Papaya and its skin whitening properties

Papaya is one the best fruit for incorporating in your skin care regime because it has an enzyme called papain that is responsible for skin
whitening, reducing unwanted hair, exfoliating dead skin, repairing ageing skin etc. This papain enzyme is present in maximum concentration just under the peel of unripe papaya.

1. Papaya for skin whitening
Papaya has a potent skin lightening action owing to its exfoliating action and direct skin lightening effect of enzyme papain.

2. Papaya for reducing unwanted hair
Studies show that papain enzyme from the peel of papaya can inhibit hair growth

3. Papaya for exfoliating dead skin
Papain enzyme magically restores the even-toned look of your skin by accelerating the shedding of dead skin cells.

4. Papaya for repairing aged skin
Papaya reverses the skin ageing owing to its skin repairing, exfoliating and hydrating action. Few hypothesis supports it has direct anti-aging action as well; papain enzyme reduces wrinkles by modulating the collagen and elastic fibres in the dermis. 


5. Papaya for moisturising dry skin
The pulp of ripe papaya fruit providing hydration and nutrition to the skin owing to its water, carbohydrate, and fat content.

6. Papaya for healing cuts and burns
Did you know that papaya has been studied extensively for its wound healing benefits? The papain enzyme not only helps in healing of the wound but also keeps the bacteria away and prevents the scar from getting bigger. You can simply put the flesh of papaya fruit on fresh cuts, wounds, and even burns to promote a speedy recovery.

7. Papaya for sensitive skin
Ideally, the flesh of the green unripe fruit should be used for skin care because it has the highest concentration of papain enzyme. However, people with sensitive and dry skin should use the pulp part of the ripe papaya because the green papaya also has a higher concentration of latex in addition to papain that might increase the chances of getting either allergy or irritation.