If you have noticed that a dark spot appears on the skin after being in the sun, and you have had contact with lemon, you should wash the skin very well with soap and water to remove the remains of the fruit that may still be on the skin.
Then what you can do to remove the dark spots is:
- To pass sunscreen, covering the whole stain, whenever it is exposed to the sun, even in the day to day;
- Passing ointment with vitamin A, such as hypoglyphs, for example, because this vitamin helps in regenerating and whitening the skin.
With this care the stains should disappear in about 60 days, and therefore, the care should be daily. A dermatologist may indicate other remedies and corticosteroid ointments that may be useful to completely regenerate the skin after a lemon burn.
See what else can be done to smooth the skin tone in this video:
Signs of burning caused by lemon
Phytophotomelanias are brown spots on the skin caused by citrus fruits such as lemon, orange, or mandarin. You may recognize your symptoms by observing the following characteristics:
- Stains of brown color exactly in the places where drops of the citrus fruits fell and that, later, they were exposed to the sun.
- There may still be blisters, burning sensation, and burning sensation on the spot that indicate there has been a burn.
Why lemon burns the skin
Citrus fruits like lemon, orange and mandarin can cause burns to the skin, when the person comes in direct contact with the fruit and then the skin is exposed to the sun. In this case, as soon as you notice that the skin is burning and burning, you should put a cold compress of saline on the sensitive skin. Soon afterwards you can put on an ice cold pack of chamomile tea to help decrease the pain and discomfort.
Lemon can burn the skin and cause dark spots because it has a substance called bergapten, which, when it stays on the skin exposed to the sun, absorbs its rays, burning the skin. This can happen even when the person is not directly in the sun but under the umbrella eating fried fish and placing lemon on a shrimp skewer, for example.
How to protect yourself
To prevent the lemon from burning or staining the skin care is simple, just wash the skin with soap and water after using the lemon and be careful not to cut or squeeze the fruit when outdoors.
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