With these methods you can fix your suntan this season

Due to the rapid rise in the climate, we tend to get tanned in this season as the heat is increasing day-by-day. Though we may think it unsightly, it's actually the body's defence against the sun. The sun's UVA and UVB rays penetrate the top layer of your skin and your body, in response, produces melanin to absorb these harmful rays and prevent further damage to your skin. Melanin occurs naturally in the body it is the pigment that gives us our natural colour. Tanning, essentially, is how your body protects itself from the sun.

How to prevent tanning
They say prevention is better than cure, and nothing rings truer when it comes to preventing a tan. When you're stepping out of your house, apply a liberal dose of sunscreen or sunblock which offers protection from UVA and UVB rays. A sunscreen of SPF 40 to 50 is ideal for our climate. If you're spending the day at the beach or at the pool, you require a waterproof version. You also need to reapply your sunscreen after two or three hours as the chemicals in it break down, rendering it useless. Ideally, a shot glass size of sunscreen needs to be applied on your skin. Also, another preventive measure is wearing long-sleeved clothes and use a sun hat or umbrella to keep out those sun rays.

DIY Tan Removals
There are plenty of DIY recipes to get rid of a tan most include bleaching ingredients like lemon, , and papaya to name a few. Here are a few which are easy and also available in our kitchen:

Yogurt mask: Take three tablespoons of curd and mix with a teaspoon of honey and apply on skin and leave for 10 minutes. The enzymes of the curd will act as bleaching agents while the honey moisturises your skin.

Turmeric and lemon mask: Mix gram flour with the juice of half of a lemon/lime and a quarter teaspoon of turmeric and into a thick paste.Apply on the tanned areas every alternate day till your tan lightens. Turmeric has anti-inflammatory properties while the lime juice acts as a bleaching agent.