Spring avitaminosis makes itself felt not only by drowsiness and mild depression. Very often with the advent of spring women notice a slight darkening and dryness on the elbows. Black skin on the elbows - not only a cosmetic defect, dryness and scaling often bring painful sensations when in contact with clothing.
Why does the skin get darker on the elbows?
When the body lacks the basic "skin" vitamins A, E and D, its dehydration begins. As a consequence, there is dry skin and dark skin on the elbows. In addition, the skin loses its elasticity and it delivers additional discomfort.
Darkening of the skin on the elbows can be avoided by adhering to a simple diet. Enter into the habit of starting your day with oatmeal. Oat groats perfectly clean the gastrointestinal tract and normalize digestion, which helps to qualitatively rework the rest of the healthy food. For lunch, include in your diet soups and broths on a strong bone broth. Add dishes from legumes. As much as possible, eat vegetable salads. Carrots, apples, cabbages - everything you can find in this period of the year.
It happens that after a long sitting at the desk, you notice that the skin on the elbows has darkened. This can be due to the fact that you rely heavily on your elbows.
Perhaps this is an external manifestation of the poor work of the adrenal glands. If you have excluded all other reasons, but the darkening of the skin on the elbows and could not be removed, consult with a specialist. Most often, women face this problem.
How to whiten the skin on the elbows?
This trouble can happen not only in the spring time. Even in summer, when most of the body is open, dark skin on the elbows can spoil the whole appearance and deliver a lot of unpleasant sensations. If in a couple of weeks you have to "go out into the light", and dark elbows confuse you and create a lot of inconvenience, you can try to eliminate the problem by popular methods.
- Lemon. You can correct the problem with lemon juice. Cut the lemon into thin slices and attach them to the elbows. Top with cotton pads or polyethylene and wrap with elastic bandage. After a week or two, the dark elbows will brighten.
- The ammonia will help. In a bowl with 1 liter of warm water pour 1h. a spoonful of ammonia and a little liquid soap. Lower your elbows alternately in the tub and hold for 20 minutes.
- Take the raw potato and grate it on a fine grater. The resulting gruel should be applied to the darkened elbows. Then we isolate everything with polyethylene and wrap it with elastic bandage. This procedure can be done at night. Keep potato gruel need at least 2-3 hours.
- How to bleach the skin on the elbows will help apple cider vinegar. Dilute in 2 tbsp. spoons of boiled water 3 tbsp. spoons of apple cider vinegar. Apply this solution on cotton pads and attach to the darkened elbows. Secure everything with a flexible bandage and leave for half an hour.
- Good soften the elbows can starch. In a glass of warm water, dilute 2 teaspoons of starch. In this solution, lower the elbows for 15-20 minutes.
- You can make a home scrub. Mix homemade fatty sour cream and grinded salt. Apply to clean skin and massage for a few minutes. After this procedure, you can apply a very greasy hand cream. Instead of the cream, they are well helped to soften the elbows of almond oil and avocado. This can be done every evening until the skin becomes soft and stops peeling off.
- Make a cleansing tub for elbows. In a bowl with warm water, add a little baking soda. On the elbows, apply a little cream and dip them in the bath. Elbows can be gently rubbed with pumice stone or a very stiff washcloth. At the end lubricate with a nutritious cream.