Comments on: Does The Skin Lightening Ingredient Hydroquinone Cause Cancer

By: LovesSkin

LovesSkin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 06:23:58 +0000

Hydroquinone has not been banned in Europe. Many companies sell hydroquinone all over the EU (see link above). And hydroquinone is not a bleaching cream, but only a pigment “suppressor” therefore all skin types can use it (at 4% strengths, under the direction of a doctor). Here is a great article re: safety/efficacy from Pearl Grimes, M.D.
http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/skin1/obagi-hydroquinone-information.pdf

By: LovesSkin

LovesSkin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 06:19:33 +0000

http://www.newbeauty.com/dailybeauty/entry.aspx?id=1511
A great link for info re: hydroquinone

By: Lu

Lu — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:44:16 +0000

hydroquinone has been banned in Europe and not America because Europeans have less people who need it and the ones that used it abused it. I knew a lady who was black and wanted to be fair like her mom but she used it religiously till her skin turned greenish. It became the fashionable thing to do in the black European community. I am the same color as Obama’s girls and i scar darker than i actually am when i cut or burn myself and i only lighten those areas. Its sad that i gotta buy it from London online and get it sent from the USA or Canada because of some peoples mistakes.

By: melisa

melisa — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 04:11:15 +0000

Hi girls, I just read yours comments and want to share my story with you.
I am from Cuba and since I was a kid I had acne. I have tried everything and nothing worked for me. My acne got worse when I was taking birth control pills and my face started to stain (Cipresta, which is a product antiandrogenic). The only cream that has been working for my hyperpigmentation is hydroquinone. I am a pharmacist and hate to use drugs, but I was desperate and decided to try hydroquinone. I only use the cream at night for 10 days every four months and my hyperpigmentation always disappear. the key is to be careful and never to abuse the product. we have to take care of the sun forever because it is dangerous for the skin, there is one that I recommend to you called Nadinola.
Sorry for my English.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:10:29 +0000

Thank you for all your advice. There’s a product that i found and i wanted to hear what you have to say about it. its called LEMONVATE GEL enhanced with Vit-C. You see, i have the worst case of hyperpigmentation only on my feet, my feet and the rest of my body is like night and day. I have seen so many dermatologist and they could not help me, two biopsy later they still cant help me. So i decided to use bleaching cream, all i want is to be able to wear my sandals without worring about the color of my foot.