While apple cider vinegar is used in many ways to improve internal health, apple cider vinegar has many topical uses as well for overall health and appearance. Learn the ways you can use apple cider vinegar for beauty, health, and overall well-being on the outside!
You can steam your face with apple cider vinegar to give your pores a great cleansing and get rid of toxins brewing in your pores, resulting in healthier skin with a more glowing, youthful appearance. Simply boil a few cups of water on the stove, adding about half a cup of apple cider vinegar to the water and allow the steam to permeate your skin by covering your head in a towel and putting your face near the steam for 5 minutes.
Use apple cider vinegar to cure your dry skin woes in the winter months. Dry, dead skin on the face and body equals dull, undernourished skin that can’t absorb proper moisture. After washing your body, dab apple cider vinegar on your face, and allow the gentle acids to break down and eradicate the dead skin cells so your healthy new skin can glow through. A lot gentler than an acid peel and won’t damage your skin.
For irritated skin, add a cup of apple cider vinegar to your bath. Apple cider vinegar restores your skin’s natural pH and heals irritated skin by soothing the dry skin and sloughing it away naturally and allowing healthier skin to take over. Soak in a tub with apple cider vinegar for a half hour and your dry itchy skin will thank you for it.
Apple cider vinegar is great for an itchy scalp and embarrassing dandruff as well. Add a few teaspoons of apple cider vinegar to a cup of hot (not enough to burn your scalp) water and pour it onto your scalp, saturating your hair. Wrap your hair in a towel for 15 minutes, then rinse your hair as normal. The apple cider vinegar will kill the fungal and bacterial irritants in your scalp and eliminate the dry skin in your scalp that is making your hair oily and your head all scratchy.
You can also add apple cider vinegar to your daily lotion and shampoos for all day relief. Apple cider vinegar applied to the skin helps improve circulation and blood flow, keeping that heavy feeling in the legs and feet at bay. It helps to improve overall skin appearance by sloughing off dead skin and encouraging new skin cells to grow, leaving you with tighter, healthier skin. Adding apple cider vinegar to your regular shampoo helps keep dandruff at bay.
Apple cider vinegar, applied to a varicose or spider vein for half an hour every day, can actually help the unsightly veins disappear. My grandma swore by this remedy for her leg veins, and the apple cider vinegar helps ease the pressure and swelling as well by strengthening the vein walls and improving blood flow. After a month or so of daily use, you can notice unsightly veins begin to fade, and your affected areas will feel tons better.
Apple cider vinegar can keep infection and pain at bay from a burn or a cut on the skin. Dab apple cider vinegar on an injury for a natural antibacterial that can help reduce scarring. Applying apple cider vinegar to a bruise or swollen area can reduce pain and make the bruise less apparent quickly by dissolving the bruise via improving circulation.
Source:
personal use and experience with apple cider vinegar
my grandma
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