Monthly Archive January 31, 2016

Black spots on face doesn’t look good, this is the plain truth. We get the color of our skin due to the pigmented skin cells known as melanocytes. Sometimes, these melanocytes gather in some of the areas of the skin in higher amounts. These areas of skin then become darker or get black and dark spots. There may be many causes for black spots on your face. Hormonal imbalance is one of them. Sometimes, dark spots are due to some blood vessel deformities under the skin where these black spots appear on your face. However, excessive sun exposure seems to be the biggest reason behind dark black spots on face. Sun exposure can give you age spots, also known as liver spots, by damaging the pigment-producing melanocytes in your skin and leading to its higher production. The good news is that you can get rid of black spots on your face caused by such reasons other than hormones and blood vessel deformities! While there are many skin cosmetics such as hydroquinone cream, tretinoin cream and azelaic acid cream as well as various skin treatments like chemical peels and intense pulsed light therapy, we are going to talk about the all natural ways to get rid of these black spots on your face. Yes, we would discuss some excellent home remedies for black spots on your face!

1. Lemon Juice for Black Spots on Your Face

Lemon juice has loads of citric acid in it and this acid has great beauty benefits. Citric acid not only helps shed dead skin cells but also lead to growth of new cells, giving you a brighter skin. This alleviates the problems of age spots along with acne scars, wrinkles and uneven tone and texture of your skin. This remedy may, however, give you a slight burning, tingling, and temporary redness. To see whether you can tolerate this acid, test with some lemon juice in your inner elbow skin. If its all right even after 8-12 hours, go ahead with this remedy to get rid of black spots on your face.

Get this:

• Lemon juice
• Cotton ball

Do this:

• Pour some lemon juice on the cotton ball.
• Now apply this juice to your black spots.
• Let it dry off on its own.
• Wash your face with water and moisturize it.

Do not step out in sun after applying lemon juice as it makes your skin more sensitive to the sun rays that can further damage your skin.

白芷外用为美容要药。《日华子本草》谓白芷“去面皯疵痕”。皯者，雀斑也。《本草纲目》谓白芷“长肌肤，润泽颜色，可作面脂”，古代美容方中多用之。据笔者临床验证，白芷一味单独外用便可美容；若配伍菟丝子、白附子外用，能祛除黄褐斑。菟丝子，《本经》谓其“汁去面䵟”；白附子，《本草纲目》谓其主治“面上百病……面皯瘢疵”，可以“入面脂用”。

如治王某某，女，36岁，怀孕后期两侧面颊出现黄褐斑，呈蝴蝶状，咖啡色，产后一直未消退，皮损面积约3cm×4cm大小，已3年，月经正常，无任何不适。曾坚持服逍遥丸、杞菊地黄丸半年无效。

嘱其自制白芷祛斑膏：白芷200g，白附子40g，二味碾为极细末；菟丝子400g，洗净，加冷水1500ml浸泡2小时，文火煮沸1小时，滤取药液400ml。将白芷、白附子细末趁热掺入菟丝子药液之中，充分搅拌和匀，装瓶备用。

用法：每晚用温水洗脸后，取上述药膏适量均匀薄涂皮损处，保留2小时以上，临睡前用软纸擦去(勿用水洗)。约1个月后面颊蝴蝶斑颜色开始变浅；坚持涂抹2月余，蝴蝶斑整体消失，惟残留几处。0.2cm×0.5cm大小的浅黄色斑。

临床所见面部黄褐斑患者不伴有脏腑内伤杂病者毕竟少见，故尔单用白芷祛斑膏机会不多。另有23例，均伴有内伤杂病如肝、胆、脾胃、肾病或月经失调。笔者均在内服辨证方药基础上加用白芷祛斑膏，一般在1月左右开始见效，有5例皮损竟在1月内消失。

笔者临床还常遇面部无明显色素异常，但欲使皮肤柔嫩细滑且增白的患者，便告其自制白芷美容膏：挑选大而色纯白无霉迹的白芷饮片200g，用小刀剔除其黄棕色粗皮，碾为极细末。每次取30g，掺入一小瓶市售婴幼儿护肤品中，充分搅拌和匀。气温在20℃以上时宜放入冰箱冷藏。

用法：每晚取此膏适量代替常用护肤品搽面，至少保留1小时，临睡前用软纸揩去(勿用水洗)，次晨才洗脸。连用半月后可改为2一3天搽1次。经数十位中青年女性验证，坚持3~6个月，可使面部皮肤柔嫩细滑，且有一定增白作用