Honey is the sweet, sticky substance that is produced by bees and stored in hives. It is one of the most nutritionally rich natural products that is being used for ages.
Naturally, it is produced by the enzyme activities, plant matter and live bacteria for the creation of powerful ingredient that helps in many practical uses like in the face treatments, ADD treatments, herbal treatments, and much more.
The exclusive process that creates honey makes it especially valued for cosmetic uses, such as clearing acne, healing scars, and evening out skin tone.
The raw, unpasteurized honey, has several potentials in itself as well as its very potential for topical application on the skin. It can be applied in many ways on the face and skin too for healing and glowing purposes.
There is an enormous number of benefits to using honey, for healing the damaged skin which are as follows:
Scar fading
Honey is considered a very important element in the healing process of skin which may also help in fading acne scars. Honey can be used as a spot treatment on scars.
Applying it every day or every other day as a paste at the site of scarring helps to remove scars.
You can also have positive results by using honey face masks as a necessary element of your beauty routine. But keep in mind, that doesn’t apply honey to the scars caused by burns or deep cuts.
Brightens the skin tone
The honey can best lighten up the skin tone and make it clear by removing dark spots.
Honey has certain exfoliating properties, which help to cut dead skin cells that make your skin look dull and dark. This can expose brighter skin.
Use the unpasteurized honey on your face after washing it with soap properly. You can dilute the honey with purified water as well to make it less sticky and easier to remove.
Let the honey dry on your skin to let its minerals absorb into your skin.
Wash the face after drying it.
You can see the results if you use honey face masks as a part of your beauty routine. Because of its consistent use of it, it can give prominent results.
Keeps skin moisturized and maintains pH
Honey is one of the outstanding soothing humectants that can help in binding moisture to your skin. Henceforth, it is used in most moisturizing creams and lotions to keep dry skin moist.
If you have dry skin, then among moisturizers, the best one you can use is the ingredient of honey to keep your skin soft, smooth, and supple.
It helps to regulate the pH of your skin and prevents any sort of infection. The low pH of honey prevents the growth of a lot of pathogens and helps injuries to heal faster.
Helps after sunburn
Honey is one of the good treatments for sunburns. Continuous exposure to direct sunlight causes severe sunburn by making your skin tan.
The use of honey can best help you to manage sunburn because of the anti-biotic in it and can bring the skin back to normal. It can best work for sunburn than any other cream and helps in speedy healing.
The regular use of honey along with lemon (rich with Vitamin C and citric acid) mask can help you more in speedy healing of skin from tan and even help to control acne breakouts as well.
Best for face acne and psoriasis
The chronic conditions of the skin are treated with a paste of honey, or with a face mask that needs to be left on for several minutes. The best to use is unpasteurized honey such as manuka honey.
The healthy bacteria in honey are effective. They activate the immune system and help with inflammation and redness and heal blemishes.
To deal with acne you can use honey for your face by mixing it with other ingredients to make a soothing face mask treatment.
Before applying it, try it on a patch to make sure that such a mixture is not causing any allergic reaction on your skin.
A mixture of raw honey and cinnamon is an influential antioxidant and antimicrobial combination that suits most skin types.
Mix one part freshly ground or pure cinnamon and mix three parts, honey.
Start warming the mixture using the microwave.
Apply the mixture to your skin and leave the mixture for drying for around 8 to 10 minutes.
Wipe off completely using warm water and pat your skin dry.
Don’t use this mask if you’re allergic to cinnamon.
Honey as Healer for Damaged Skin
Conclusion
Honey is one of the best ingredients to keep stocked in your DIY skincare arsenal. Its use has significant positive effects on the skin. Adding it to your routine can make your skin healthy and radiant.
It has anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, and even anti-odour characteristics that can help people to deal with various skin-damaging issues. This could also be possible that maybe the application of honey on your skin is not effective.
In such cases, frequent applications are required to see a benefit. This might could take a week or more than it to see the effective outcomes. But, if you couldn’t see any improvement get the suggestions from your doctor.
Before using it, check with the doctor to ensure that the honey type you are using is safe to apply on the skin and will be either effective or not.
Never apply honey for overnight application on your face. It is a sticky material due to which you will not feel comfortable after applying it. It may also attract dust particles and other impurities from your surroundings and can worsen your skin condition.
So, be concerned at the time of applying the honey masks on your skin, and understand your skin tone and its requirements before applying anything directly or in the mixture.
