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This May Sound Disgusting But You Can Treat Pimples & Acne With Your Saliva, Check How!
Beauty connoisseurs confirm that now your own saliva can heal your pimples and acne and here is how you can use it.
We put a lot of effort to alleviate that one pimple, blemish or acne from our face or body. Face packs, masks, scrubbers and so on, we prepare these at home or buy them from the makeup stores, expecting them to work magic on our skin outbursts to disappear in one go.
But that really does not happen and we sit again on the internet to check what next to try to heal the skin outbursts.
Well, the next most easy and quick hack to treat your skin outbursts is using your own saliva. Okay, that may have sounded gross but it does work!
Beauty connoisseurs and researches based on this confirm that your own saliva can, in reality, solve your skin problems like pimples and acne. Read on to know more.
Benefits Of Saliva On The Skin Breakouts
This health-giving fluid of our body - saliva - has antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory properties. It contains enzymes such as lysozyme, lactoferrin, peroxidase, defensins, cystatins and antibodies like IgA, thrombospondin, and leukocyte that make saliva capable of skin healing.
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When applied on the skin, the nitrate content of saliva breaks down into nitric oxide that reacts on the bacterial growth on the skin. It is a natural acid neutralizer with epidermal growth factors like leptin hyaluronan, NGF, and lysophosphatidic acid along with a salivary protein like lysozyme, which promotes the formation of new blood cells, thereby healing the injured or damaged skin part.
Did you know that the use of saliva on skin problems has been existing for over 2000 years now?
In Latin America, saliva is also used for mosquito and flea bites or headaches.
Now, after learning all the good benefits of saliva on the skin, you may want to try it. Exactly like other skin remedies, this one - application of saliva on the skin - is also a process that needs to be done properly.
High-potassium content of saliva also works on the cheek or gum sores, bites, skin wounds and blemishes.
How To Use Saliva On Skin Breakouts
If you have a skin outburst that you would want to treat with saliva, then you have to use your early morning saliva that you have before drinking, eating or even brushing your teeth.
This is because the saliva at this point of time is at its purest form and can be applied directly on the pimple or acne. The water-based highly acidic nature of the saliva works on the skin breakout, accelerating its healing pace and lets it dry out fast. Saliva adds immune defense to the skin.
After applying the saliva, let it dry naturally, for which you have to invest around 15 minutes. In this span, try not to put the pimple-prone area in contact with any cloth, tissue or even a pillow case, as it will hamper its effect.
Limitations Of Using Saliva On Skin Breakouts
The saliva can only be used during the early stage of your pimple, acne or scar development. Also, if it is an open pimple, do not apply your saliva, as it may further cause a skin infection. Using saliva on the skin breakouts at an early stage makes the breakouts dry out in two to three days.
However, you have to use only the early-morning saliva. Rest of the day, your saliva may contain food particles that may react with the skin.
Therefore, on using the purest form of saliva, which is the one from early morning, for a continuous period of two to three days, you can expect your skin breakout to heal soon.
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