What Pineapple Soap Can Do for Your Skin?
From pineapple salsa to pineapple upside-down cake, many enjoy pineapple as a sweet treat. According to Alexandra Avery Purely Natural Body Botanicals, bromelain (pineapple enzymes) also "digests and lifts dead skin cells and softens debris in pores." Here are some benefits of using pineapple soap. Does this Spark an idea?
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Vitamin C
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The vitamin C in pineapple soap helps repair skin tissue. 1 cup of fresh pineapple chunks (165 grams) has 131 percent of the daily recommended vitamin C value. This vitamin helps produce collagen, a protein that aids in repairing the skin.
Dead Skin Cells
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Pineapple soap's acidity helps rinse away dead skin flakes. Pineapple has high concentrations of malic and citric acid. These acids in pineapple soap help lift and wash away dead skin cells, revealing brighter skin.
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Pore Debris
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Pineapple soap helps soften pore debris. Bromelain, a pineapple enzyme, softens proteins and thereby loosens pore debris for deeper cleansing when used in soap.
Anti-Inflammatory
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Pineapple soap has anti-inflammatory properties. Some patients topically apply pineapple enzymes to help speed healing of bruises, sprains and strains and treat swelling, tenderness and pain.
Pain Reliever
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Pineapple soap is purported to help relieve pain. Some health practitioners use pineapple enzymes topically, such as in soaps, as alternative medicine to relieve pain from types of arthritis. They claim that pineapple enzymes function much like an anti-inflammatory drug, such as ibuprofen.
Warnings
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Use fresh pineapple for full skin benefits. Some soaps are made with synthetic pineapple fragrance oil and therefore don't have the same healthful enzyme properties as real pineapple. Also, when using pineapple soap, apply sunscreen as your skin can sunburn more easily due to the acidity. Cooking pineapple removes much of the bromelain.
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