Likas Papaya Soap is an organic herbal soap produced in the Philippines. It is the most popular and possibly the most effective papaya soap available. Papaya soaps lighten dark pigmentation spots, fade dark marks and even skin tone. It can be used for melasma, freckles, acne scars and age spots or simply to lighten and brighten the overall skin tone. Likas Papaya Soap is orange in color (some papaya soaps are green), has a mild, pleasant scent and does not contain harsh ingredients. The active ingredient is papain, an enzyme found in papaya that gently exfoliates and dissolves dead skin cells.
How effective is it?
Likas Papaya soap can be used on the body and face. Using it instead of your regular soap or face wash will show results in as little as 2 weeks. Of course, you won’t lighten your skin by 5 shades in 14 days, but you’ll see your dark marks fade, your skin look brighter, and you won’t be able to stay away from the mirror!
Papaya is also effective in fighting acne. If you have mild acne, this soap should improve that as well as take care of your acne marks. However, if your skin is sensitive, it’s best to avoid using it on your face altogether; it might be worth trying it first on a small patch of skin. To use the soap for best results, lather and massage it into your skin for 3-5 minutes a day, then wash off.
Likas users who provided online reviews mostly had positive things to say. Most users reported results in a surprisingly short amount of time. Users who did not have positive things to say generally had problems with the soap drying out their skin. All bar soaps can be quite drying, so it’s important to follow up with a good moisturizer. As with any skin lightening treatment, make sure you have a good sunscreen with protection of at least SPF15 when you go out in the sun.
Where to buy
Skin lightening treatments can sometimes be expensive, but skin lightening soaps are usually very inexpensive. Likas Papaya soap can be bought for around $3-5 a bar in the US. In the UK it’s harder to find, but alternative papaya soaps are widely available. If you have Filipino stores in your area, chances are you can find Likas there for a very reasonable price.