Freshly made juices are packed with nourishing ingredients that can do wonders for your skin. Juicing for sensitive skin is not a quick fix; rather, it is a long-term routine that heals your skin from the inside.
The health of your liver inadvertently reflects on the health of your skin. The liver plays a crucial role in converting and flushing out toxins from the bloodstream.
With so much environmental pollution and the increased intake of processed food, our livers have to work harder to keep the bloodstream clean.
When the liver is unable to perform at optimal capacity, your skin comes in to help with the process of flushing out toxins. Unfortunately, this burden placed on the skin can lead to chronic inflammatory conditions such as rashes, acne, eczema, rosacea, and psoriasis.
More intakes of water and fresh juices can boost the liver’s capacity and in turn rejuvenate your skin. In this article, we'll break down common types of sensitive skin conditions and provide juicing recommendations that can help to heal your skin.
In particular, we will focus on juicing for:
ECZEMA
Also known as atopic dermatitis, eczema is characterized by red and itchy skin. While it is common in children below 5 years, anyone can get eczema. This skin condition lasts a long time with flare-ups occurring occasionally.
Eczema Symptoms
Different people will exhibit different symptoms of eczema. Common symptoms include:
What Causes Eczema?
The exact cause of eczema is unknown but studies show that genetics play an important role in determining who will get eczema. In people with eczema, a certain gene variation has been found to compromise the skin’s ability to offer protection from allergens and irritants.
Food allergies have also been found to trigger eczema flare-ups in children. Other than genetic makeup and food, other risk factors for eczema include asthma and hay fever.
Treatments such as topical steroids, cold compresses, topical creams, lotions, and natural remedies such as Emu oil or juicing can help alleviate the symptoms of atopic dermatitis.
However, you should see a doctor if the skin condition becomes so severe that it interferes with your daily activities, the skin has an infection, or if symptoms are accompanied by a fever.
Juicing For Eczema
Fruits and vegetables can help alleviate the symptoms of eczema by eliminating toxins from the body.
An accumulation of waste in the body can trigger cellular inflammation, thereby increasing your risk for eczema flare-ups.
Juice fasting for a couple of days can help flush out the toxins in your lymphatic system, which can significantly help to heal eczema.
In addition to juice fasting, consider performing a liver detox. The liver plays an important role in eliminating toxins from the body. You could combine both the detox and juice fasting for best results in improving the symptoms of eczema.
Pro Tip
Ingredients To Avoid When You Have Eczema
Eczema Juice Recipes
Use a traditional blender or juicer to make juice containing one or a combination of any of these fruits and vegetables:
These ingredients help to alkalize the body to minimize cellular inflammation. Vary your daily intake of these fruits and vegetables and drink these juices at least three times per day for best results.
You may not see instant results but there will be a progressive healing of your eczema and a general sense of wellbeing. Be sure to stick to dietary constraints to avoid aggravating your eczema.
Ultimate Skin Cleanser Juice
½ cucumber
1 celery stick
3 apples
½ cup of spinach
1 heaped teaspoon of your favorite supplement
Blend together the ingredients above
Throw in a ½ ripe avocado
Continue to blend until smooth.
Apple Cucumber Cocktail Juice
Cucumbers are great diuretics and will help you get rid of toxins in the body and alleviate the symptoms not only of eczema but arthritis as well.
1 medium cucumber
1 medium, cored apple
1 cup of water
Blend cucumber and cored apple in an electronic juicer
Add 1 cup of water and mix thoroughly to form a juice
Enjoy your drink. Take at least two cups per day
ROSACEA
Rosacea is characterized by intense redness that is sometimes accompanied by acne-like symptoms. The redness, which looks like a blush can affect the facial area and spread to the ears, back, and chest.
There are many symptoms of rosacea. The four types of rosacea categorized by their symptoms include:
Over time, people with rosacea have to deal with what seems like perpetual redness. It is common for an individual to have more than one type of rosacea. Due to the different symptoms, each type has its own treatment.
Common Rosacea Symptoms
While symptoms vary from person to person, common signs of rosacea include:
What causes Rosacea?
The cause of rosacea is unknown but it is thought that genes and environmental factors contribute greatly. Several factors may trigger or worsen rosacea.
These include exposure to the sun or wind, intense emotions, hot drinks, alcohol, spices, cosmetic products, exercise and drugs that promote blood vessel dilation.
While anyone can develop rosacea, you are more susceptible if you are a woman, are over age 30, have fair skin, are a smoker and have a family history of the skin condition.