• sauerkraut - 100 gr.
• tomato - 1 pc.
• oat bran - 50 gr.
• quail egg - 1 pc.
• chamomile broth - 15 ml.

Grind cabbage and tomato in a combine or meat grinder, add bran. Beat the quail egg. Prepare 1 rectangular piece of gauze, soak it in a chamomile broth, wait a quarter of an hour and squeeze. Put the cabbage, tomato and bran first, and the egg next. Wrap the edges, place the compress on your face, and carefully press. Wait half an hour, flip the other side, hold for 10 minutes. Remove with water and wipe the skin with ice.

Curd compress

• fat cottage cheese - 120 gr.
• kefir - 70 gr.
• hydrogen peroxide (3%) - 20 ml.

Combine the components, lay on cheesecloth and wrap. Place a compress on your face, hold for half an hour, rinse your skin with melt water.

Garlic compress

• cucumber - 1 pc.
• gelatin - 25 gr.
• garlic - 4 cloves
• egg - 1 pc.
• lemon - 1 pc.

Crush the garlic, grate the cucumber along with the peel and seeds, beat the egg. Grind the lemon in the combine without removing the zest. Soak gelatin in 40 ml. water, wait half an hour, then add to the garlic-cucumber mixture. Take the cheesecloth, put the lemon first, and the second - the egg, cucumber, garlic. Wrap well so that the mixture does not spill out. Place on face, hold for 30 minutes, flip to the other side in a quarter of an hour.

Tired of fighting age spots? Avoid excessive amounts of black coffee, always dilute it with milk. Include meat, fish and vegetables in the diet, drink vitamins. Do a compress daily, observing the exposure time, do not forget about the mask. Replace your lotion with homemade recipes, you can prepare the mixture as needed.

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