Lemon Juice or Lime Juice for Pigmentation
last updated on 5 November 2011
What it does: Lightens freckles and mild pigmentation over time.
How to do it: Cut the lemon or lime into slices, and rub a slice directly onto the affected skin. You can also squeeze the juice first if you prefer.
Dab juice straight onto freckles or dark blemishes. (But whatever way, remember to use fresh! This is all-natural and will not stay effective for long.)
Leave on skin until dry. Wash off with water.
Why it helps: Lemon and limes have high acidic content. It is this acid that exfoliates the top layer of skin, increases cell turnover, and over time helps to fade pigmentation and freckles.
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my skin is too oily. And the main problem is blackheads and pimples.I used to clear my face with estragent while coming from outside But it doesnt work .Now by reading your tips i applied lemon on my face.Does it works. Is my face gets free from this and become clear glowing.
please reply me …..
Lemons work very well to bleach ths skin and “even out” the scarring.
To the above comment. I would also suggest adding cucumber to the mix for your skin. Do them both together, wait 15 mins, then add olive or coconut oil to your face. Let that stand for 15 mins, and use a hot rag over and over to steam off the oil.
Most people think the oil causes pimples, this is not the case. So make sure you use the oil. Trust me, you will start getting complements on day one.
For acne, look for hormone balancing foods (stay away from processed milk). Acne is much more likely to be an imbalance than from anything else. That is why you get it when you are a teen.
well this advice is good so i want to know more about home remedies for pigmentation so that it wound spoil my skin
Av used lemon and honey for 2 weeks n trust me my face is wow…baby like. I love the combination bt remember not to go to bed with make-ups on.
That’s great – thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the information Nancy , I have pigmentation and trying to det ride of it and tried so much of creams and doctors….hopefully this works………..Thanks:)
Dose this help with pimple scaring as well?
Yes, lemon juice might help if the scarring is hyperpigmented.
< Lol I love the pictures
Haha… I guess you meant the gravatars… They are quite cute, aren’t they?
I THINK I have hyperpigmentation. I have spots, and recently (and still am) broke out in spots, and usually I squeeze them (sorry) and that leaves a scar obviously but there’s a good few I tried my best and left them but as they disappeared they just left a dark mark on my skin, I thought they would go away but nope still there!
For the lemon thing, can I use it but leave it on? Because that’s what I’ve been doing, didn’t realise you had to wash it off, does it matter?
They’re really annoying…I wake up every morning looking at my skin in absolute disgust, I had perfectly fine skin before the summer
Hi Maggie
If it doesn’t sting too much or cause excessive redness, it should be fine to leave on. But since our skin will secrete sweat and sebum (oil), eventually the acidity of the lemon juice will lessen to a point where it’s no longer exfoliating/peeling the skin cells, so it may not give so much extra benefit then.
Will the lemon juice completely eventually remove the hyperpigmentation or only reduce it?
Like most other naturally-occuring acids, it should help superficial hyperpigmentation (epidermal), but will likely not do much for deeper skin discoloration (dermal). So it really depends.
Hyperpigmentation from acne or spots tend to be more close to the surface/superficial if the initial injury isn’t too deep.
Hope that helps.
Hey,in summer m havng flawless skin,bt as winter starts my face gets blackheads nd pimple which leave scars! Plz guide me wil lemon turmeric mixture or lemon honey mixture wil be beneficial?
the cream which my dermatology is given for pigmentation is just lighten my acne scar but I want to clear it off completely from my cheeks so if you could suggest me some good cream which can completely erase the marks from my cheeks as well as from my forehead
i am about to try it and ive be scrubbing myself with it but this is great