Skin Whitening Tips

Bleaching Skin Safely Step No. 1:

Only use potent and safe skin lightening products.

Potency is the concentration of active skin whitening ingredients in a product. Most commercial over-the-counter skin lightening remedies have small or insignificant potency that little or no results are seen.

Price is not a factor to determine the effectiveness of a product, and does not logically represent a more effective skin bleaching treatment if more expensive.

Buy from a source that you trust, has good reviews, and well recommended by satisfied users.

Safety is the most important issue, because your skin is the only one you’ve got. There are three harmful skin whitening ingredients and the alert is discussed in detail here in 'hydroquinone side effects'.

So what ingredients do you look for in safe skin whitening and bleaching?

Some safe and natural plant-based components worth mentioning are Kojic Acid (derived from mushroom), Licorice (plant extract), or Papain (from papaya fruit). These are so safe that they are even used for food products. Click for more details.


Bleaching Skin Safely Step No. 2:

Use with your favorite moisturizers.

This is one of the best tips in skin whitening, especially for those with dry skin.

Does rosy, supple fair even skin sound good to you?

This step is recommended because the skin whitening/bleaching process involves skin peeling (exfoliation), which is drying to the skin. The drying effect is necessary to peel off the dark unwanted skin layer.

Remember that skin lighteners are formulated for skin lightening, not moisturizing.

Using your favorite moisturizers will bring about a better, rosy, hydrated, lightened skin tone. The resurfaced (exfoliated) fresher skin absorbs moisture best.

Apply your moisturizers about 10-15 minutes after the skin lightening products.


Bleaching Skin Safely Step No. 3:

Wear a good sunscreen that blocks both UVA and UVB rays at daytime.

Did you know that not all sunscreens block the sun’s UVA and UVB rays? These two are different, as the UVA rays are responsible for aging, tanning and wrinkling of our skin, while the UVB rays causes sunburn.

When buying sunscreen, look for ingredients such as Parsol 1789 (at 3% not 2%, also known as Avobenzone), Titanium Dioxide, Zinc Oxide or Mexoryl-Sx.

If you choose the higher SPF, the better protection you get. There’s the new Neutrogena SPF 70 that I personally like because it blocks both rays.

Keep in mind that sunscreen is a MUST (I can't emphasize this more) whether you’re in a skin whitening treatment or not. It is your best cover against sun damage and skin cancer, especially between the hours of 10am-3pm.

Without sunscreen, the use of any skin bleaching treatment or product is futile.


Bleaching Skin Safely Step No. 4:

Take a daily dose of Vitamin C and Glutathione supplement.

This is an option. But studies show that a daily intake of Glutathione skin whitening pills and 1000 mg of Vitamin C supplement can enhance the skin’s suppleness and inhibits the skin’s production of melanin as a long term effect. Melanin is the brown pigment responsible for tanning the skin. The darker the skin color, the more melanin content there is.