Even Skin Tone or Skin Whitening
According to Ayurveda, [4] or traditional Indian medicine, excessive discoloration of the skins may indicate an excess heat of the body.
“From an Ayurvedic perspective, sandalwood appears to have a calming and cooling effect on the skin, which can benefit the pitta [fire] dosha,” Bhanote says.
Sandalwood’s skin-lightening effect also has a scientific explanation.
“The alpha-santalol component of sandalwood is an inhibitor of tyrosinase, a key enzyme in the synthesis of the skin pigment melanin,” Bhanote says. It may potentially act as an inhibitor of abnormal pigmentation associated with aging and exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light.” [5]