What is the ratio of turmeric powder and lime juice to get rid of tan and how long should I leave this paste on skin?
You have chosen the correct combination of materials to perform a skin bleaching solution, or in this case, a paste. However, you must understand that the disappearance of a tan is not immediate and takes sometime. This is firstly because the active ingredients cannot permeate all the way down to the bottom of the skin where skin pigment is secreted. What this treatment or any other will do is to lighten the pigment that is in the higher layers of cells; having said that, you might have to wait for a few weeks before you actually see the difference in your skin.
Homemade Skin Bleaching For Tan
Turmeric’s skin lightening properties comes from a compound found in it called tetrahydrocurcuminoids. This substance has been found to be a powerful antioxidant and also to have skin lightening properties. Being an anti-inflammatory as well, this makes turmeric a nearly broad-spectrum panacea for many skin problems. Lemons also have skin whitening effects but because of the high vitamin C content in it. Just like tetrahydocurcuminoid, vitamin C is also an antioxidant and vitamin C has been used as a natural bleach for a very long time as well. However, these cannot be compared to a synthetic solution like hydroquinone or Tretinoin in efficacy or speed of action. However, where the synthetic solution gains points for speed of action, it loses the very same points when toxicity is considered. Hydroquinone is in fact not widely used around the world because of its carcinogenic properties. Tretinoin though synthetic is not a very radically different chemical from its original natural form. Tretinoin is the acid form of vitamin A. Tretinoin has the ability to lighten skin, regenerate hair growth, and can even be used on some raised scar formations.
However, since you have begun with lemons and turmeric, it is best to continue with this natural alternative. The way you must perform this task is to make a paste out of the lemon juice and turmeric powder mixture. The paste should be reasonably thick. Apply this to your skin and allow it to dry over your skin. When this is done, let some droplets of water fall from your skin onto the mixture yet again for a second go around. Ideally, this should last for an hour. Considering the time it takes, this might be better done at night before you get ready to go to bed. Remember to wash off any excess turmeric powder or it will go too deep into the skin.
