Top 3 Skin Lightening Ingredients
Mary Anne Murmurs: Do you think buying high-priced products that claim to diminish sun/age spots are any better than the drugstore kind (like Olay’s?)
The Right Brain Roars:
Dark spots have a number of causes. For example, there’s the kind you get from acne scars. These are tough to get rid of! Then there’s the kind you get from sun exposure. Sunlight increases melanin production, the natural pigment in your skin that gives you a sun tan. Sometimes your melanin kicks into over drive and you end up with dark spots. Products that block this reaction can make your skin lighter. There are 3 basic types of skin lightening ingredients:
1. Hydroquinone
Proven to be the most effective ingredient but also the most controversial. Due to safety concerns, some countries have banned this ingredient. You can still find it in a number of products sold at different prices. For example, you can buy Black and White Bleaching Cream for only $12.00.
2. N-acetyl glucosamine
As we discussed in our post on Olay Definity, this glucosamine derivative has been proven to work in clinical trials. It’s less effective than hydroquinone, but it doesn’t have the same risks. How well it works will vary from person to person, but it’s priced low enough to give it a try. You can buy Olay Definity here for around $20.00.
3. Kojic acid and alpha-arbutin
We’ve blogged about these ingredients before; they’re used in products such as Meladerm. It’s a bit more expensive (around $50.00), but a number of our community have reported good results with Meladerm. You can buy Meladerm here.
And remember, using a sunscreen is a pretty good way to prevent dark spots from forming in the first place.
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SageRave Says:
I have been curious about Kojic Acid but would rather just get the ingredient by itself and blend it on my own. Is that possible?
Karen Says:
I am just coming up on the “three month mark” for the use of a 2% hydroquinone product called Porcelana. I have used it faithfully, day and night. The day formula has a built-in sunscreen lotion: a MUST if you are going to keep faded freckles or age spots from coming right back.
I can happily report that it has done a remarkable job! Many of the spots are gone or are negligible. I will still have to follow up at a dermatologist to treat remaining spots with a laser but it should require fewer treatments.
Not bad for $5 a jar! If you buy it, just make sure to store it properly and stop after 3 months. A doctor can a prescribe a 4% strength lotion, as well.
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[...] Salycylic Acid is approved as an approved anti-acne drug ingredient, so nothing new there. Finally, skin lightening can be achieved through products like Meladerm (which is effective but also expensive) or less [...]
roshni Says:
umm i was wondering i have a dark brown pigment and wondering how to make it extremly light but also look beautiful i want it safe but with fast results
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[...] blogged before about other skin lightening products, like Meladerm, that are based on kojic acid. These appear to be viable alternatives to [...]
shelly congi Says:
iv been wanting to know how to get rid of ,my butts skin irritations..could u give me some advice how to make it soft and irradicate those dark spots and no blemishes??..thank u..and i would be glad to have my question answered…lookin forward to it…
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[...] question: She wants to know more about Meladerm skin lightener. Specifically, she wanted to learn more about alpha arbutin, one of the ingredients in Meladerm. [...]
pmoneykitty Says:
Hey Beauty Brains! The link above for where to purchase Meladerm actually is a click-through for an affiliate network. So if I purchase this product, you’ll make money?! I have been loyally reading your blog and have enjoyed what I THOUGHT was an unbiased opinion, based solely on facts. I’m not sure I can continue to read your reviews without thinking that you just might be providing positive review to companies that give you a kick-back. Please reassure me that this not the case!
maranda Says:
i have a brown pigmit and want to get a lot lighter for something and i was asking what can work and doest this work….please write me back
Natasha Says:
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Recently I stumbled on these websites selling Glutathione. I quite familiar with Glutathione since my uncle who has Parkinson’s is undergoing a Glutathione therapy and good news is its working. It got me curious and interested as to the usage of Glutathione from these websites and its none other than Skin Whitening! Yes, you heard me. At first I didn’t dig the idea and thought it was crap. But after further researching, I found out that Glutathione does really lighten the skin by targeting an enzyme called Tyrosinase. It took me at least 30 minutes reading some science journals reaffirm all the facts. If you have never heard about Glutathione, then try researching about it and youll a lot of good stuff it can do. Anyway, Im eager to know, why are there people who wants to lighten their skin? Are they not proud about their race? It is just a colonial mentality? I can only speculate. I still believe in freewill and the freedom to choose.
Going back to the topic. Further searching leads to find that most of these Glutathione are manufactured as pills or in capsule forms. They are most sold in Asia more popularly known as skin whitening pills, bleaching tablet, skin whitening pills, oral skin whitening and a lot of other terms. Is this the reason why Japanese, Chinese or other asian girls are so white?
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In the end, we are defined by our actions and we should never be judged based on our race, appearance nor should skin color, rather, we all be treated as equal entities existing in a universal force of energy bound by laws of men and the spiritual virtues.
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