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Quick Hand Whitening: Home Tips

By Tara Hari

We spent a lot of time and effort beautifying our faces, but we always overlook out hands. We do facials, try out various skin therapies and protect our face from the sun and pollution by applying sunscreen. But our hands are neglected. This results in our hands becoming a darker shade and developing dark spots or patches on them.

The sun is usually the reason for this hyper pigmentation. Direct exposure to sunlight causes a spike in the melanin production by the body, resulting in a darker skin tone. It looks very odd and unnatural when you have a fair, flawless face, but your hands are a shade darker than your face. There are a number of hand whitening home tips by which you can even out the skin tone of your hands, reduce the dark spots and make your hands fairer.

Here are a few hand whitening home tips.

Papaya

Papaya

One of the best hand whitening home tips, papayas are the perfect way to reduce suntan on your hands. Papayas are natural tanning cleansers and it is very simple to use a papaya to eliminate suntan. Simply use the papaya as a scrub and rub a piece over the dark areas.

Milk

Milk

Another effective hand whitening home tip is to use raw milk. All you have to do is apply raw milk on your hands before taking a bath. Milk will lighten your hands and make them fairer.

Gram Flour

Gram Flour

You can make an exfoliant using gram flour as a natural hand whitening home tip. Take one tablespoon of gram flour, two tablespoons of raw milk and a dash of lemon juice. Make a paste out of these ingredients. Apply this paste to the affected area and leave for 20 minutes. Wash it off with cold water. Make sure you repeat this remedy every day for at least a month to obtain fairer and untanned hands.

Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera

Take the gel of aloe vera and mix it with some cucumber juice or potato juice. You can use aloe vera gel by itself as well. Apply this mixture to your hands to instantly remove tanning or dark spots. Aloe Vera can also be used as a good sunscreen and you can apply it on your hands before you step outside.

Lemon Juice

Lemon Juice

Lemon juice is an excellent way for get fairer skin as it has bleaching properties. You can add lemon juice to honey and milk powder as this is an effective hand whitening home tip. Leave the paste on your hands for 15 minutes before washing off. Use regularly for fairer hands.

Potato

Potato

Use the blender to make a paste from raw potatoes and onions. Apply this mixture to your hand, leave on for 20 minutes and rinse off with cold water. This is an effective hand whitening home tip due to the bleaching properties of the ingredients.

Conclusion

Conclusion

These are some hand whitening home remedies for fairer hands and reduced dark spots. An important tip to remember is to always apply sunscreen on your hands before you step out.

Story first published: Friday, June 28, 2013, 12:43 [IST]
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