Skin Whitening

Have you heard about a miraculous wild plant from India? It is known to be the most effective and best way to eliminate age spots. It is a clinically proven way to combat skin problems. It protects the skin from damage, rejuvenates the already damaged skin and brings your young and glowing skin back.

Before talking about the ways to eliminate age spots, we must understand what are age spots and why are they caused in the first place. Age spots are the dark black pigmentation in our skin which are very common in people above the age of 40. The prime cause of these undesirable spots is over exposure to harmful UV radiations coming from the sun. These rays stimulate the production of a compound called melanin. Melanin is responsible for providing the color to our skin. Now, when it is produced in a quantity which is more than required, it starts concentrating on the upper layer of the skin taking the shape of age spots.

There are many skin care creams available in the market today. They do claim to eliminate age spots. But out of all the hundreds of them, what is important is to find the best one out – one that is most effective. It does require a bit of research to do so but this article here was written just after doing that.

These skin care creams can be broadly categorized into Chemical creams and Natural creams. I am not going to advocate the ones which use chemicals precisely because they are not at all safe. If you check the list of their ingredients, hydroquinone will top the list. And this chemical, though a great skin whitener, has been proven to cause cancer in many cases. Due to its carcinogenic properties, it has even been banned in few countries. These chemical creams consist of many such potentially unsafe ingredients. In many cases, they result into skin irritations, allergies, redness, itching, roughness etc. So they are a strict ‘no’ to be used.

The best way to eliminate age spots is by using natural skin care creams. Check the list of ingredients and make sure they are all natural and hence 100% safe to use. The most effective natural whitening cream will contain the magical plant that I discussed before. It is a plant grown wild in India known as Extrapone Nutgrass Root. This plant helps in reducing the content of melanin in our skin. Since it eliminates the very cause of the spots, it is acclaimed as the most effective way to eliminate age spots. When used in correct concentration and in synergy with other useful natural substances, it has been proven to reduce melanin content by 40%.

Another important ingredient is Cynergy TK. It helps the skin to increase the production of proteins called Collagen and Elastin. They are responsible for providing structure to the skin. With enhanced levels of these proteins, other aging symptoms like wrinkles, fine lines, dryness etc simply go away. Thus it helps in providing softness, firmness and elasticity to the skin.

These natural skin creams should contain lot of vitamins specially Vitamin C and E which are essential skin health enhancers. Since the skin problems, specially recurring ones like age spots, are being treated in a very natural way, by stabilizing the content of skin proteins, there is a full guarantee that these problems will not re-occur with the continued use of these creams.

By far, usage of natural skin creams is the most effective solution to eliminate age spots. If you are using a correct natural cream, you will surely witness the improvement in the general health of your skin. Try out a good cream and be ready to get your youthful and clear skin back.

By: Frank Langella

I was enraged after reading about this! There are many people out there that are curious about products that will remove age spots and other unsightly marks, but you actually have to be very careful in your selection of these products because many of the ingredients used in skin whitening formulas can be very harmful to you. How would you like it if you found out that mercury was actually the main ingredient in your product?!

Mercury can be found in many whitening products in the form of mercury (II) chloride, which is actually one of the most toxic forms of mercury due to it being more soluble than other forms in water. This form of mercury is not only acutely toxic, but it is also a cumulative poison. Don’t ever use a skin whitening product that contains this ingredient if you value your health.

One of the primary ingredients used in skin whitening products is hydraquinone, which still shows up here in the United States, and throughout developing countries despite being banned by the European Union in 2001. Hydraquinone is considered dangerous to human’s due to the fact that it has been shown to cause leukemia in mice, and other animals.

Alpha hydroxyl acids are also ingredients used in skin whitening treatments, and are the most researched forms of melanin inhibitors, because their molecular size allows for effective penetration into the skin. Alpha hydroxyl acids don’t however have any effect on the discoloration of your skin. Their benefit in helping cell turnover rates that removes unhealthy or abnormal skin.

Those outer layers that are removed are the ones where hyperpigmented cells usually lie. These acids are not without side effects of their own though including mild skin irritations, flaking, and redness. Depending on the pH level of the acid being used, and the concentration of the acid the side effects could be far more severe, and even extreme photosensitivity can occur.

Kojic acid is another of the popular ingredients used in skin whitening formulas which should be avoided. It is a byproduct of the fermentation process for the malting process that is used in making Japanese sake. Research has indicated that kojic acid is very effective for inhibiting melanin production, but the ingredient is very unstable when used in cosmetics products.

The fact that research has indicated that kojic acid has carcinogenic properties is the main reason for staying away from the products that use it as an ingredient. You should really rely on natural ingredients such as Extrapone Nutgrass if you want to avoid any sort of side effect from your whitening cream. This ingredient has been proven in clinical studies to safely reduce melanin up to 40%.

Extrapone Nutgrass is one of the ingredients used in skin whitening products manufactured by a company in New Zealand. Their natural whitening day cream is just one of the products that are in their line of anti aging skin care formulas, which are widely considered to be the best all natural products of their kind. You should try them if you truly want to change the way that your skin looks, and feels.

Now that you know this, visit my site to learn about more amazing natural skin care substances you have probably never heard of.

By: Laurel Levine