Freckles or brown spots are the round, flat, darker toned spots that appear on a person’s skin. These freckles or spots are mainly a result of the precipitation of pigment in one area of a person’s skin. Freckles can be inherited hence entire families and successive generations could suffer from this problem. Normally freckles do not have any medical consequence. Thus they are not really a cause of any problem. They however are sensitive to the UV rays of the sun. Thus the freckles would be very noticeable on a person from the condition. The freckles are noticeable when such persons are exposed to sunlight or just return after being exposed to sunlight. They can form on any part of a person’s body, but they mainly occur on those parts of a body that are largely exposed to the sun.
There are numerous remedies one can use to handle this problem of freckles at home. Simply start by applying some sour lemon cream to that area of the person’s face where there are freckles visible. This mask does not need to be rinsed off totally. Instead one should wipe of the mask in a gentle motion and then put some moisturizer on top. Lemon juice has also been found to be very beneficial in treating freckles and in helping to lighten them. One can simply apply some of the freshly squeezed lemon juice on to those areas of skin which are covered in freckles. Lemon juice has the ability to lighten some of these darker spots. There are various vegetable and fruit masks that one can apply on the face regularly, to lightening these freckles and brown spots. Some of the main fruits and vegetables include strawberries, apricots, red currants and cucumbers. One can also occasionally wash the face with sour milk. The lactic acid that is present in the milk causes the skin to peel in a gentle fashion. The good part of this is that there is no irritation experienced due to the peeling. One can also try heating a mixture of honey and water and applying this lightly over the brown spots. Then proceed to wash this off with some warm water. A small portion of wheat germ can also be added to the honey. Horseradish is another useful ingredient for tackling the problem of freckles. One can even try using some oatmeal to treat this condition. Try also extracting some parsley juice and applying this on to the affected area.