- Categories: Skin Whitening
- Tags: African American Women, Dark Areas, Dark Skin, Destructive Impact, Fatigues, Fungal Infection, Harsh Ingredients, Kidney Damage, Melanin, Memory Loss, Mercury Poisoning, Natural Skin Color, No Doubt, Pigmentation Disorders, Pigments, Skin Cancer, Skin Complexion, Skin Structure, Stretch Marks, Use Of Steroids
Many African-American women desire a lighter skin complexion, and a skin that is even and toned. There are lots of women who are fighting with dark spots on their skin and dark areas, and although black is beautiful, blotchy pigments and unhealthy skin is unwanted.
Regardless of what the reasons may be, there is no doubt that the use of skin lightning creams is becoming more and more popular among people with dark skin. But this doesn’t mean that any cream on the shelf is safe for you and your skin. Many creams still use harsh ingredients and chemicals such as mercury, steroids and hydroquinone. This might not mean a lot to you, but it can actually have a destructive impact on your skin. Even if you are using these types of creams and lotions without seeing any side effects, you should probably know the dangers of the substances.
Hydroquinone for example, does not make your skin lighter nor bleaches your skin. Hydroquinone actually interferes with your skin structure, altering your natural state and limiting the production of melanin – the substance responsible for your natural skin color. It means that you take away your skin’s natural protection, making it vulnerable to skin cancer. The use of hydroquinone is dangerous and it is even illegal in several countries around the world.
Mercury. Nobody can deny that mercury lightens dark spots, but nobody can also deny the dangers of using mercury. Mercury poisoning is very dangerous and include anything bad you can imagine, starting from headaches, fatigues and memory loss and even severe kidney damage. Mercury based cream can also cause rashes, irritation and changes to the skin. Long term effects are impossible to reverse.
Steroids. The use of steroids can cause skin thinning and create deep stretch marks. Steroids side effects are associated with cellulites, eczema, fungal infection, even acne and further pigmentation disorders.
Before you decide on a lightning cream and skin lightning products, you should read the ingredients list and see if the product is safe or not. There are many natural products on market, products that are derived from plant extracts such as mulberry leaves, lemon leaves, wheat germ and corn. None of the products contain hydroquinone and the active ingredient is called Vegeclarine, a plant derivative. Some products also contain caviar extracts, a unique ingredient that helps lighten the skin.
Makari De Suisse makes a wonderful Caviar Face Lightening – a high performance brightening treatment that intensively targets hyper-pigmentation to give the skin an extraordinary radiance and beautiful even coloration. This cream works gradually, without painful surgery or toxic chemicals. The duo-moisturizing complexion enhancing cream relieves you from the appearance of expression lines and crows feet.
Caviar extracts contains proteins, essential amino acids that are substantial for cell metabolism. Communication between the cells is supported and therefore the repair mechanism positively affected. The cream also provides moisture, cell metabolism stimulation and repair of skin damages.
Visit www.Makari.com and enhance your complexion naturally, with bleach and hydroquinone-free choice.
By: Mark Etinger
- Categories: Skin Whitening
- Tags: Arbutin, Azelaic Acid, Colored Skin, Hundreds Of Years, Kojic Acid, L Glutathione, Lasers, Many Different Reasons, Melanin, Natural Skin Color, Personal Choice, Self Esteem, Skin Pigmentation, Skin Problems, Terrible Thing, Thermometers, Topical Ointments, Tretinoin, Uneven Skin Tone, Vanity
Are you thinking about skin whitening? Here are some things to consider.
Skin whitening has been in practice around the world for at least hundreds of years. While there are many different reasons people want to lighten the color of their skin, it’s a personal choice that some will make and some won’t.
Sometimes people get their skin whitened to have an effect on their social status, but other times it’s to help correct skin problems like discoloration, blotches and uneven skin tone.
Some might say that this is all about vanity, about people just wanting to look better and feel good about themselves. What’s wrong with that, though? Having clear, uniformly colored skin can go a long way to help with self-esteem.
With a high self-esteem, people feel more confident and as a result are capable of bigger and better things. So skin whitening might be connected to vanity, but it’s not necessarily a terrible thing.
There are a lot of different skin whitening techniques and creams out there using a wide array of substances. Hydroquinone, mercury, arbutin, tretinoin, kojic acid and azelaic acid are some of the things used in some topical ointments for skin lightening.
Some of those don’t sound that bad … but Mercury? That’s the stuff they use in thermometers and is highly toxic in the wrong doses! Are there alternatives if you want your skin whitened?
Lasers are also sometimes used in skin whitening, but with the technology available today, it’s not a very consistent way to lighten your skin pigmentation. They’ve been known to cause problems, especially for people with a darker natural skin color.
Another, some might say safer, way to skin whitening is a side effect of L-glutathione. Glutathione inhibits the production of melanin, which causes a lightening of skin color. It sounds a lot safer than products that contain mercury.
Whether or not to lighten your skin color is a decision that shouldn’t be made lightly. It should be a personal choice, though, not clouded too much by what other people might think.
You should still do your homework when thinking about having your skin whitened by any method. One idea is to try to go online and find other people who have had success with different methods of skin whitening.
To balance those people, you might also read about any people who may have had problems with various techniques at skin whitening. (Anyone have Michael Jackson’s email?!)
Other people might have their thoughts and opinions about skin whitening, but when all is said and done, it’s your choice as to whether or not it’s something for you. Skin whitening can go a long way in helping people feel better about themselves.
And when people feel better about themselves, they tend to feel better about other people and the world in general, making it an easier place for all of us to live.
By: Gen Wright