Skin Whitening

Most of you must have heard about the tanning creams that help people in making their skin darker, but there are also lotions available to lighten your skin tone. This lotion or cream has been named as skin whitening cream. As the name tells, it does what it is named after. It helps in whitening the color of the skin and adds moisture and protective layer on the skin. It also helps in covering the dark spots, blemishes and discolorations to make them unnoticeable. The skin whitening creams helps in getting rid of all the flaws that your skin is having, maintaining the smoothness and moistness of your skin. Even if your skin is free from all the dark spots and blemishes and all you need is fair and whitish complexion then there are also creams available for it.

In the market there are all types of creams available. From normal creams to the ones that make your skin tone lighter by few shades. The ingredients for the normal cream are simple vitamins and herbs. That means they are made from natural products. In bleaching creams, there are some chemicals added to give the desired result. If your need is just to soften your skin then a basic lightening bleaching cream will do. However, if you want a mild or whole transformation then you must buy something stronger than that.

Using the whitening creams is simple. All you have to do is just apply it twice a day say morning and night. Take care that you don’t overdo the use of it as it can start showing the side-effects. The effect of these creams is visible within few weeks. Before going for any cream first test it because if doesn’t suite your skin type then it can cause allergy also. To be on the safe side firstly see the guidelines before applying them. Don’t give priority to the price. First test if the product suites your skin types then look-out for the price. Do your shopping online as you’ll get it on lesser price and also there will be wide variety to choose from. Most of the products are guaranteed. To test the cream start applying on the areas on which you want to see the result then start applying it on other parts is it suits you. The skin brightening lotions are bit expensive then the skin tanning creams.

By: Alien

Some of the physical signs of sun damaged skin are sunburn, age spots, freckles and wrinkles. We all love the tanning effect of the sun but the reality is that too much exposure the UV rays cause a lot of havoc to your body. It increases free radicals which destroy your immune system, causing diseases including cancer; free radicals also cause premature aging of the skin leading to the appearance of lines, wrinkles and age spots.

The benefit of sunlight is not in doubt either; it helps your body to get the necessary vitamin D. However, you need to avoid too much exposure to it; to prevent sun damaged skin, you should always protect your body with sunscreen when going out. I do not mean the chemical laden SPFs, because those ones also contain chemicals harmful to your body.

Look for creams that contain D-Panthenol (vitamin B5); this is a natural sunblocker and moisturizer that protects your skin against the damaging effects of the UV rays of the sun. It is proven to be effective at preventing sunburns and removing existing ones; it also enhances natural tanning process.

The problem most people with sun damaged skin battle with is, finding a good skin whitening cream that will effectively remove the age spots, freckles, sunburns and wrinkles. Most of the whitening creams on the market contain lightening agents that irritate the skin such as hydroquinone and alphahydroxy acid; these chemicals will even make the sun damaged skin worse.

However, there are a few natural whitening creams that contain ingredients that are effective and yet gentle on a skin with such condition. I discovered one of such natural whitening creams; it contains a whitening agent called Extrapone Nutgrass. This ingredient works by inhibiting the production of melanin; it is important to note that it is the accumulation of melanin that causes age spots.

Extrapone Nutgrass is proven to inhibit melanin by over 41% when used in 0.5% concentration. The beauty of it all is that instead of causing irritation, Nutgrass actually prevents irritation; this is because it was first developed as an anti-irritant before its whitening properties were discovered. It is gentle on your skin, yet very effective in removing age spots, sunburns, freckles and other pigmentation.

Extrapone Nutgrass also contains anti-aging properties; thus, it helps to remove lines and wrinkles thereby rejuvenating your sun damaged skin, making it look smooth and younger.

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By: Caroline Igwe