Lemon For Acne

Lemon for Acne

Are you looking for an affective home remedy for your problem? Lemon juice may be your answer. This article describes how to use lemon and lemon juice home remedies

Lemon juice contains critic acid, which is an Alpha Hydroxy Acid or AHA. Alpha Hydroxy Acids encourage skin exfoliation, which is sheding dead skin cells. A primary cause of pimples is dead skin cells clogging your pores. Lemon juice will often lighten acne scars when applied to them.

The treatments effectiveness will depend on factors like skin Ph and your age. However, after using lemon juice for a few days you should see an improvement.

Lemon Juice

How to use lemon juice. This is topical application of lemon juice.

2. Clean your skin to remove oils, dirt and makeup.

3. Squeeze a small amount of lemon juice into a bowl. Don't squeeze too much at first. You can always squeeze some more if you run out. Don't dilute the lemon juice unless you find it uncomfortable, and then dilute it with water if necessary.

4. Dip a folded paper towel or a cotton ball into the lemon juice.

5. Apply the lemon juice liberally to to the areas you wish to treat, directly on pimples, whiteheads and blackheads.

6. If possible, leave the lemon juice on your skin. Apply makeup over it. You may wash the lemon juice off after ten minutes with cold water if you find it irritating or uncomfortable.

7. Repeat treatment daily for a period of two weeks and you should begin to see improvements.

Lemon Juice Side Effects

Lemon Juice Side Effects

Using lemon juice does have a few side effects.

1. It tends to be sticky

2. May sting your skin, and well definitely sting open wounds. Be careful geting lemon juice into your eye

3. Can dry your skin

Drinking Lemon Juice

Lemon juice is most often applied topically to your skin. However, lemon juice is also beneficial if taken internally. Lemon juice detoxifies the liver and your body. This is often important as imbalances in your body contribute to the bacteria. On a side note lemon juice can remove stones in the pancreas and kidneys, and remove calcium deposits.

The hardcore way to take lemon juice is first thing in the morning. Squeeze one lemon into eight ounces of warm water. The water should be boiled or filtered. Drink it and then don't eat or drink for 30 minutes to give the lemon juice time to digest and cleanse the body.

A more moderate approach is to squeeze one lemon into sixteen ounces of water and drink throughout the day.