What are the benefits of using cucumber on your face?

Cucumber is one of the most common vegetables in life. It is very beneficial to eat more cucumbers. Especially in summer, eating cucumbers has the effect of cooling down and quenching thirst. For those who suffer from constipation, eating more cucumbers has a good therapeutic effect. As we all know, cucumbers are rich in nutrients. In addition to being rich in water, they also contain vitamin C, etc. Therefore, people often use cucumbers to wipe their faces. What are the benefits of this for the skin?

What are the benefits of using cucumber on your face?

1. Whitening and acne removal

Cucumber contains vitamin C, amino acids, succinic acid, and a lot of water.

2. Hydration

3. Antioxidant

Contains a variety of complex ingredients that are beneficial to human health. It can inhibit cell oxidation, quickly decompose melanin and yellow pigment in human skin, repair damaged cells, and replenish and activate whitening factors, which is the cell renewal of whitening factors throughout the body.

4. Remove freckles and detoxify

Cucumber can absorb excess body heat, eliminate the feeling of heat in the skin, stabilize the hot skin, eliminate waste accumulated in the pores, and remove brown spots. It is especially suitable for people who sweat easily and often have small pimples on their faces.

5. Remove black circles

Cucumber has the function of absorbing excess body heat, and can also eliminate the heat sensation of the skin, remove brown spots and other benefits.

Cucumber is a fruit with extremely high water content, up to 90%. Applying fresh cucumber on the face can significantly increase the skin's hydration capacity, capture water molecules, and fill the skin's surface with moisture, making it soft, smooth and elastic. Moreover, fresh cucumbers contain a very powerful active biological enzyme - cucumber enzyme. When using cucumbers as a facial mask, it can effectively promote skin metabolism, promote blood circulation, remove debris from pores, replenish skin moisture, absorb heat from the skin surface, and achieve the effect of shrinking pores. Because the rich vitamin C in cucumber can inhibit the development of melanin and lighten melanin, accelerate metabolism, and replenish water. It can promote the skin's self-healing ability and reduce pigmentation for acne marks.

How to use cucumber on face:

Before using the cucumber mask, it is best to wash your face with facial cleanser to remove the oil on the skin to avoid affecting the effectiveness of the cucumber mask, and then apply a hot towel to help expand the pores. Wash and mash the cucumber, soak the mask paper in the cucumber juice, take it out and apply it on your face. After fifteen minutes, take off the mask and simply wash your face with warm water.

Notes on using cucumber on face:

1. Cucumber is rich in vitamin C and other substances and is a typical photosensitive fruit and vegetable. If you don't choose the right time or take effective sun protection measures when using cucumber on your face, it is very easy to get sun spots due to the decomposition of photosensitive substances. Therefore, applying cucumber on your face before going to bed at night is the best way to achieve good results.

2. Although applying cucumber on the face is a natural way to hydrate and moisturize, it is still not suitable for daily use. The skin's absorption capacity is limited. Applying it every day will not only fail to provide the skin with more nutrition, but will increase the burden on the skin and cause skin problems to worsen. If your skin is seriously dehydrated, you can use it for 2-3 consecutive days to strengthen hydration, and then maintain the frequency of 2-3 times a week.

3. Cucumber mask cannot be used as a sleeping mask. Some people may think that cucumber mask is effective and natural fruits and vegetables do not harm the skin, so they put on the cucumber mask before sleeping. If you do this, you will find that your skin is very dry when you wake up the next morning, and it has not been moisturized at all. Because the moisture in the cucumber slowly evaporates while you sleep, it will absorb the moisture from the skin, causing your face to become drier and drier.