Honey: As a Natural Skin Remedy

“Invest in Your Skin, it is going to represent you for a very long time”

Linden Tyler

Honey is a sweet, viscous liquid made by honey-bees. This delicious yellowish colored fluid has been used as a dietary and medicinal product for ages. Today we are focusing on the honey as a skin care product. How you can get a flawless, smooth and healthy skin by using Honey?

Honey is rich in anti-oxidants and flavonoids, making it good for your skin. It can enhance one’s beauty when used properly. It can used itself or combined with another ingredient to get the desired look. Without a further delay, here are some beauty hacks of honey for your skin.

Blackhead Removal:

When honey applied on face it opens the pores, thus cleansing them and removing the blackheads. The anti-microbial property of honey helps to keep your pores oil and dirt free, moreover keeping the pores hydrated and tight by giving you clear complexion.

Anti-Inflammatory:

Honey acts as an excellent anti-inflammation agent. You can apply it on your skin if you got allergic reaction while using any new makeup product. It will soothe the area, reduce the irritation and redness. Moreover, a study in 2017 reveals that raw honey from sting-less bees has anti-inflammatory properties.

Anti-Acne:

Honey is very good at providing you to get an acne or pimple free smooth skin. Due to its anti-bacterial activity it helps to activate the immune system and heals blemishes as well. Honey mask is very good for treating chronic skin conditions.

Anti-Aging:

Honey being rich in anti-oxidants, fights dead skin cell and boost Collagen Production. It prevents wrinkles to form, keep the skin looks more younger and helps to prevents the infections on skin that accelerate aging.

Exfoliator:

Apply honey on your face for several minutes and then remove it in circular motion by dipping your fingers in cold water. It will help to remove all the dead skin cells that makes your skin dull. Hence giving you brighter and lighter tone.

Wound Healing:

Honey can help to treat burns and wounds. It is applied on the burned skin. It soothes the wound giving you the cooling effect and helps to get rid of the burn scar.

Moisturizer:

Honey is being used in many moisturizing skin products. Honey is a very good humectant and emollient thus having a very good property of binding water to our skin. Keeping the skin hydrated.

Maintain Skin pH:

Honey has a low pH due to which it keeps the pH of skin low thus prevents the growth of most pathogens and heal the wound faster.

Anti-Proliferative:

Some research shows that along with other properties honey has anti-proliferative, anti-cancer and anti-metastatic effects. Some study shows that honey has positive effect on cancer cells. The studies mostly focused on how honey slow the growth and reproduction of cancerous cells.

(Note: Should not try to treat skin cancer with honey alone, as it is not the reliable treatment. However, it can be used alongside the medical treatment with the consultancy of doctor.)

Risks:

People allergic to pollen's or bees should take precautions while using honey on their skin. Use on a patch of your skin if you are using it for the very first time. If feel some irritation or itching than rinse it off with the tap water.

Summary:

In Short Honey is a very good beauty care product one should have in his bucket. Raw honey does wonders on your skin too alongside its dietary benefits. Due to its natural anti-allergic, anti-aging and anti-bacterial activity, it is can provide you a healthy and beautiful skin.