Comments on: How Can Lumedia Facial Brightener Work Without Hydroquinone http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/26/how-can-lumedia-facial-brightener-work-without-hydroquinone/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: temone http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/26/how-can-lumedia-facial-brightener-work-without-hydroquinone/comment-page-1/#comment-60786 temone Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:54:16 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/26/how-can-lumedia-facial-brightener-work-without-hydroquinone/#comment-60786 i use lumedia, it is working wonderfully on my skin, and iam african i had a bit of pigmentation on my forehead,its all gone now,my face is glowing..it's expensive but worth the money..... i use lumedia, it is working wonderfully on my skin, and iam african i had a bit of pigmentation on my forehead,its all gone now,my face is glowing..it’s expensive but worth the money…..

]]> By: Chelsea http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/26/how-can-lumedia-facial-brightener-work-without-hydroquinone/comment-page-1/#comment-44026 Chelsea Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:02:04 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/26/how-can-lumedia-facial-brightener-work-without-hydroquinone/#comment-44026 Guys...the sun's radiation causes cancer, grilled beef causes cancer, aflatoxins cause cancer...chill. Short term exposure to HQ is not half as bad as baking yourself in the sun without using sunscreen. HQ works better than any other skin whitener, it's true. Marjorie, did you not even read the link you sent? You were talking about Arbutin as a "better" alternative to skin lightening...it's banned in some European countries too. If you're scared to use it, don't, but don't talk down to those of us who do. We know the "risks" and are willing to take a chance. You take a chance every time you get behind the wheel, you take a chance eating meat, you take a chance eating food loaded with antibiotics and hormones...I'm a senior bio student...not worried. Thanks. Guys…the sun’s radiation causes cancer, grilled beef causes cancer, aflatoxins cause cancer…chill. Short term exposure to HQ is not half as bad as baking yourself in the sun without using sunscreen. HQ works better than any other skin whitener, it’s true. Marjorie, did you not even read the link you sent? You were talking about Arbutin as a “better” alternative to skin lightening…it’s banned in some European countries too. If you’re scared to use it, don’t, but don’t talk down to those of us who do. We know the “risks” and are willing to take a chance. You take a chance every time you get behind the wheel, you take a chance eating meat, you take a chance eating food loaded with antibiotics and hormones…I’m a senior bio student…not worried. Thanks.

]]> By: Maria http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/26/how-can-lumedia-facial-brightener-work-without-hydroquinone/comment-page-1/#comment-34135 Maria Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:11:21 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/26/how-can-lumedia-facial-brightener-work-without-hydroquinone/#comment-34135 @left Brain...I will look up the ingredients on the Olay Body Quench, since that is the one I am presently using, and see if I break down the ingredients used from scientific information. It's not anymore of an inflmmatory statement than your stating Skin Deep's datbase is filled with inaccurate information. In the meantime, you can also look up the ingredients and see if they are cancer causing. Also, I know for a fact their skin care that protects the skin from sun is about useless, from other articles I have read. Give me a few days and I will come back and post where I got the information. @left Brain…I will look up the ingredients on the Olay Body Quench, since that is the one I am presently using, and see if I break down the ingredients used from scientific information.
It’s not anymore of an inflmmatory statement than your stating Skin Deep’s datbase is filled with inaccurate information.
In the meantime, you can also look up the ingredients and see if they are cancer causing. Also, I know for a fact their skin care that protects the skin from sun is about useless, from other articles I have read. Give me a few days and I will come back and post where I got the information.

]]> By: Left Brain http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/26/how-can-lumedia-facial-brightener-work-without-hydroquinone/comment-page-1/#comment-34020 Left Brain Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:00:43 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/26/how-can-lumedia-facial-brightener-work-without-hydroquinone/#comment-34020 @Maria - Olay is not causing cancer. That's just nonsense. Please provide some references for inflammatory statements. The Skin Deep database is filled with inaccurate information. They do not rely on science when making charges. It is better to get information about materials from legitimate medical literature like Pubmed.com. Skin Deep is written by lawyers with an agenda. @Maria – Olay is not causing cancer. That’s just nonsense. Please provide some references for inflammatory statements.

The Skin Deep database is filled with inaccurate information. They do not rely on science when making charges. It is better to get information about materials from legitimate medical literature like Pubmed.com. Skin Deep is written by lawyers with an agenda.

]]> By: Maria http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/26/how-can-lumedia-facial-brightener-work-without-hydroquinone/comment-page-1/#comment-33973 Maria Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:49:47 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/26/how-can-lumedia-facial-brightener-work-without-hydroquinone/#comment-33973 To Carrie, not all hyperpigmentation is caused by the sun. Most hyperpigmentation just like melasma is caused from an unbalance of hormones in the human body. Stress can easily throw your whole body out of whack. I never go in the sun, used an spf 15 for 15 years and bang...hyperpigmentation. Spf 15 is useless by the way if it doesn't contain at least a 10% combination of zinc or titanium oxide. Chemical sunscreens break down over a period of time while your in the sun. Reapply and reapply. Olay is cancer causing, just about any product you buy now is. Go over to the cosmeticdatabase.com and look up your favorite shampoo and cream. Hydroquinone causes cancer if you abuse it. People abused it in many countries and that is why it was pulled, plus companies where putting in more of a % of hydroquinone that what the law allowed. There are, I think the last time I checked 63 cases of cancer from using hydroquinone in the US. The very sunscreens, shampoos, lotions, hair coloring you put on your face, hair and body, is also cancer causing and worthless. Research scientific data, not a company website. Hydroquinone is still the gold standard for hyperpigmentation. Alpha arbutin and it has to be the ALPHA is worth speaking of, because I know it works. DHC makes a good product or buy your own and dump it in your favorite cream, that way you get the % you want. I did. http://www.treatment-skincare.com/Hyperpigmentation.html Wonderful site to get honest and factual answers. Make sure you check out www.cosmeticdatabase.com as well. By the way there is nothing in Makari and Lumedia that will do any wonders for your hyperpigmentation, save your money and buy a tube of hydroquinone for $18.00! The active ingredient should be no less than 3rd on the ingredient list for it to work. Research and study, don't take others words, use scientific journals! To Carrie, not all hyperpigmentation is caused by the sun. Most hyperpigmentation just like melasma is caused from an unbalance of hormones in the human body. Stress can easily throw your whole body out of whack. I never go in the sun, used an spf 15 for 15 years and bang…hyperpigmentation. Spf 15 is useless by the way if it doesn’t contain at least a 10% combination of zinc or titanium oxide. Chemical sunscreens break down over a period of time while your in the sun. Reapply and reapply.

Olay is cancer causing, just about any product you buy now is. Go over to the cosmeticdatabase.com and look up your favorite shampoo and cream.

Hydroquinone causes cancer if you abuse it. People abused it in many countries and that is why it was pulled, plus companies where putting in more of a % of hydroquinone that what the law allowed. There are, I think the last time I checked 63 cases of cancer from using hydroquinone in the US. The very sunscreens, shampoos, lotions, hair coloring you put on your face, hair and body, is also cancer causing and worthless. Research scientific data, not a company website.

Hydroquinone is still the gold standard for hyperpigmentation. Alpha arbutin and it has to be the ALPHA is worth speaking of, because I know it works. DHC makes a good product or buy your own and dump it in your favorite cream, that way you get the % you want. I did.

http://www.treatment-skincare.com/Hyperpigmentation.html
Wonderful site to get honest and factual answers. Make sure you check out http://www.cosmeticdatabase.com as well.

By the way there is nothing in Makari and Lumedia that will do any wonders for your hyperpigmentation, save your money and buy a tube of hydroquinone for $18.00! The active ingredient should be no less than 3rd on the ingredient list for it to work. Research and study, don’t take others words, use scientific journals!

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