Proper skin care basics involve understanding the order of sunblock and primer application. Discover how to wash your face with jojoba oil, lighten skin tone at home, and use glycolic acid toners and aloe vera to manage dark spots and redness.
Freckles and dark spots on your face are the result of sun exposure. Also called age spots, they occur when production of melanin, which is the dark pigment of your skin, is accelerated by ultraviolet light. Most of the time they are harmless, but you may want to remove them for cosmetic reasons.
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Aloe vera has long been used in folk medicine. Healers reach for aloe vera most commonly as an aid to heal cuts, soothe burns and moisturize external skin. Taken internally, aloe has medical uses as a laxative and an "anthelmintic" -- used to clear parasitic worms from an infested digestive system.
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