Magic of Lemon for your Skin

Lemon can be seen in the kitchen most often, but did u know that you can use it on your skin? Lemon contains citric acid and phytic acid which clean and brighten the skin, removes dead skin cells and promotes a growth of new skin. Lemon peels also can use for prevention and treatment of cancer. It also a great skin enhancer giving you glow and soft skin, because the acid helps in cleansing and lightning. And when the skin has dead skin cells lemon can help in exfoliation. The acid can help exfoliation. There’s chemical exfoliation and physical exfoliation. Chemical is with acids and products that exfoliate by used of the ingredients within them. Physical is just what its sound .

Benefits of lemon for the skin:

• It exfoliates dead skin cells- lemon juice contains alpha hydroxy acids such as glycolic acid. Acids commonly used in skin care as it increases cells turn over and blow away those dead skin cells.

• It promotes even skin tone – due to potential exfoliating properties of lemon juice people use it to reduce hyperpigmentation.

• It decreases oil production – lemon juice is good for oily skin, because of its astringent, it tightens pores, and controls excess food.

• Increases collagen production- the body needs vitamin c to produce collagen, it is the main component of the skin.

• Antioxidants – lemon can help fight oxidative stress, oxidative stress can lead inflammation, sagging and faster skin aging. Lemon juice may help save these effects because it contains antioxidants in the form of vitamin c.
• Despite of all good benefits of lemon on the skin you should avoid overusing it in your face . Cautions of using lemon on the skin:
• Increase photosensitivity -lemon juice makes your skin more photosensitive in the sunlight that can cause sunburn like red rash that is irritating and sometimes painful.
• Weakened skin barrier – that’s why we should not over exfoliate the chemical or physical.
• Burns – we all don’t want burns that’s why we use hats, suns screens to avoid the sun . Some suns is good but this photosensitivity that brought directly by the lemon juice can result to severe sunburn.
• General irritation – its the side effect of all acids.
• Hyperpigmentation – although lemon juices often used to reduce hyperpigmentation earlier it can also worsen through burns and skin damage.