Skin Whitening cosmetics-answers from the doctor

What is skin whitening cosmetics?

True to its name, white cosmetics and help improve skin tones by blurring, soothe the dark skin or lightening. "Skin whitening cosmetics mainly beneficial to those trapped hyperpigmentation syndrome, caused when the skin is tanning for too long and the appearance of unwanted black strongly stain human."-Dr. Sobel said.

Help improve the whitening cosmetic tones skin by blurring the dark skin.

Active Skin Whitening cosmetics?

When the skin is exposed directly to the Sun, epithelial cells secrete the black melanin factor makes the skin appear darker spots and being strongly stain human. Vitamin C and Hydroquinone, the basic components of most whitening formula helps the skin actually light up, blurring the clusters of melanin or prevent the skin create melanin.

Vitamin C is a common constituent in the white skin and light products. Is antioxidant have catalytic roles create collagen helps to regenerate skin, Vitamin C has effects exfoliate, lighten dark spots present on the skin and prevent the occurrence of black spot.

The next common ingredient is Hydroquinone, a derivative of Benzene, have the effect of preventing the production of melanin by yaw melanocytes cells. However, according to recent studies, Hydroquinone causes skin irritation and cause the dreaded side effects: use long on the color and the skin caused can even cause cancer. Because of this, many people hesitate to dare not use whitening products contain Hydroquinone.

"Many types of whitening cosmetics currently use the recipe has ingredients derived from plants to make white natural light"-Dr. Sobel said-such as Arbutin. Arbutin extract from Evergreen vines (Bearberry) are considered to be great alternatives to Hydroquinone (especially Alpha Arbutin format) because the more benign, although it can result in slower.

To note what Skin Whitening Cosmetic used?

If you still choose to use products with Hydroquinone to white skin, should choose the lines with Hydroquinone (2%), under use in short time and should just dots on the skin or lightening freckles, not obliterate the entire face.

Those with sensitive skin, it is best to use products with more natural ingredients as possible, often containing extracts from the plants is the natural acid composition and a mild form of vitamin c. Additionally, whose sensitive skin also should not use whitening products daily that should only take about 2 3 times a week,--your doctor recommends Sobel.=