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SKIN WHITENING INFO AND TIPS
ALL ABOUT SKIN
WHITENING What You Need To
Know
Pros And Cons Of
SKIN WHITENING
Skin Whitening Care
And Treatment
Natural Vs Medicated
Methods Comparison To Find Out
Which Appeals More
CONTENTS 1. All About Skin Whitening 1
2. Pros And Cons Of Skin Whitening 4
3. Skin Whitening Care And Treatment 7
4. Natural Vs Medicated Methods 10
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ALL ABOUT SKIN WHITENING
Throughout history fair, white skin has been a desirable physical attribute for a variety of
societal and cultural reasons.
In many Asian cultures, the look of porcelain white skin was considered a sign of good
breeding or association with royalty or other elite cultural sects, particularly in women.
Those members of the working classes often bore the look of laborers with skin tone that
were darkened by exposure to the sun and soiled from daily work.
Even in Renaissance Europe many classical paintings depict women who, aside from looking
well fed and well clothed, had very fair complexions.
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Kabuki Theater in Japan features all male casts and the actors whose faces where adorned
with white makeup, especially when portraying women characters.
The desire to conform to this standard has driven many people on a search to whiten darker
skin pigments.
Even in some African cultures where dark skin pigmentation was thought to be an
adaptation to environmental conditions especially the heat of the equatorial sun.
The modern practice of skin whitening has been the cause of some controversy as dark skin
pigmented individuals seek to shed their dark skin color in an attempt to gain cultural
acceptance in predominantly white European societies.
Differences in opinion on the perceived benefits of skin whitening have even arisen in India
where women have been encouraged to lighten their skin in order to look more Western and
possibly more attractive to potential romantic suitors.
It is somewhat ironic that in the United States and Europe, many people light skinned people
seek to darken their skin color by tanning, either in the sun, using a tanning bed or
employing spray-on tanning products.
Not all skin lightening is done to create a particular look for the sake of fashion.
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Many people suffer from medical conditions that cause uneven skin pigmentations.
They can have a very negative impact on one’s self-image and skin lightening products can
have help to even out the skin tone and greatly enhance self-image and confidence.
Skin pigment disorders can occur when too little or too much of a compound known as
melanin. The more melanin that is present in the skins cells the darker skin pigment tend to
be.
For as long as there has been a desire to lighten the skin there have been potions and
treatments used to achieve the goal of lighter skin.
Homemade solutions and potions with roots in folklore have existed for many, many years.
Some of these solutions were benign and fairly harmless, while some could very hazardous.
In response to the need for reliable products, the cosmetics market has seen an increase in
the number, quality and price of such products.
Some products have been criticized for containing levels of mercury that are potentially
hazardous.
Sunscreen has been used to prevent the darkening of the skin that occurs through exposure
to the sun.
On the other extreme is the use of products that
actually lighten or even whiten skin pigmentations.
A common goal of most skin whitening products is to
block or greatly reduce the amount of melanin
produced in the skin.
Many topically applied creams and lotions contain
concentrations of hydroquinone sometimes in
combination with other ingredients that may enhance
the lightening effects.
Cortizone is often the secondary ingredient since it
acts as an anti-inflammatory.
There are numerous compounds that are used as
alternatives to hydroquinone with varying results.
Medical lasers have been used to treat medically recognized skin pigmentation disorders
thought there is debate about the overall effectiveness of this treatment depending on the
degree of pigmentation.
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PROS AND CONS OF SKIN WHITENING
Hydroquinone has been banned from various countries following a recent study proving
links with cancer.
However, cancer is not the only health risk connected with skin whitening. And most people
do not realize the possible dangers.
Using skin whitening products can harm the skin and loosen its protective properties,
resulting in infections.
The thinning of your skin caused by those products could also leave your skin with
irreversible stretch marks.
Other bleaching products could cause liver damage, visible arteries and hyperpigmentation
amongst all kinds of other dangers.
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A common response to skin bleaching can be a condition called ocronosis where the pigment
drops in the dermis which makes it almost impossible to get rid of.
Many girls with flawless complexions just before using the creams develop this persistent
and stubborn acne on their faces with large papules and nodules.
Various forms of allergic reactions to many people of the ingredients also can leave your skin
irreversibly damaged.
So what is safe and what is not right now?
The following include the findings from the report conducted for SW+SS Skin Whitening by
Dr Jonathan Lindenberg, skincare adviser.
1. Alpha Hydroxic Acids
Like lactic and glycolic acid, it is safe to use under 10% concentration.
Concentrations greater than 10% are just to be used by dermatologists and trained
cosmetologists.
2. Arbutin
It contains caffeine glucosylated hydroquinone.
Like all kinds of other skin whitening products, no research has been made regarding its
toxicity, but you can find fears it can easily have the same links with cancer present in hydroquinone.
3. Azelaic Acid
It can be a skin and eye irritant but it is believed that there is absolutely no risk to health
connected with this ingredient.
4. Hydroquinone
Although Hydroquinone can be a very strong inhibitor of melanin production, it has been
banned from various countries due to link found with cancer.
It is regarded as an irritant above 4% concentration which enable it to be a volatile ingredient
in formulations of cosmetic products. Some scientists have proposed that hydroquinone
poisoning can cause a lower IQ and verbal difficulties.
5. Kojic Acid
Testing on mice has proven that there are evidence for the carcinogenicity of kojic acid.
However, no report has been made yet about the effects on humans.
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6. Mercury
Highly toxic.
Both a severe and chronic poison.
Mercury poisoning continues to be linked to kidney failure, nervous system disorders and
mental disturbance along with autism.
Its carcinogenicity continues to be well documented. However, it has been banned from most
countries.
7. Tretinoin
It is created from Vitamin A. It continues to be recorded to cause thinning and dryness of
your skin.
Sensitive skin types also can experience redness, scaling, itching and burning.
8. Vitamin C
Magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, L-glutathione, L-vitamin c, ascorbyl glucosamine and
ascorbic acid will be the various anti-oxidants which have been found to possess positive
effects in lessening melanin production in concentrations greater than 5%.
It is considered to be one of the safest whitening products on the market.
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SKIN WHITENING CARE AND TREATMENT
The main purpose of skin whitening is to whiten the skin and make its complexion fair and
increase the shining of the skin.
Our skins and its looks show the amount of attention we give it and the amount of care it
receives.
Everybody wants to look good and smart so people around the globe try to change their
complexions by using different methods and techniques.
There is a large variety of techniques available to get the goal of having a fair and smooth
skin. Wax is one of the many methods to have good and flashing skin.
Wax removes the hairs on the skin and gives it a smoother look. Wax is no doubt a bit of
paining process but its results justifies the amount of pain for this purpose.
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The removal of hair from wax has the low tendency of growing and with the passage of time
it decreases more and more.
Masking of different herbal and medicated creams for skin whitening are the other methods
of having a silky and fairy skin. With these masks of mud and almond masks, they helped
your skin to improve day by day.
Cucumber masks are also very famous and effective in their results. These masks help in
removing the dirt which sticks in pours of skin.
These pour once empties gives way for the fresh air to go inside cells of skin. It helps in
removing the dead cells of the skin and helps in look fresh.
The prescription of an expert doctor or skin specialist is needed before choosing the method
for skin whitening as people on the earth has very different kinds of skins
Some have dry and hard skin while others have soft but tanned of with spots.
The bad effect of these creams or methods is that if the composition for bleaching is not in
accordance with the type of skin it is applied on than the result could devastate resulting in
complete or partial burn of the skin.
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These burns can leave lasting and bad effects on the skin and it could be permanently
damaged. Care is the most important and the only way to save one self from the bad effects
of these skin whitening creams and techniques.
Cleansing facial face wash and other methods to clean the skin are very much in practice.
Cleansing helps in cleaning the face or the body and a proper diet is needed to improve the
result of these methods.
Women of this age are very conscious about her beauty and skin. They are curious as well as
careful about choosing any treatment for themselves.
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NATURAL VS MEDICATED METHODS
To look beautiful and charming is the utmost desire of everyone.
Men or women both are conscious about their fitness in terms of their physique and
outlooks but the drastic effects of day by day increasing pollution.
Also the hectic routine of today's busy life makes these dreams hard to achieve but obviously
not impossible.
Beauty lies in the complexion and looks. What can save or beauty and fresher look from the
harmful effects of the atmosphere and other factors.
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There are many ways and methods to get
your beauty more enhanced.
For some, skin cleansing method have been
in practice for quite some time.
Moreover, some of them have produced
good results while others have left a bad
impression too.
There are 2 distinct and widely different
techniques used for the purpose of refreshing the skin and making one's skin
fairer and smoother.
One is the natural way of achieving the goal of fairness and other is the medicated methods
which include different therapies and treatments.
Natural method has been in practice for centuries. There results seemed to be satisfying and
side effects being negligible.
These methods include different herbal products and different herbs. These herbs have the
least side effects on the skin.
The mud masks used during the ancient times are still in practice as their result in skin
whitening has been better than other medicated treatments.
The other method for getting the goal of fresh look and beautiful skin is the medicated
therapies and treatments.
These skin whitening techniques comprise of laser therapy, physical therapy or some
massages.
In fact these massages are the techniques which were being used long ago in china and other
countries in the ancient times. Some creams and cleansing materials are in common use in
today's world.
But a close look into the modern methods shows us that the new techniques are no doubt
good and result oriented but still one factor makes them fall against the natural method.
This factor is the side effects of these creams and techniques.
As continuous use of these techniques and therapies results in increase in the rate of dead
cells on the skin.
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This factor comes up with the next problem of rashes on the skin and rusty look of the skin if
these techniques are stopped or even used in extensive manner than the natural fresh look
and shine in the skin will become obsolete.
This vary advantage of negligible side effects of natural products over the medicated ones
makes the natural methods far more reliable and longer in life than the medicated ones.
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