Brilio.net - Feet are a part of the body that is often neglected. In fact, feet are one of the assets that can be an aspect of assessing appearance, you know. The reason is, legs that are smooth and evenly bright are considered more attractive. But unfortunately, getting those dream legs is not easy.
Because many people ignore care, their feet appear dull, dry and have an uneven color. The ankles are the part that often experiences dry and blackened skin. This condition is generally caused by an accumulation of dead skin cells, the effects of dry skin, friction and excessive pressure on the skin.
Ankle skin that changes color to dark is usually accompanied by hardening or what is called calluses. Calluses can arise due to pressure from sitting on your knees for too long on a hard place such as a ceramic floor, wearing narrow shoes, and rubbing against objects. Even though it is not a serious health problem, black ankles can damage the beauty of your feet, which can reduce your self-confidence.
Well, for those of you who experience this problem, there is no need to worry, because you can overcome it in various ways. Starting from using whitening scrubs, treatments at beauty clinics, to using natural ingredients. Whitening scrubs are widely used to whiten black ankles. It's effective, but unfortunately you have to dig deep into your pockets to buy it.
Even though there are ways that are more economical and no less effective than whitening scrubs, you know. You can use natural ingredients, as shared by a TikToker via his personal account @glowupsecrets1. Through his Instagram account, he uses three natural ingredients, such as rice flour, yoghurt and lemon juice to treat the problem of black ankles.
Contains rice flour to whiten black ankles
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Not only is it a mainstay ingredient for making cakes or snacks, rice flour is also effective for treating dull and dark skin on the ankle area. Rice flour is also able to remove dead skin cells that cause uneven skin tone. This is thanks to the vitamins and antioxidant compounds it contains.
The amino acids and vitamins contained in rice flour will work to whiten and even out skin tone. It's not wrong, if rice flour also functions as a natural exfoliator. The tyrosinase content in rice flour can also prevent excessive melanin production in the skin of the ankles.
The benefits of yogurt to treat black ankles so that they brighten evenly
Yogurt is a dairy product that is healthy for digestion. Apart from that, this ingredient is also effective for maintaining skin health and beauty, you know. One of them is whitening the skin in the ankle area. This is thanks to the lactic acid content in yogurt which works by inhibiting the production of the tyrosinase enzyme.
This enzyme is the component responsible for producing melanin, the pigment that makes skin darker. The lactic acid in yogurt is also an antibiotic which functions to remove dead cells on the black skin of the ankle area.
Lemon is able to brighten ankles that look black
Lemon contains high levels of vitamin C which functions to brighten the skin and remove dead skin cells that cause the skin to appear dark. Apart from that, lemon also contains antioxidants to whiten black ankles. In fact, the citric acid content in this tamarind fruit can treat calluses because its acidic properties can soften rough and dry skin.
These three natural ingredients are believed to be able to brighten black ankles and make them evenly bright. Come on, see how to make and use it, as reported by briliobeauty.net from the TikTok account @glowupsecrets1, Saturday (4/5).
Material:
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- 1-2 tablespoons rice flour
- 1 tablespoon yogurt
- Lemon juice to taste
How to create and use:
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1. Pour the ingredients into the container
2. Stir the three ingredients until evenly mixed and the texture is like paste
3. Wash the ankle area first until clean
4. Apply to the black ankle area thoroughly
5. Leave it for 15 minutes then rinse using warm water until it is completely clean
6. Continue using moisturizer
7. Do this regularly 2-3 times a week to get evenly bright legs.