Lemon Juice for Acne

Most of the people experience one or more types of face skin disorders like acne scars, hyperpigmentation and wrinkles. You may have experienced any or all these problems at any stage of your life. Do you notice why it happens so? There are plenty of reasons and causes that you must inhibit or avoid from.



Fundamental causes may include lack of dietary substances that take part in healthy skin growth and over all body functions. Such substances include vitamins and minerals. Proteins is another significant substance taking part in healthy skin growth. Proteins repairs damaged tissues and rebuild them. Environmental pollution, ultraviolet rays of sun, harsh cosmetics and detergents all contribute to any one or more types skin disorders. Here in this article, we will deal with the first and foremost cause, known as lack of vitamins and minerals.

Acne, scars, wrinkling and hyperpigmentation are the most frequent skin disorders appearing on face due to lack of vitamins. Vitamins control your entire body. It instructs chemical processes taking place within your body to run optimum level. Vitamins and minerals make your life possible in the earth. You can not live without vitamins and minerals. All right! You grasped what I want to say. Now it comes that what are best sources of vitamins and minerals along with some antioxidants and antimicrobials that cover a wide range of vitamins and inhibits its associated causes. Lemon is the excellent source of vitamins, minerals, antimicrobials and antioxidants needed for healthy skin. Even if you are taking lots of proteins and eating high proteins rich foods, you can not make your skin healthy unless you take vitamins and minerals in combination with those protiens.

Lemon contains vitamins B, C, E and minerals namely potassium, magnesium and calcium. Vitamin C is of great significance in various aspects. It takes part in complex chemical processes to accelerate their rate of chemical reactions. Damaged and inflamed hair follicles results in acne, irregular tissue growth and production of collagen cause scaring and dehydration and lack of vitamin B complex cause wrinkling and lack of vitamin C and certain other enzymes may cause hyperpigmentation.
Therefore, using lemon orally and topically is very useful if you want your skin to look fair, clean, soft and supple.

Let's discuss how to use lemon juice to enhances its significance and reap most of its benefits.
Lemon juice is used in two different ways. Some people slice the lemon and rub it on the face including the affected areas, while some people extract its juice and apply it on the face with the help of cotton balls. The second method is best as the first method may cause the acne to spread.

Just squeeze the lemon, extracts its juice, dip the cotton ball and put it on the affected areas first. When you have done so, throw the cotton ball and take another cotton ball to apply the juice on non affected areas. After one or two hours rinse your face with lukewarm water and pat it dry. You will notice how clean and fair you face is!. It removes excess of skin oil (sebum), exfoliate dead skin cells, kills germs and removes dirt. You may notice itching or burning sensation. If you feel so, dilute the lemon juice with water to reduce itching and burning.