Can washing your face with aspirin whiten your skin? If it doesn't work, be careful of irritating your skin.

Aspirin was first used to relieve fever and relieve pain. However, since the second half of 2016, it has been widely rumored on the Internet that washing your face with aspirin can whiten your skin. For those who love beauty, is aspirin really a magic weapon for beauty and whitening? If it really works, then I can save a lot of money on whitening essence! Let’s take a look at whether washing your face with aspirin tablets can whiten your skin.

Can washing your face with aspirin whiten your skin?

Using aspirin tablets to wash your face cannot whiten your skin.

Washing your face with aspirin does not help with beauty because the active ingredients in it have difficulty passing through the stratum corneum of the skin and being absorbed by the skin. Aspirin hydrolyzes into salicylic acid, which weakens the stratum corneum. After washing your face with aspirin, the skin with a weakened stratum corneum has a "brightening" effect, but it is not a true whitening effect. Washing your face with aspirin tablets after grinding them will inevitably irritate the skin.

Aspirin whitening is just an illusion

Can aspirin really beautify your skin? Some people follow the method of washing their face with aspirin introduced on the Internet and find that their skin really becomes "brighter" after using it once or twice. Regarding this phenomenon, dermatologists analyze that this is just the result of the skin's ability to reflect light being improved after the stratum corneum is weakened. Washing your face with aspirin cannot really have the effect of whitening and beautifying your skin.

Aspirin face wash damages the face

Can washing your face with aspirin tablets help whiten your skin? Unfortunately, the answer is no. The active ingredient of aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid, which is also found in many whitening cosmetics. However, if you use it on your face to clean it, it is difficult for it to be absorbed by the skin.

In addition, aspirin is water-soluble and decomposes into salicylic acid when it comes into contact with water. After you wash your face with aspirin, salicylic acid will remain on your skin in the form of crystals. These crystals are concentrated and have a high concentration. They are extremely irritating and can easily cause damage to the skin. Washing your face with aspirin tablets cannot whiten your skin. According to a report from Qinghai Economic TV, Ms. Zhang from Nanning developed contact dermatitis because of using aspirin to wash her face.