How to distinguish real – fake incense? Illustration Mr. Bien Quoc Dung, Vice Chairman of Khanh Hoa Agarwood Association: Raw materials for making agarwood products today are mainly natural and artificial incense. However, natural frankincense is very precious, rare, high cost, so very few establishments make products from this type of agar. The main product is made from artificial agarwood, which is gourd plant grown and cultivated with agarwood. It takes 10 years for the seedlings to be planted until the time they can be drilled. After transplanting agarwood, it takes about 5 years to create agarwood, but not every tree after transplanting produces agarwood, the success rate is relatively low. Therefore, artificial bass is also very precious and the price is quite high. One characteristic of basswood is that it is very soft, so it is difficult to use machines to mass-produce items such as bass rings that have to be done by hand. The grain is mass-produced mechanically, not of agarwood. Producers often use chemicals with a deep odor to seep into wood grains to imitate agarwood. To distinguish, the simplest way is to directly smell the product, if at first there is an alcohol smell, or a strong aroma, it is a chemical impregnated product. Because a really deep smell is usually faint, mild, it takes a new temperature to release the fragrance. Another trick often offered by the seller to lure customers is to put the series of bass rings in the water. If the circle sinks, it proves it is deep However, the agarwood wood is not only soft but also light, so it will float on the water, of course there are still pieces of wood submerged in the water, which are pieces of wood with many deep essential oils crystallized from many years. The cost of this type of submerged bass is very high, each ring made from this type of bass is the lowest at 400 million VND / chain. According to the Life science

Sunlight is one of the causes of skin pigmentation.

Due to the sun: Ultraviolet radiation (UVA, UVB rays) has the ability to penetrate the skin extremely strongly, stimulating the melanocytosis to produce excess Melanin. People who are exposed to direct and regular sun exposure are many times more likely to develop melasma than others.

Due to the deficiency of hormones – estrogen in women in the postpartum period, perimenopause or menopause. This lack of estrogen causes women to encounter many troublesome problems, including pigmentation, darkening of the skin, freckles on the skin, especially facial skin.

Due to skin aging: This is a natural process that cannot be avoided due to the constant onslaught of free radicals. These free radicals have a very strong oxidizing capacity and are direct attack agents on living cells of the skin, causing them to weaken or die prematurely and susceptible to pigmentation, darkening of the skin, freckles.

In addition, bad blood, poor blood circulation also makes the skin not supplied with enough nutrients and becomes weak, sensitive to external harmful factors and prone to pigmentation, darkening of the skin or freckles.

Some cases of overuse of whitening cosmetics or some drugs that increase the sensitivity of the skin to light are also at greater risk of skin pigmentation.

Melasma with eggplant

You can use eggplant to treat melasma at home.

First, try with eggplant, in Vietnam, eggplant is the favorite food because it contains up to 95% water and essences such as: vitamin B1, vitamin B12, zinc substances, iron, lipi …. These are very beneficial essences for the skin, helping to firm the skin, brighten the skin and especially prevent the Metalin blanket from repelling melasma.

This is a simple treatment for melasma and freckles you can do every day.

The way to do it is also very easy:

• Step 1: Prepare enough eggplant, fresh, and then wash it thoroughly.

• Step 2: Slice the eggplant into thin slices and apply on the skin with freckles.

• Step 3: Use your hand to rub the eggplant pieces in a circular motion so that the skin is exposed to the eggplant very strongly.

• Step 4: Repeat for 15 minutes, then rinse with warm water to clean the skin.

It only takes about 15 minutes a day for a week, you will see its pronounced effect on freckles and skin pigmentation.