Home Remedies To Remove Tanning
Exposure to the sun causes our skin to tan and reflective surfaces such as swimming pools may aggravate the effect of the sunrays on the skin. Your skin will return to its normal color once the tan has worn out. Summers are especially harsh on the skin, as the sun’s rays are at their most intense during this time. Fair skinned individuals are more prone to tanning than those with darker skin. The most important step towards protecting your skin from tanning is to apply sunscreen. It is important that you apply the sunscreen thickly all over your skin in order to get maximum protection. A sun protection factor or SPF of a minimum of 15 is recommended. You also need to wait for about half an hour after applying the sunscreen in order to allow it get absorbed by the skin. Water resistant sun block would work best for you.
In order to reduce the tanning on your skin, you may take some warm coconut oil and add a couple of pieces of camphor and apply it to the tanned areas at night. A paste of sandalwood powder and almond oil will also serve to lighten the skin. You may also gently massage buttermilk into the skin for lightening the tanned areas. Cucumber works as a bleaching agent and rubbing the juice of a cucumber on your skin will provide you with quick results. Turmeric powder is also a very well known remedy for reducing darkening on the skin. Make a paste of turmeric powder and water and apply on the tanned skin. Dipping a cotton ball into some milk and applying it to the skin will also be beneficial in reducing the effects of the sun. Mustard oil will also help to soothe any irritation or itching that may occur on the skin due to overexposure to the sun.
Cool soaked tea bags placed on tanned skin will remove any tanning effects of the sun. You may also make a paste of turmeric, yogurt and barley and apply to the skin. Vitamin E oil is very helpful in lightening the darkened areas of the skin. The lips are also prone to getting burnt and chapped because of the sun, and hence applying a lip moisturizer will help to protect them. Lemon juice is a good natural bleaching agent and applying it to the skin will help to lighten the skin. Rubbing the insides of the watermelon skins to the affected areas is also effective in reducing the darkening of the skin.
