Fighting Melasma From The Inside Out
Sara Musfeldt
Article Three of Three in Series on Fighting Melasma
Skin care treatments are not entirely composed of topical cleansers, gels, and moisturizers. Melasma, like many skin conditions, can be treated most effectively by catering to your internal needs like your diet, for instance. Whether you choose to treat your melasma internally, externally, or both, there is no quick way to eliminate it entirely. Instead, you'll prevent future problems and slowly improve your current skin fitness.
Skin fitness: Keep a healthy diet
Melasma could be related to a folate deficiency, some studies show. Often, women on birth control pills and pregnant women have low levels of folic acid. Take a folic acid supplement and eat foods high in folic acid like nuts, citrus fruits, green leafy vegetables, and whole-grain foods to counteract the deficiency.
The recommended daily allowance for copper is two milligrams, which most of us don't reach even though it is available in many different foods. If by the off chance you have too much copper in your diet, it could lead to melasma because it can aid skin cells in producing melanin. Taking an iron and vitamin C supplement will counteract this result.
Antioxidants help your skin cells heal and also help your body fight of free radicals, or harmful elements in the environment, like pollutants and the sun. Obviously these two things can be damaging to the skin making antioxidants essential in fighting melasma. Vitamins C and E are the most common antioxidants and are found in many topical skin care products and can easily be consumed through vitamin supplements or in foods like citrus fruits, nuts, and fish.
Melasma free skin: Detox
Skin discoloration, as stated by many eastern medicine philosophies, is a result of impurities in the liver. Many dermatologists and estheticians in the west have caught on to this notion and now recommend an occasional detox, or cleanse as it is commonly called, for melasma-clear skin.
A cleanse will flush toxins that build up over time in the body, if done properly. Toxins from food, drink, the environment, and inefficiencies in the body build up in the liver and are often noticeable because of the skin's tone and texture.
There are several recommended detoxifying supplements, soaks, and diets, which include the likes of salts, sulfer, acidophilus, and milk thistle. Be sure to research the product closely and ask your doctor if it has any harmful implications, whatever you choose to try.
In fighting melasma, diet and detox are just two factors. In the second and third articles of the Fighting Melasma series, more melasma removal information is discussed.
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