Natural tricks to remove the Darkness from knees and elbows

Hygiene is very important for one’s daily routine. We take care of our body, protect it from pollution and harmful sun rays, take regular shower, wear good and washed clothes. This all keeps us and our mind fresh and healthy. Body cleansing is an important part of keeping our soul refreshed. Along with this, we also keep ourselves occupied in one way or the other that we hardly get time for self. And so, we prioritize our work rather than our body’s cleanliness. In this, the part that is badly affected by our ignorance is our elbows and knees. They are the one which are not taken care because of our lethargic attitude.

When we forget to clean our elbows and knees on regular basis, this leads to the accumulation of dead cells, rough skin, hormonal imbalance, because of which, it becomes the cause of darkening of elbows and knees. As these areas don’t have any oil glands, so they need extra care and required to be moisturized all the time.

Causes of darkening of knees and elbows

We have seen people having fair skin but with dark elbows and knees or people having darker skin with dry and dark toned elbow and knee skin. Have we ever noticed, why is it so? There are few major causes because of which the darkening of knees and elbows happen.

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    Accumulation of dark skin cells

·        Friction

·        Lots of exposure to sun

·        Common skin disease like eczema

Ways to naturally bleach dark knees and elbows

There are many ways through which we can lighten the dark area of our body naturally, by using few home remedies:

·        Cucumber – Dry skin turns dark and scaly because of the production of dark cells. Applying cucumber is a great trick of lightening the dark area it keeps the skin hydrated, which is helpful in whitening the affected area.

·        Potato- It is a traditional, still very common method of lightening the darker area. It has a mild bleaching effect, because of the presence of Vitamin C. Potato reduces hyper-pigmentation, decreases melanin production. It also has enzymes that remove dead cells, leaving behind bright and smooth texture.

·        Lemon- It is a citrus fruit. It contains vitamin C , it has a bleaching effect on skin as it reduces melanin and further darkening of skin.

·        Coconut oil- As it works as a wonder. Coconut oil nourishes skin and body. Apply it on daily basis to see results.

·        Aleo Vera and milk -  Aleo Vera contains a natural de-pigmenting compound known as Aloin, which is a necessary element for skin lightening. And milk has lactic acid which is again a skin lightening compound. Milk and Aleo Vera , when used together is great to use for the removal of darker skin.

·        Honey- Honey has a superb bleaching power. It can be applied as it is or it can be mixed with curd, lemon, banana to enhance its bleaching capacity. And so it leaves the skin nourished and bright.

·        Vinegar and yoghurt- Vitamin C present in vinegar and curd helps in exfoliating dead skin cells.

These are the few natural readily available ways and methods, which help in the lightening of any darker area of body. They should be used on regular basis to get the desired results.