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6 Harmful Effects Of Bleaching Your Skin by Enixfashionhous(op): 11:41am On Apr 17, 2019
Everyone, regardless of the age wants an even skin tone, but sometimes most people go beyond getting an even skin tone to getting a brighter complexion beyond their natural skin tone, thereby destroying their skin.

Skin whitening helps in removing spots, blemishes, but it can also be dangerous and harmful to our bodies.

In this article, I'll be telling you the things to look out for when buying your cream and natural ways you can brighten your skin.

Things to look out for when buying your cream

- Hydroquinone

- Mecury

- Steroids

- Topical retinoids

- Niacinamide, etc.

These ingredients, when used can cause these harmful effects

- Skin irritation

- Skin cancer

- permanent bleached skin

- Dark grey spots

- Severe dryness of the skin which will lead to peeling of the skin

-Liver and kidney damage

Natural ways you can lighten your skin


You can lighten up your skin with the following

Lemon


Lemon has Vitamin C that helps in exfoliating the skin lighten the skin and improve skin tone.


Cut the lemon into half; rub in circular motions on your face and neck. Rinse your face after 10-15mins.

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Re: 6 Harmful Effects Of Bleaching Your Skin by Enixfashionhous(op): 11:45am On Apr 17, 2019
Lemon juice and yogurt

Lemon and yogurt can be used in home remedies to soothe skin irritation, it helps to reduce blemishes and scars. Yogurt tightens your skin and shrinks your pores.

Extract your lemon juice, mix the juice with yogurt and then apply on the affected area

Re: 6 Harmful Effects Of Bleaching Your Skin by Enixfashionhous(op): 11:47am On Apr 17, 2019
Turmeric (powdered preferably), mix with honey or use alone

You can do this or also mix your turmeric with lemon juice, make a paste with this and then apply to the affected area, wash off after 10 minutes. Do not wash off with soap.

Re: 6 Harmful Effects Of Bleaching Your Skin by Enixfashionhous(op): 11:50am On Apr 17, 2019
Milk

You can decide to use milk and lemon, soak a slice of lemon inside the milk and leave for 15-20mins before applying on the affected area.

You can use whole milk, goat milk, cow milk or butter milk.

You can apply this mixture at night and wash off in the morning.

Re: 6 Harmful Effects Of Bleaching Your Skin by Enixfashionhous(op): 11:52am On Apr 17, 2019
Oat meal and Tomato juice

Oatmeal acts as an exfoliator and tomato juice is an excellent astringent.

Oatmeal has amino acids in it, which can the skin and clears dark spots. It also has Vitamin E that helps to correct skin discoloration.

Use a blender to grind the oatmeal into powder, add chopped tomato into the blender until its pasty. Apply to affected area then leave until dry. Rinse with warm water.

Re: 6 Harmful Effects Of Bleaching Your Skin by Enixfashionhous(op): 11:53am On Apr 17, 2019
Like the saying goes “Healthy skin is a reflection of overall wellness”.

Let’s try as much as possible to stay away from body creams that will cause damage not only physically but also psychologically.

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Re: 6 Harmful Effects Of Bleaching Your Skin by Enixfashionhous(op): 11:54am On Apr 17, 2019
Re: 6 Harmful Effects Of Bleaching Your Skin by hubtiva: 12:10pm On Apr 17, 2019
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Re: 6 Harmful Effects Of Bleaching Your Skin by TANID(m): 12:13pm On Apr 17, 2019
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Re: 6 Harmful Effects Of Bleaching Your Skin by hubtiva: 1:56pm On Apr 17, 2019
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