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Coconut Oil
★★★★★
I didn't really get any guidance on how much to expose my body to. Internally or externally. But I bet I have been ingesting far more than I read here.
Now don't do this yourself without competent guidance. By competent I mean don't necessarily believe everything that you hear & read. Just because someone has a website or a blog, doesn't mean they can be reliable. Like everything seek out people who are truly knowledgeable. So what I am saying is don't necessarily go by this.
I love the taste of the unrefined, expeller pressed oil. So I take a spoonful whenever I have it out. I take a spoonfull of it with fresh lemon juice, baking soda, & warm water in the morning. I read where you put it in coffee. That tastes pretty good. I usually have 3, maybe 3 cups of coffee. I have experimented with it as a margarine substitute. On top of that I scrub my face with it & a tiny portion of baking soda. I've been putting it in my hair. I use a mixture of honey & coconut oil on my face at night & in the morning I also use it as a moisturizer after I shave.
So no telling how much I have used in a day. Like I said I didn't know exactly how to use it.
I have not had any diarrhea or other gastrointestinal issues.
Now the strangest thing has happened. I noticed 4 days ago my face had these bizarre white streaks. Coming down my forehead, collect around my eyes. Then the next day it was much more pronounced. There were indications of circulatory patterns in different areas on my face larger portions of my face looked like fresh, clean, brand new skin. There was a a kind of diffused light reflection, but there were still marked differences in the hue & texture of various places on my skin.
I could tell that these white areas were pronounced around the top of my eyebrows & the orbit of my eye sockets. It's like the fluids of the head & face gather & flow through the the eye sockets. I would say that 75% to 80% of the circulation of this white fluid flows through the orbit of the eyes & down the nose. The rest of it flows dawn the sides.
2 days ago things were weird enough that I took pictures, trying to give a visual. Naturally the digital image did not pick up the difference in color hue & contrast.
Now moving quickly forward, I did not change my intake. I still used a great deal moisturizing & cleaning my face. By now I feel like I have a new face. Almost every wrinkle is gone or much less pronounced. The texture color is uniform. I am not stark white.
But I feel like I look like I have New skin. I've never felt my face feel this way to the touch.
I am convinced that what I experienced was the detoxification of my facial skin. There were 2 patches the looked like there were blemishes but they are gone. The places where I was exposed to the sun are gone. My face is uniformly, healthy white in appearance. I am saying it that way because I want to make a distinction between ghostly white, unhealthy white & this. I guess that's what they call dewy skin.
So at first I thought it concerning to see triangle areas of my skin looking like it alway has.
I still plan to talk with my primary care physician to be sure I do no harm to other systems. I am more careful about how much I ingest but I am still using coconut oil in place if the usual Nivea lotion I normally put in my face.
Has anyone else experienced something like this? Or similar?
Anyway I wanted to share that.
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
During summer use it only at night. I am talking from experience because Africa is hot. At first I use coconut oil in the day and when I go out in the sun it darkens me.I had to stop it and started using it only at night and trust me my black skin glows.
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
Every other day I use a turmeric mask. 1/2 tsp turmeric, glob of honey, 1/2 handful of sugar, few drops of milk. Let it sit for 15 minutes, rinse and tone with H202 a few times to get the orange off. This has cleared my acne, and my skin is as soft as my baby's. All from ingredients in my kitchen!
Coconut Oil
★☆☆☆☆
If you read online you will see that coconut oil is used as a drying agent in soaps.
I do use Virgin Coconut Oil internally as it is good for many things including Parkinson's and other neurological issues. But I cannot use it as a skin cream.
(Kentucky)
01/03/2018
Coconut oil is NOT a drying agent. It is in fact ,the complete oposite. Coconut oil is full of vitamin E and if you know anything about vitamin E it is a natural moisturizer. Coconut oil is a natural moisturizer. I'm not sure where you got your information.
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
(Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France)
08/10/2010
Tamara, I use the coconut oil in the winter like you do only I don't cut with a knife, I take little bits with my finger and apply on my skin or else I put it in a little jar and put the jar in my bath water or on a little of water in the wash basin but it is messier. When I do OP with it I just let it melt in my mouth, no problem! As far as the ACV as a toner, do you apply it directly, undiluted?
(Fort Collins, Colorado)
08/12/2010
Francisca, I always dilute the ACV. I don't measure, but I put 1 or 2 "capfuls" into a glass and about twice the water. It might be 1 part ACV to 2 or even 3 parts water-- I'm not very picky about being accurate. I keep it on my bathroom counter and use it a few times a day, dabbing a new cotton ball in and wiping my face. I let it dry and then apply coconut oil to moisturize. On occasion I'll make the solution stronger if I feel as if my skin needs a "deeper" clean and treat it like a mini-peel. But be careful! Acid like ACV will cause burns if you're not careful and don't wash with water immediately when you've had too much. I also think that applying ACV will help coconut oil "sink in" better for those times when your skin is so dry that it won't absorb the oil (like on my legs). Just apply the diluted ACV, then add coconut oil. I haven't noticed a huge difference if I let it dry or not before moisturizing, either.
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
(Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France)
08/09/2010
London, I use coconut oil on my skin in the winter as well. I put it in a small jar and I put the jar in a bit of hot water or else, if I don't have the time, I just take a bit out of the jar with my fingers and as soon as it comes in contact with my skin it melts fast! Great moisturizer and a lot cheaper than what you buy in the shops. Great for the sun as well, I now have a deep tan which lasts forever and didn't burn at all! But as someone said here today not good against warts. It did nothing for me neither, only ACV!
(Nagpur)
12/26/2016
By only applying coconut oil skin glows or we have to mix something with it? Pls rply I want my skin to glow
(India)
02/03/2017
You can use it raw. It is good enough to use it like that. The fatty acids present in it adds luster to the skin and do make sure to drink lots of water as well. Both water and coconut oil provide much-needed hydration to skin to glow.
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
(New Iberia, Louisiana)
03/05/2010
★★★★★
Well, I wanted to report back on my experiment with coconut oil versus a well known moisturizer. These are the only products I used on my face for 2 months, except for makeup. I clean my face with a tiny bit of mild soap, and sometimes only warm water.
Wow. I examined both sides very carefully with a magnifying mirror in good sunlight and I see no difference. So:
Soft and smooth: BOTH SIDES
Elasticity: BOTH SIDES
Feel on skin: COMMERCIAL PRODUCT ABSORBED QUICKLY; VCO A LITTLE GREASY, WHICH I SOLVED BY GENTLY DABBING WITH A TISSUE THEN IT WAS OK.
Faded brown spots: VCO SLIGHTLY BETTER.
I'm going to finish the commercial product, but will continue to use the VCO, with perhaps a sunscreen on top. As far as my skin breaking out, couldn't test that because I am over 65 and don't have that problem anymore.
(Sanford, Fl, Usa)
03/05/2010
Blanche I wanted to thank you for keeping your word when you said you would post about your experiment in couple of months. I was looking forward to hearing from you. That is great news!
(Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France)
03/06/2010
Hi Blanche, I am 52 and I wash my face with Alep soap (not a brand name, just a very old type of soap, Syrian I believe....). I don't know whether you can get it but it is partly olive oil and partly bay leaf oil. It is a great soap because it hydrates but it doesn't leave the skin oily. Sometimes I use coconut oil after washing with Alep soap. Here in France it is called Savon d'Alep and I believe that it is sold in many other countries too. I have also found it in Switzerland (we are lucky to leave in France but near Switzerland and Germany so we get the best out of three countries). Some people think that I am in my 30's.
(Nashville, Tn)
04/25/2010
★★★★★
Hi Blanche and Grace, thank you for your information!! It is very useful.
I recently have been adding VCO to the face oil mixture that I made and my face feels great. I used to spent $$$ on face creams, but since discovering EC, I have found a way to give my skin and face what it needs naturally and save a lot of money.
Coconut Oil
Today I bought a facial moisturizer from a well know product line that has 4 letters in the name. It is supposed to ease wrinkles, fade brown spots, and have skin looking younger within 2 months.
I decided to use that on the right side of my face, and virgin coconut oil on the left. I'll post the results in 2 months. I need to say that I am starting out with a few wrinkles and spots, since I am not exactly a spring chicken.
(Seattle, Wa - Usa)
01/06/2010
What a great idea!
I have been using VCO (Virgin Coconut Oil) for about a month now on my face and body after my morning shower, and for the past week or so I have been melting a tablespoon of it in my coffee or food 2-3x a day.
I started out taking 1 tbsp a day for the first couple of days, and then added additional tbsp's working my way to three a day - I never had a problem with it, but wanted to play it safe!
Applying it topically - I really love the way it makes my skin FEEL - but I can't really tell if there is a huge difference in the way my skin actually LOOKS. I have had a couple of people comment, but that may be because I smile more, because I FEEL better from taking the VCO? Hard to tell at this point, but I plan on continuing the VCO FOREVER. Internally and externally - remember, your skin is your largest organ!
I can't wait to hear your results Blanche - please don't forget to post! :-)
(I'm not a Spring Chicken either - almost 50 here!)
Best,
Carly
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
EC: More about oil pulling here: https://www.earthclinic.com/remedies/oil_pulling.html
