Homemade Remedies For Brown Spots

Lemon Juice and Apple Cider Vinegar

• Lemon juice is a good way to bleach out the brown spots. Apply it to the brown spots on your face twice a day. You should see results in a couple of months.
• Drink apple cider vinegar and this may result in a reduction of your brown spots.
• Put a couple of drops of vinegar in a glass of water and pour it down the hatch. If you can't stand the taste of the vinegar, add some honey.
• Mix equal amounts of apple cider vinegar and a blended onion and then apply this mixture to the brown spots. Results should be noticeable in five to six months.

Sunscreen, Make a Paste

• Keep your brown spots covered when you are outside. If you don't, the spots will get even darker. Wear a sunscreen or a hat to protect your face.
• Put sandal powder and rose water on your brown spots. This will result in a paste. Leave it on as you would a masque for 15 minutes or so. This is said to be effective in diminishing brown spots.
• Make a concoction out of rosemary oil, vinegar, radish and lime juice. Apply this to the dark spot. This cleanses and brightens the skin and may reduce brown spots.

Castor Oil

Castor oil is not a bleaching agent, such as lemon, but it will improve the texture of your skin.

Onions

Chop up an onion, squeeze the juice out of and dip a cotton ball into the juice. Put this on your age spots,

Aloe Vera

Consider using aloe vera on your brown spots. Aloe vera has healing properties and it will help even out your complexion.

Vitamin E

Apply vitamin E oil to your spots. In addition, you may opt to take a vitamin E supplement. Vitamin E is considered an anti-oxidant. It fights free radicals, such as smoke and pollution.

Try This Mixture

 Mix together ¼ cup of organic yogurt with 1/8 cup of organic apple cider. Add the juice from ¼ of a lemon and 1 tbsp. of aloe vera gel. Apply this concoction to your face. Leave it on your face until it dries. Afterward apply a lightening solution such as hydroquinone (which is found in skin care products) or some more lemon juice and let it dry. Follow this with a moisturizer.

Consult With Your Physician

Generally, these dark spots are benign and don't pose any problems other than that they may not be aesthetically pleasing. However, these spots can also be indicative of nutritional deficits and impaired liver function. If, however, your spots are changing in texture and color or increasing in size, you need to point this out to your physician.

What Causes Brown Spots???

Sun radiation is responsible for most of the unpleasant skin conditions as appearance of brown spots, appearance of wrinkles and fine lines, sagging of the skin, premature aging, enlargement of blood capillaries on the face.Pollution, stress, sunlight, fatty foods, cigarette smoke together with improper skincare compromise the skin’s appearance of brown spots.
Brown spots, also known as age spots, dark spots, sun spots, liver spots, lentigines, lentigos are concentrations of melanin trigged by unprotected exposure to the sun over a long period of time. These brown spots are also called “hyper pigmentation” – patches of the skin that become darker in color than the normal surrounding skin.Hyperpigmenation can be shortly defined as increase in the natural color of the skin. It occurs usually when an excess of melanin forms deposits in the skin.

WHAT CAUSES BROWN SPOTS:

• Sun exposure
• Aging
• Genetics
• Hormones
• Pregnancy
• Stress
• Improper skincare
• Menopause
• Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation
• Liver disease
• Birth control pills
• Result of acne
• Result of harsh chemicals 

Brown spots are caused by a combination of sun damage and a decline in the hormones that regulate the production of melanin. When your skin is exposed to sun, the UV rays can easily break down the collagen and elastin and as a result the skin may become rougher and cause formation of brown, reddish spots due to the excess melanin. Prolonged sun exposure causes the skin cells to produce more melanin and cause surface pigment changes. Melanin is a pigment that gives color to the skin and hair. It helps protect the skin from the harmful sun’s rays but increased amount of melanin pigment often result in formation of dark, brown spots. Brown spots, reddish spots often appear in the location where a pimple used to be and it is called “post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation”  / darkening of the skin/. The post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation is normal. Some acne lesions as cysts and nodules usually leave dark discolorations after the blemish heals, as well as rashes and allergies.
Fortunately most of these marks are temporary and the pigmented areas will fade in time / it usually takes approximately 3 months, but if the skin is exposure to sun without a protection it can take up to 2 years. Aside from sun exposure and hormones, hyperpigmentation can be caused by skin damage, such as remnants of blemishes, wounds or rashes.
Brown spots usually appear in areas exposed to sunlight – especially on the chin, around the nose and mouth. In older people brown spots may appear on the face, back, neck, chest, shoulders, and hands. These dark spots are a matter of great concern for many Latinas due to their skin characteristics and the environmental factors  hot weather, sun, humidity.