Showing posts with label safe skin whitening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label safe skin whitening. Show all posts

Monday, 3 June 2013

Safe Use Of Skin Lightening Creams

Skin Lightening Safety

There are many different products out there that have a claim to be able to bleach your skin safely, but not all of them are safe, and so it's important to know what to look for when shopping for a safe skin whitening cream.

The first thing you should beware of is products containing mercury, and it may not always be apparent that they do contain the substance, they may not even have the active ingredients listed on the site.

Those products containing mercury were cheap products made in Africa and Asia, and most of them have been pulled from production, but there are still some floating around, so you have to be careful.

It's important to do your research on a brand carefully, or the chemicals used in the cream. For example, even a cream prescribed by a doctor can have terrible side effects.

Hydroquinone creams have been prescribed for years, but the bad side effects of long term use have also been known for years.

Some countries have banned the sale of the product, while in other countries it's only prescribed in rare situations and the results and application are carefully monitored.

Another type of skin whitening substance that you should avoid is anything that claims to whiten your skin by you taking a pill orally.

You cannot bleach your skin white by taking a pill, and if you could, then it couldn't be very good for you, in fact it would probably kill you in the process.

The Best Skin Bleaching Methods

The best way to bleach or whiten your skin safely is to use a combination of arbutin, and alpha hydroxy acids like glycolic acid. 

These chemicals have been used for years over the counter and there have been few if any bad side effects to report, so long as people are very careful to follow the application instructions to the letter. 

Arbutin is the substance that hydroquinone is derived from, but it is much weaker and so has less side effects, and when combined with glycolic acid in the right percentage, it creates a cream which can be used safely and effectively for the lifetime of the user. 

The effects of the cream are relatively permanent, but you will need to reapply the product every few months, as new skin cells are always growing to replace the old ones, and this results in your skin naturally returning to it's original color. 

The link to the Facebook page of the site is in the sidebar, and I would suggest that you join that for ongoing helpful skin whitening tips before continuing to the main site. 

Once you get there, have a talk to the helpful support staff and find out everything you need to know about how to apply the cream, how much it will cost, and what are the results that you can expect over time. 




Sunday, 27 January 2013

Skin Whitening Safety

Skin Whitening Safety

Whatever the reason you found this page, you obviously have concerns about the safety of skin whitening or skin bleaching generally, and you are right to do research on the subject. 

If you go to a doctor in the US, asking for help in making your skin whiter, you may be prescribed a cream containing hydroquinone, which has been found to have many harmful side effects

It's important to read that article, or let me just summarize it for you here. The cream being prescribed by doctors as a bleaching cream to people who have a skin condition like hypo-pigmentation can cause ochronosis, photo-sensitivity, nausea, and even hallucinations and death. 

By all means consult your doctor, but be aware that the average general practitioner is not an expert specifically in skin care, and they get most of their information about what it best to prescribe by the pharmaceutical companies. 

The best way to whiten your skin in a safe and effective way is with a non-prescription cream, containing any number of safer FDA approved ingredients such as arbutin, glycolic acid, kojic acid, sepiwhite FSH, and even the garden variety ascorbic acid or vitamin C has some benefit in lightening skin tone, without any potentially deadly side effects. 

The only way to get good results that won't leave you with permanent skin damage is to find a non-prescription skin whitening cream, and the reality is, that doctors don't really know all that much about the products being sold over the counter in chemists, and online. 

It's important to seek out a reliable source for your information when searching online for the best chemicals to use on your skin, so take a look at this Wikipedia page on skin whitening, and also this list of the top 20 skin whitening agents.

There are quite a lot of alternatives to hydroquinone containing creams, and these medications need to be taken off the market, with doctors informed of the perfectly adequate alternatives that exist in over the counter or non-prescription creams. 

It will likely take years of legal paperwork to show that the side effects and risks to the health of patients outweigh the potential benefits to those patients of having a more even skin tone, even if the evidence clearly shows that is the case, and that a safe and effective alternative already exists. 

The alternative treatment to hydroquinone is an over the counter medication that is safe, effective, and affordable, without any harmful side effects, and you can find it by taking a look through this site, and in the pages that link off this page.