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3 Home remedies for sagging skin

As you age, your skin’s elastin and collagen structure loses its elasticity to start looking loose and saggy. Moreover, age makes the facial muscles weak and contributes to saggy skin. Besides, excessive exposure to harmful sun rays, too much smoking, pregnancy, obesity, rapid weight loss, a poor diet, regular consumption of alcoholic beverages, dehydration and use of harsh chemicals on the skin can all lead to a loss of the skin’s elasticity.

How to get rid of rashes under breast- Part 2

So you now know how apple cider vinegar, cornstarch and a cold compress can help reduce any rashes you have under your breast. Besides these everyday items, there are some other herbs in your kitchen which prove helpful at getting rid of all those rashes under your breast.

Baking soda and olive oil for acne scar removal-II

Now that you know lemon juice and honey proves helpful at removing acne scars, here is more information about other ingredients which can also remove acne scars. One of them is the wonder herb, aloe Vera. The herb not only soothes swollen skin, but is also helpful at regenerating damaged tissues and boosting the body’s healing process.

Toothpaste too offers acne relief

After learning that lemon juice, baking soda and oatmeal can help treat your acne problem, you will be pretty surprised to learn that even your everyday toothpaste can do more than clean your teeth!

Watermelon -a skin home remedy for prickly heat rashes

Heat rash is rather common in hot and humid weather conditions because of blocked sweat ducts in both adults and children skin. Children are especially susceptible to the problem as they have underdeveloped sweat glands.

Its medical term is Miliaria, and causes stinging or prickling sensations, which accompanied by itching and redness. The symptoms of prickly heat usually develop on the back, around the chest, neck and underarms and its heat rash bumps are usually accompanied by redness and itching.

Everyday fruits make great skin exfoliation scrubs

Your skin accumulates dead skin cells, and it is essential that you remove these dead skin cells regularly for younger looking and radiant skin. The best way to do this is with regular skin exfoliation, which helps in reducing fine lines, clogged pores, winkles and hyper pigmentation. Moreover, exfoliating your skin once or twice a week helps encourage the easy penetration of skin preparations like moisturizers and face masks for improved skin. Most of the homemade exfoliation recipes make use of granulated sugar as it is a humectants which helps hydrate your skin by absorbing moisture from the air.

7 tips for relief from rashes

If you are suffering from rashes, and want to get rid of it easily, you need to first ascertain the reason for the appearance of rashes. If you know the cause for the rashes, you can decide on the best type of treatment to use to help with its healing. Rashes are common skin outbreaks which are localized or spread over a large area with symptoms like redness, itching, inflammation and cracked skin. 

8 more home care recipes for dry skin –part 2

As mentioned in the earlier post, dry skin is a condition that affects lots of people. Instead of using over the counter products, there are various dry skin solutions you can make using the usual ingredients found in your kitchen. While the previous post mentioned about 6 home care recipes for dry skin, this post brings you a few more useful recipes to try out.