Whiten Your Skin!

Lemon, an ever famous whitening agent, naturally used to enhance skin whitening n reduction in formation of melanocyte which produced melanin. We will discuss about melanin sometime later down this post. What properties which a lemon possess causes such amazing effect?

The lemon is both a small evergreen tree (Citrus × limon, often given as C. limon) native to Asia and the tree's oval yellow fruit. The fruit is used for culinary and nonculinary purposes throughout the world – primarily for its juice, though the pulp and rind (zest) are also used, mainly in cooking and baking. Lemon juice is about 5% to 6% (approximately 0.3 Molar) citric acid, which gives lemons a sour taste, and a pH of 2 to 3. This makes lemon juice an inexpensive, readily available acid for use in educational science experiments. Many lemon-flavored drinks and candies are available, including lemonade and lemonheads.

Have u all ever conducted an experiment at secondary level with just a lemon? Lemon battery - A popular science experiment in schools involves attaching electrodes to a lemon and using it as a battery to produce electricity. Although very low power, several lemons used in this way can power a small digital watch. These experiments also work with other fruits and vegetables. Amazing huh?


There are some people who want to get a more darker skin and there are some people who want to whiten their skin face. As for me la, i wld prefer to whiten my skin rather than darken my skin. For those who try to find ways to whiten their skin face, let me tell you that ther are a lot of options you could try and you have to try in order to be sure you do the right thing for you.




As I know, from my grandmother, lemon is good for a skin whitening thing, but you can't use it alone for a couple of days and expect for miracles - you have to try some recipes (I'll keep you in touch in below) and you may also see a dermatologist in order to be sure you check the best thing for your face and don't do things from your mind, things that could have some negative effects on your skin. There are also people that say that this is risky and if you put to much lemon on your face and have sunborn problems, then you could have more problems that you could imagine. It's better to make the best decision about all this stuff and don't just get the first thing like lemon or brown sugar on your face if you think it does not work.


The thing about lemon juice is that it can have one of the effects that you do not want to - it does not only whiten your skin, it can brighten your skin to, you can have problems from the sun and so on. But, before you go to a dermatologist (or you see one - it's better to have a specialized advice before getting something on your face, thinking that you could have acne or other nasty stuff you do not want to mess with), you should see/check that there are more things you could try in order to whiten your skin. You could try lemon juice, but besides lemon juice there are a lot of combinations you could do or ask the doctor, in order to have the best thing for you.




there is a saying that lemon juice and honey (mixed together) could be used for a sensitive skin, not to get the acid from the lemon juice directly on your skin because you could have some sort of problems - an acid on your face is going to prone you to large pores or other nasty stuff you do not want, you need to protect yourself so be careful, also be careful about the sun burns and stuff while you have that lemon juice in your skin. Also, brown spots are a thing that could be given to you because of this juice/treatment and you staying to much in the sun - protect yourself and do not let this type of things to happen to you.

turmeric ( KUNYIT in Bahasa Malaysia ) is also a good thing to choose/mix with honey or lemon juice, limes and stuff - they are natural bleachers and they could help your skin very much, it also depends on your skin, the results depends.

cucumber juice - as you know (or you may have seen in movies) there are a lot of ladies and not only, who have a lot of masks or cucumber pieces on their faces, before going to sleep. Cucumber juice is good for your skin and in some situations it could lighten your skin and make it brighter.

I've read an article on the net abt a woman who uses lemon cheesecake on her skin as skin mask? Gila ke? But effective la.. Wanna give it a try? :p

About the facts that v discussed earlier, lets talk about Melanin. What is Melanin?

According to Wikipedia, Melanin is a pigment that is ubiquitous in nature, being found in all organisms. In animals melanin pigments are derivatives of the amino acid tyrosine.





The most common form of biological melanin is eumelanin, a brown-black polymer of dihydroxyindole carboxylic acids, and their reduced forms. Technically all melanins are derivatives of polyacetylene. The most common melanin, dopamelanin is a mixed copolymer of polyacetylene, polyaniline and polypyrrole. Another common form of melanin is pheomelanin, a red-brown polymer of benzothiazine units largely responsible for red hair and freckles. Below is a diagram on Melanin Synthesis:




The melanin in the skin is produced by melanocytes, which are found in the basal layer of the epidermis. Although human beings generally possess a similar concentration of melanocytes in their skin, the melanocytes in some individuals and ethnic groups more frequently or less frequently express the melanin-producing genes, thereby conferring a greater or lesser concentration of skin melanin. Some individual animals and humans have very little or no melanin in their bodies, a condition known as albinism.

Try it with no regrets! a Natural way to whiten ur skin!