Skin Lightening Treatments/Hydroquinone

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I think (NO EXPERT!!!) hydroquinone is a suspected carcinogen so I would not

recommend using this type of skin lightening formulation. All of these work

in basically the same fashion, you use a chemical exfoliant for keratinocytes

and a " bleach " for the melanocytes to lighten your hyperpigmented areas. The

way the process works is to digest or interupt the leaching of the

melanosomes into the dendrite of the keratinocytes, evenly distribute the

melanocytes and encourage their ascent to the surface. In light of all your

recent procedures I would not personally recommend taking on hyperpig

reduction as a skin care goal right now. I actually wouldn't recommend

lightening treatments to any person with rosacea. If you do the lightening

treatments you ABSOLUTELY cannot go out in the sun AT ALL or you will end up

worse than you started. With the highly compromised epidermal barrier (what

is required to make it work) you are seriously at risk for long term sun

damage if you get sun exposure during this time. Perhaps fall would be a

better time for you to re-evaluate this decision and give you skin some rest.

The lightening treatments that I use contain Azelaic Acid, Glycolic Acid,

Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Mulberry Extract, Arbutin. There is a mask

also you do at home with glycolic acid, salicylic acid, citric acid, vit E,

Lemon and Peach. Our treatment used to contain hydroquinone as well.

Jana