Because of hormonal imbalance and other internal factors, excess sebum along with keratin gets clogged in pores. Melanin, a pigment responsible for your skin color is also carried in sebum. When the clogged pores open up, air enters in and due to oxidation melanin turns black resulting in blackheads.
Green tea for blackheads is one of the effective innate remedies. It’s packed with antioxidants and able to control excess oil secretion.
How Green Tea Can Reduce Blackheads?
Various studies carried out to dwell into the benefits of green tea for skin and health. Renowned medical properties in this tea enticed ancient and modern people to include it to their daily routine.
- A study carried out on animal skin concludes that green tea can guard from skin cancer.
- Consuming green tea will eventually protects your skin from sun damage, restrain free radicals and reduce inflammation.
- Polyphenols in green tea proved to reduce aging wrinkles. Anyhow, more research is need in this area.
- Antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents housed in green tea nourish the skin and help to get rid of blackheads, pimples and other skin disorders.
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Steps to use Green Tea for Blackheads
There are diversified ways to use green tea for healthy skin. Brew a cup of green tea and place tea bags over nose or blackheads. Else you can mix it with sunscreen cream with zinc oxide. Anyhow, expert states that topically using green tea bags may not be effective sometimes because of oxidation. When green tea polyphenols comes in contact with air they lose their ability.
Here’s the recommended way.
Things you’ll need
- Green tea bags – 2
- Saucepan
- Face cleanser
- Cotton ball
- Soft cloth/towel
Procedure
- Boil 1 cup of water in a saucepan.
- Remove the pan and hang two green tea bags into the hot water. After steeping for an hour, refrigerate it.
- Mean while, cleanse your skin with water or face cleanser and pat dry with soft towel.
- When the skin is still damp, topically apply chilled green tea over blackheads using cotton ball.
- Leave it to dry naturally for 15-20 minutes and then wash your face with cold water.
Repeat the process for long lasting results.
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Treating Blackheads from inside
Stimulating qualities of tea attributed to its extensive use from ancient times till now. If you love tea like me, then I recommend brewing a cup of hot green tea every morning and have.
Tips
- Resist from washing your face constantly.
- Avoid using chemical filled soaps, creams and makeup.
- Use decaffeinated green tea.
- Don’t give up; natural remedies may not show instant results but the effect lasts long.
- If you don’t like hot tea, don’t worry you can drink chilled green tea.
- Limit or stop using green tea if you see symptoms of allergic reaction and reach physician.
Would you try to have this herbal tea? What’s your say on green tea for blackheads?
