6 Beauty Benefits of Beetroot Juice for Skin

According to Kathleen M. Zelman, MPH, RD, LD, “Beet juice may boost stamina to help you exercise longer, improve blood flow, and help lower blood pressure.” Modern science has also discovered that beetroot juice can do lots for skin. For example — a 2013 study shows that vitamin C can be used in treating hyperpigmentation to decrease melanin formation. Some say that since beets contain vitamin C, they can be used for this condition.

Besides lightening skin, beetroot juice can do also other betterment for skin.

You know that beetroot has already earned fame as one of the best superfoods. It is, of course, a good vegetable that can be eaten as a baked, boiled, or salad item. Or you can just juice it up but don’t remove the pulp as it is all about fiber. Beets are rich in vitamin B6, minerals, folate, antioxidants, low-fats, irons, and vitamin C that are good for health, skin, nails, and hair.

The topical use of beetroot juice enhances the beauty of your skin. The rosy juice of beets adds a pinkish glow to your skin along with reducing age spots, hydrating the skin, treating pimples, removing pigmentations, soothing itchiness, preventing photoaging, and many more.

Actually, lots of benefits you can get from a single glass of beetroot juice for your skin. Vitamin C alone in beetroot can help in collagen-boosting, anti-aging, breakouts, and hyperpigmentation.

Why beetroot is a blessing for your skin

1. Reduces pigmentation

According to Georgia Siow Kiang Leetlc, a TLC Medical Practitioner in Singapore, “Melasma is difficult to treat. Vitamin C, topical and iontophoresis, has been shown to be useful. When lasers are used, there is a significant incidence of post-laser hyperpigmentation. There is no single established treatment for the latter. The case history of a 51-year-old Chinese woman is presented. Intravenous vitamin C appears to be useful in treating this complication.”

Vitamin C prohibits melanin formation and brightens the skin. Vitamin C in beets helps lighten dark spots, sunspots, tan, blemishes, brown spots, and other discolorations of the skin. That’s why; now there are available products with vitamin C like vitamin C serum, vitamin C cream, vitamin C toner, etc.

How to use beets for skin brightening: You can either drink beet juice to remit out the toxins and clears up blood. Thus, you will get glowing skin from inside. Or you can apply face mask to get instant pinkish and rosy blush on your cheeks. Cover up your face and neck with beetroot slices for 15 minutes and then wash your face off. Regular use will give you a pink glow.

2. Anti-aging benefits

Beetroots are rich in antioxidants like vitamin C, lycopene, and squalene that help prevent premature aging like wrinkles, age spots, blotchy skin, melasma, or saggy skin. Squalene and lycopene reduce sagginess, improve elasticity and lift up tones and texture. So, you will have younger-looking skin for years. Vitamin C in beets also prevents dry skin and boosts collagen synthesis.

Oregon State University found that both dietary and topical use of vitamin C has a good effect on the skin. Vitamin C lies in both the outer layers of the skin. The first outer layer of the skin is called epidermis and the layer under the epidermis is called dermis. And vitamin C repairs the cells of these layers.

How to use beetroot to reduce wrinkles: Mix ½ teaspoon of each beetroot juice, milk, and honey to make a face pack. Apply this mask once or twice a week. Regular use will lessen your age spots.

3. Treats acne

Having vitamin C in beets, it is loaded with anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, and antiseptic properties. Beetroot removes excess oils, dirt, and acne-causing bacteria trapped in the pores and reduces inflammation, irritation, breakouts, and conditions like acne.

A study in 2018 claims that vitamin C in beetroot juice is a potential treatment for acne and it can be often used with other treatments like zinc and antibiotics.

How to use beetroot for acne healing: Mix 1 teaspoon of each beet and tomato juice to make a face pack. Apply it on the skin, wait for 15 minutes and cleanse your face off. Beetroot juice also gets rid of blackheads and whiteheads.

4. Brightens dark lips

Lips become chapped, dry, cracked and dark due to moisture loss. Beetroot is a good solution to remove dead skin cells and dark spots from lips. Beetroot juice adds a nice rosy tint and smoothness to the lips leaving them soft, supple, and more kissable.

How to use beetroot juice for lip lightening: Mix some grated beetroot with some brown sugar. Scrub the lips with this mixture for one minute. It will get rid of dark spots due to smoking, sunburn, tea, coffee, lipstick stain, etc. And the lips will be pink and sexy. Don’t exfoliate lips more than twice a week.

5. Hydrates skin

In winter, skin gets parched, dry, flaky, and irritated. Or if you have dry prone skin, you know well how difficult to manage it. Beetroot juice can be a blessing for you because it soothes, hydrates, and lightens the skin at a time. Being enriched with carotenoids and irons, it can enter into pores and the outer layers of the skin and makes the skin silky-smooth and greasy.

How to use beetroot for dry skin: Mix 1 blended beetroot, 4 teaspoons of curd, and 1 and ½ teaspoon of almond oil altogether to get a thick paste. Apply it onto the face, body, and other affected areas. Wait for 15 minutes and then cleanse off with cold water and get buttery skin.

6. Eliminates dark circles

Dark circles, puffy eyes, and eye bags are very common in modern life where radiations from screens play a vital role to make the skin around or under the eyes so exhausted. The antioxidants, lightening, and soothing properties in beetroot juice alleviate that stressed skin and brighten circles.

How to use beetroot to remove dark circles: Mix equal amount of milk, honey, and beetroot juice. Soak a cotton ball into the mixture and apply it all over the eye skin including the eyelids. Wait for 10 minutes and rinse off the skin with cold water. And enjoy soft, soothing, and bright skin.

Takeaway

I personally eat beetroot in my salad in the evening. It gives me a big thumb. I also often apply the juice of beetroot and carrot to my lips to brighten them. Beetroot contains nutrients like vitamin C that is greatly used in cosmetic industries. Beetroot salad is also effective for weight loss.

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