Papaya as a facial: Fantastic!

[klomasius]

I recently read on another forum that someone used papaya as a facial by smearing the inside of the skin onto their faces, leaving it to dry and repeating the process.

Coincidentally I'd just bought some papaya to try as a facial, but would never have thought to let it dry and reapply.

So I tried it....

WOW!!!!!

I applied, let it dry, reapplied and let that dry too. The 'mask' went quite tight, but when I rinsed it off with warm water the results were amazing!

Back in my science days I read of an amazing enzyme in papaya called papain. Papain breaks down peptide bonds (i.e. it breaks down proteins) and is often used to tenderise meat as a consequence.

So what it was most likely doing on my face was eating away at all the dead skin cells. It left my face feeling amazingly smooth and soft, like all the dead skin had been stripped away!!

This method is EASILY as good, if not better, than many of the commercial face masks I've used, and the good thing about it is it's using the leftovers from a tasty fruit.

So I DEFINITELY recommend this to anyone wanting to pep up their skin and smooth away those flaky dead skin cells!

This has now become part of my weekly regime.

Thank you Jairama of rawfoodsupport and thankyou tasty papaya!

[Theogirl]

I'm going to try it! I have a little wedge of papaya left over from yesterday.:)

[Aleesha Sattva]

oh i eat papayas all the time... i'm going to do this next time! thanks

[Conscious Midwife]

I have a friend who swears by it.

She spent her teen years in senegal and says all the women due it there.

Eat and smear, let dry while you eat some more then smear again...

[RawSinger]

I'm going to try this!! It sounds rawesome!!

So, you apply it once, let it dry, then apply it once more on top of the first layer and let that dry?? Do you rinse it off right after the second layer dries or do you leave it on for a bit?? Yeah, I'm probably making this a little more complicated than it has to be but that's just me :rolleyes:

[klomasius]

Haha!

Rawsinger, it's so simple even a monkey like me can do it!

I just applied the first layer, let it dry, applied second layer, let that dry too, no rinsing in between. I actually waited a bit before I washed it off, mainly because I was doing the dishes and forgot about it, so maybe it helps to leave it on dry a bit, not sure.

Lifeagift, I'm SO not surprised that it's used traditionally somewhere where papayas have been available for a long time, seems like such a fantastic beauty secret.

And I'm so confident that anyone who tries it will find their skin feels much better! And no, I don't work for the papaya industry!