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Benefits Of Using Ginger On Skin And Hair!

When it comes to body care, ginger has more benefits on your skin and hair than you thought. To know more on the benefits of ginger for skin and hair, read here!

By Rima Chowdhury

Ginger is one among the humble herbs found in every Indian kitchen. This ingredient is extremely useful to spice up your cooking and make it extraordinarily tasty. Not only ginger helps to spice up the taste buds, but it also helps to benefit your health, skin and hair in several ways.

This pungent spice is known for benefiting a person due to its medicinal properties. From aiding weight loss goals to treating cold and flu, ginger helps to benefit you in many ways.

Due to powerful therapeutic and preventive effects found in ginger, it is mostly found in several skin care products. It is used to treat many skin and hair issues.

Ginger, when applied topically, helps to treat several skin and hair problems; and here we mention to you few among the benefits that ginger has on skin and hair.

1.Anti-ageing Benefits

1.Anti-ageing Benefits

With around 40 antioxidant compounds found in ginger, it helps to prevent the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles on the face. Ginger helps to protect your skin from free radicals, thus promoting healthy and glowing skin. By slowing down the ageing of the skin, ginger helps to promote youthful appearance.

2.Treats Blemishes And Acne

2.Treats Blemishes And Acne

Due to powerful antiseptic and cleansing properties found in ginger, it can help to prevent the appearance of acne on the skin. It helps to kill the bacteria on the surface of the skin, thus giving you an acne-free look.

3.Promotes Radiance Of The Skin

3.Promotes Radiance Of The Skin

Due to anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties found in ginger, it can help to promote fresh and radiant-looking skin. Regular application of ginger juice on the skin can help to give you a fresh and glowing skin.

4.Treats Hyperpigmentation

4.Treats Hyperpigmentation

If you often suffer from hyperpigmentation problem, with dark spots, use ginger! Ginger can help to treat the hyperpigmented skin to a certain extent and promote an even toned skin. Take one ginger and cut it into half. Now dab the ginger on the hypopigmented area and wash off with cold water.

5.Promotes Even Skin Tone

5.Promotes Even Skin Tone

Due to natural antioxidant and skin-toning properties found in ginger, it can help to promote an even toned skin. Take one ginger and grate it. Now add some honey and lemon juice to the grated ginger and mix together. Apply this face mask and wash off with cold water. Use this twice or thrice in a day to get an even toned skin.

6.Stimulates Hair Growth

6.Stimulates Hair Growth

It is said that ginger can help to improve the blood circulation on the scalp, thus stimulating hair growth. Due to fatty acids present in the ginger, it can help to prevent hair thinning and boost hair growth. Take one ginger, cut it into pieces and dry it under the sun. Grind the pieces to get ginger powder. Add some yogurt to the ginger powder and apply this on your scalp. Wash off with cold water to stimulate hair growth.

7.Treats Dandruff

7.Treats Dandruff

Ginger can not only boost hair growth, but also help to treat dandruff on the scalp. Take two spoons of yogurt and add one egg to it. Add 3 spoons of ginger powder and one spoon of olive oil. Mix all the ingredients together and apply this mask on the scalp. Wait for 30 minutes and wash off with cold water. Do this remedy twice in a week to get rid of the dandruff.

8.Treats Oily Scalp

8.Treats Oily Scalp

Ginger helps to prevent the hair from getting damaged and also treats an oily scalp. Take one ginger and grate it. Now extract its juice and collect in a bowl. Add some lemon juice to it and apply this mixture on the scalp. Wait for 1 hour and wash off with cold water. Using this remedy every alternate day can help prevent excessive production of sebum on the scalp.

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