Natural Treatment For Melasma

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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 Time: 11:52 AM
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You have melasma on your face with the resultant facial pigmentation for a long time. And I am sure you must have spent a fortune on different products to treat them. But have you given a thought that there may be some simpler and easy way to treat melasma? How about a treatment that is natural? May be there are some foods that you need to avoid and others that you must include in your diet to help those pigmentation marks to fade? I am sure it never occurred to you. But there are really some natural ways to treat melasma specially by giving a bit of attention to your diet.

Melasma is very difficult to treat and that too over a prolonged period of time. So it is wise to adopt a multi-pronged approach for effective and quicker result. While you may be trying many medicines and cosmetics topically it is wise to have a look at your diet to help heal your skin condition from within.

Do you know the main reason for melasma beside sun exposure is hormonal imbalance?If you are pregnant or on birth control pills and you have melasma then it may be concluded that your skin condition is due to hormonal imbalance. So what you need do is include in your diet foods that correct these hormonal imbalances. Low level of folic acid is usually the most common complaint of hormonal imbalance. This problem can be corrected by taking foods rich in folic acid like nuts, citrus fruits, green leafy vegetables, and whole-grain foods.

Copper is an essential mineral for the body. But excess of this mineral in the body results in copper toxicity. Copper toxicity also results in melasma. By taking foods that are antagonist to copper you can reduce the copper level in your body as well as melasma. You can also try to avoid or reduce your intake of food rich in copper. Avoid or reduce all junk food and food with sugars, caffeine and food additives.

You should also include in your diet foods rich in antioxidant. Vitamin C, E and Zinc are some of the antioxidants that are good for the skin. Rich source of antioxidant foods are tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower and peppers. Blueberries, spinach, carrots, apricots, cantaloupe and mangoes are example of some more sources of natural antioxidant.

Regular exfoliating also does wonders in removing dead and damaged skin cell. Some natural ingredients like turmeric and lemon juice as well as apple cider vinegar can be applied to the affected area as a natural skin mask. Wash off after a 10-15 minutes.

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But a diet plan alone is not going to cure your melasma. You need some external or topical application. There are a lot of products claiming to be effective. But which one works best? To know the answer, check out this article at this blog on lip care. It has some really effective tips on best treatment for melasma .