5 Best Remedies to Remove Tan from Feet and Legs

Posted by: Niesha in Foot care January 16, 2021

Last updated on January 20th, 2021 at 01:29 pm

Tan Removal from feet and legs using the best home remedies is the topic of today’s post. In summers, we easily get deep sun tan. College students or teenagers who stay a lot in sun, for them sun tanning is a common problem. Most of the times, we see that sun tanning is there on the legs and feet more, since the sun rays fall directly over them. As a result of which feet or legs get darker. Sunned skin look weird when we wear summers clothes or flip flop. The tan on the feet and legs doesn’t go easily as due to the direct sun rays, darkness get a bit difficult to get rid of so, as a preventive measure you should use sunscreen liberally on the legs and feet so that sun tan can be prevented. But when you already have sun tan on your feet, then you can either use some of the best sun tan lightening creams in the market or following home remedies will help you remove the tan faster from the feet and legs.

Natural ways to remove tan from feet and legs

Here are some natural treatments using the natural kitchen products that will remove the tan from feet and legs effectively. Not just that one can use these remedies for the face and other body parts as well.

1. Tomatoes

Rubbing tomatoes on the tanned feet and legs shows improvement in fading the tan and skin darkening. Tomatoes are considered as natural bleach for the skin. It is also known to lighten the darkness hence, tomato juice is greatly suggested to remove tan from lower body areas, in fact the entire body. You can also try tomato scrub which will scrub the dead skin from the body and the juice of tomato will gradually fade the tan. Mix some sugar with tomato juice and rub on the skin. Leave for half an hour then wash with water.

2. Lemon juice

Lemon juice is another great remedy to naturally remove the tan off the legs. Lemon juice too is a skin bleach. Take some lemon juice and rub on the tanned areas like legs and feet. Keep this for half an hour then wash with water. Honey and lemon juice combination work well too for tan removal. Doing this simple beauty tip every day will help to lighten the tan.

3. Potato juice

Grate a potato to extract the fresh potato juice. Use this potato juice to gently rub on the affected areas where there is tanning and skin darkening. Rub the potato juice. Wash it after 30 minutes. This can be kept overnight as well for better results. It is one of the best remedy to lighten tan on legs.

4. Apple Cider Vinegar

This magic ingredient has loads of beauty benefit and can also be used to remove the tan off the feet and legs gently. Before going to shower apply some apple cider vinegar on the tanned areas and leave it for 20 minutes. After that wash it and complete the shower. It is also one of the best remedy to fade tan from feet.

5. Protein pack

A protein face pack helps to lighten the skin and also to take the sun tanning away. Take 1 teaspoonful of masoor dal powder (Red lentil) mix this with honey and make a paste. Apply this paste on the legs, feet and hands. Leave it to get dried for 20- 25 minutes. Wash it off with mildly scrubbing the pack off the skin. This should be done 3 times in a week for better results and tan removal faster.