How to Get Rid of Freckles

Sunday, August 10, 2008, 20:25
Cosmetics
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Freckled Woman's Face The brightest freckles are found in young adults, usually having blonde and especially red hair. The skin tends to freckle in spring and summer, but as fall comes and winter approaches, they turn pale and disappear. The color and brightness of freckles, however, depend not only on the color of your hair and skin, but also on how long and intensely your skin is exposed to sunlight.

Anti-Freckles Diet

In spring, you should eat more foods rich in vitamin C such as fruit, green onion, red or black currant juice, sauerkraut and wild rose tea. Vitamin C makes the skin less sensitive to sunbeams.

Whitening Masks against Freckles

Skin care masks have a positive cosmetic effect, too. You can make them with handy ingredients (tomatoes, currant, strawberry, radish, apples), using one or several components. Whatever berry or vegetable you are going to use, you first need to remove their seeds and then mash or grate them. Grate the radish, add several drops of vegetable oil and mix everything well. Use the following application method. Fold a gauze napkin in half or in thirds, put the paste on it, apply and leave it on for 15 minutes. Then wash it off with warm water. Apply a cold pack to finish.

Cucumber Mask to Get Rid of Freckles

Cucumber facial masks are very popular. Grate cucumbers, apply a paste to face, cover with a gauze napkin and leave it on for 20 minutes (you can use thin slices or cucumber skin instead). Wipe leftover moisture off with paper napkins to finish. You can also make facial masks with milk, cottage cheese, kefir, sour cream, vegetable oil, eggs and berries, starch and vegetables.

How to Bleach the Freckled Skin

If you need to bleach, smooth or refresh you skin, try facial masks made with black currant leaves, sorrel, elder leaves and elder-berries or rowanberry, lemon or horseradish juice mixed with sour cream or sour milk (1 tablespoon per 1 tablespoon of paste or leaves juice). Parsley juice helps bleach the skin, too (finely chop parsley, pour boiling water in, strain and let cool; wash your face with the mixture 2-3 times a day).

Bleaching Masks Application Rules

You should apply facial masks regularly, 2-3 times a week and preferably in the evening (15-20 masks in total). Don’t forget, that you won’t get bleaching effect right away. You may additionally use bleaching creams daily in the evenings (15-20 applications in total).

Pigmented Spots on Skin

All mentioned skin care remedies also work for women whose skin shows brown pigment spots in spring. Be careful about overbleaching, though, as it leads to premature withering of the skin and makes your face look unnatural, as if powdered with chalk.

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24 Comments on “How to Get Rid of Freckles”

Sara wrote on 24 August, 2008, 13:30
If I have to eat sauerkraut it might just be worth keeping my freckles. Ick.
Brian wrote on 30 October, 2008, 15:02
Why would you want to get rid of freckles? Sheesh.
Geniusbeauty.com wrote on 10 November, 2008, 9:19
Brian, sometimes there are too much freckles and they don’t always look good. This article is for those who want to get rid of freckles, not for everybody who has freckles.
elle wrote on 26 February, 2009, 7:08
i agree. i hate freckles more than anything about my appearence.
its my opinion.
i’ve actually developed a fear of the sun because of it and i get bagged out because i’m so pale it literally scares people – i love it.

freckles are ugly
TAYLAH wrote on 18 April, 2009, 1:31
I HATE MY FRECKLES AND IM ONLY 13 IT MAKES ME SO UGLY I THINK THEY SHOULD SELL FRECKLE REMOVER CREAM AT COLES AND WOOLWORTHS ETC BECAUSE IT WOULD REALY HELP PEOPLE ALOT WITH THERE SELF ASTEEM AND FRECKLES COVER YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACE TO MUCH….
sean wrote on 6 May, 2009, 1:44
DO NOT do this stuff freckles are amazingly beautiful
melanie wrote on 6 May, 2009, 15:06
really how can i get rid of freakles
Angie wrote on 20 May, 2009, 6:51
I’m only 13, 14 soon and well i haev freckles on my face, arms, shoulders and some on my chest! i hate them sooo much!! they make me look ugly and i dont have any self confidence, is there anyway getting rid of them without laser treatment? if theres not well i will get them lasered off, please right back! p.s anyone can send me an email on this; angiex.o@hotmail.com
carmenjett wrote on 21 May, 2009, 12:42
Omg to the 13 and 14 year old girls…..before you do any thing to harsh with your face let me tell you! i grew up same as all of you the freckle face kid and i hated them!!!! i thought i looked horrible! but now years later i have found the once hated freckles have made a come back ladies i am a model i am a mother and i have the most amazing boyfriend in the world! and every one you meet loves them when you get older! i know as of now im probably getting a bunch of eye rolling going on but i swear even tho i still dont like them much every one else thinks it is amazing to see!!
John wrote on 3 June, 2009, 18:35
I feel the same way… The ones on my face don’t bother me it’s the ones on my arms. If anybody has a home made solution PLEASE mail me at bryantdax@yahoo.com
supa wrote on 20 June, 2009, 15:16
Well I have had freckles for 25yrs of my life! I hated them when I was younger but now, I LUV THEM! If ur young just wait till you grow up because everyone will start to like them on you… I get compliments all the time!
Amiee wrote on 21 June, 2009, 11:00
Heyy, I am 13 and my freckels are destroying my life! All the boys get put off cos of em so i havent had a bf in about 2 years Please tell me how 2 get rid of em in an easy and non-surgical way Email me at starprincess856@hotmail.com Thanks so much
x
angie wrote on 25 June, 2009, 6:06
EMERGENCY! I HAVE FRECKLES AND I HATE THEM SOOO SOOO SOOO MUCH! THEY ARE SERIOUSLY RUINING MY LIFE! ANYONE NO OF ANY PRODUCTS? IF YOU DO PLEASE LET ME KNOW. angiex.o@hotmail.com
Emily wrote on 28 June, 2009, 8:52
Id love have loved to get rid of my freckles when I was younger.
I despised them – and tbh they really didnt look that good when i was PALE.
But guys, most of you will grow out of them.
or they will fade.
If you really want to look better – get a tan with them, it really improoves your apearence with them and makes you more confident.
Im a late teen and my freckles are faint now- though i still have a load on my arms
I also have a freckle birthmark in the shape of a heart on my leg.
Guys, the best thing right now for you is a tan – not getting pale.
If your freckles arent gone when your older – there is still time to get rid of them! x Emily georgette.emily@yahoo.co.uk
Steve wrote on 30 June, 2009, 8:15
I don’t mind the freckles on my face, it’s just the ones on my shoulders and right arm that piss me off..
rosita parani wrote on 4 August, 2009, 21:04
I have many freckles on my face,it gives me embarrasment,pls.help me how to remove this.
ryan wrote on 8 August, 2009, 9:04
hi people, ever since i was little people were always bullying me because of my red hair and freckles, while adults told me they were kisses from the sun. im only 15 and ive been changing myself alot over the past several weeks such as starvingself, people told me if i do this nothing would happen, wereas ive noticed ive gotten slimmer and my self estime is getting stronger as well, ive also dyed my hair black and i love styling it now, the one thing that still really makes me feel crap is my freckles and ive been looking for some way to rid myself of them so im going to try the lemon juice option to start with, if i dont see any esults in a couple of weeks then i might try the cucumber method and so on and so forth, ill get back to you iff any of this actually works and how you can try it if you wont to thanks people for having a place were i can actually talk about it
shannonn wrote on 18 August, 2009, 12:17
im 12 ahnd ahh havee lots off freckless andd ahh HATE THEM soo muchhh ahh want too get ridd off themm soonn asss soo wat wiw ii usee ??? emaill mee shannonl1996@hotmail.co.ukk asappppp
natalia wrote on 20 August, 2009, 18:37
uhhh i hate the way i look everything about my body is screwed up!!! My toes are hideouse i have dark and light freckles all over my face and body. The part that bothers me the MOST is the dark freckles on my face. They are in the same spot and once is on my ear and i have more dark ones and not only that but i have light freckles that look like age spots uhhh i need help i cant live like this plzzzzzzz e-mail me for some treatment that actually works i cant take it anynmore!!!!!! gymnast1_1995_@hotmail.com
NAt wrote on 21 August, 2009, 23:36
i have red hair and freckles everywhere… i HATE them soooo much! they are ruining my life, im 13 and my freckles on my arms and legs are what turn people off me. im so unhappy because noone likes a freckles freak! if anyone has any tips, please help me!!! xx
juice wrote on 31 August, 2009, 19:14
Hey guys, im wit u all.. well those who hate there freckles! u see the girls wit there gorgeous golden EVEN tans, and my face is just coverd in freckles! somebody once said to me instead of trying to get rid of ur freckles go on the sunbed and they will join together so it will look like you have none at all.. so i went on the sunbed lots! and all that happend is they all got bigger without joining up.. and some went like black! its hidious.. the only reason i wear so much makeup is because of them!
Krystal wrote on 5 October, 2009, 4:09
I’ve had freckles all my life, and although I definitely wasn’t a fan of my pale skin/reddish hair/freckle combination as a child, I’ve come to learn that freckles can actually be very sexy (you may not believe if now, but I’ve learned that many, MANY guys find actually find freckles quite attractive).

Some of what you think you hate about your skin may not be your freckles at all. Often, it is the pale skin that tends to come with freckles that is embarrassing for people who want to look like they’ve spent some time outdoors. You can always lessen the appearance of your freckles AND give your skin a more even, sunkissed look though by getting a tan. By tan, I mean a SUNLESS tan! Tanning beds are just like the sun… not only are they dangerous for fair skin, but they are also likely to increase the color of your freckles like the sun does. If you really want to decrease the appearance of your freckles, get a good spray tanner and apply it every 10-12 days or so. Just make sure you test the color of the tanner on your skin first… there are many fantastic tanning sprays out there, but there are also some not so good tanners that will turn your skin orange if you are not careful.
jc wrote on 10 November, 2009, 22:00
Wow, reading these posts really made me think about how much I hated my freckles when I was younger (and also reminded me a lot of my insecure 16-year-old sister). Luckily I grew out of that phase. Learning to love yourself is part of getting older, I suppose, and loving myself meant accepting my freckles, red hair, and all the other things that made me different. To fade them a little, I get spray tanned, and it does look great. But girls…remember this: Different=Special=Hot Guys love it. No, you will never be the tan, blonde, whatever that you envy right now, but own that shit. You are beautiful. Confidence will get you way more attention than any of that crap anyway.