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kizzy
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Wed Jan 26, 2005 11:19 am  |
| Fairlyfair wrote: |
| Herbalinn has lightened me fast and gets rid of blemishes too. I've heard many people rave about it - so I had to try for myself. I've been on it 5 weeks now,and am at least 2 shades lighter. Now if I can find something for my body just as effective!! |
hello fairlyfair
doesn't herbalinn skin lightening contain hydroquinone? |
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kizzy
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Wed Jan 26, 2005 11:34 am |
| bic145 wrote: |
hello white_secrets,
Can you help me? I am using the Delecor's whitening line right now. The whitening powder, the whitening mask, the whitenign day cream and night cream. In addition, I get this cream called Tazarotene from my doctor. I use it as a mask and rise off after 15 min. However, it makes my skin so dry since my skin is dry in the winter already, I haven't use this cream for a week already. At the same time, the doctor also prescribe me the hydraquine (maybe spelling is wrong) cream to put on the brown spots on my cheek.
I am quite concerning my brown spots on my face and therefore, I tried many lightening cosmetics as well as prescription drugs. I also did an IPL treatment last summer. It did fade my brown spots; however, it has side-effects on me. I usually don't have any acne problem since my skin is quite dry. However, I tend to have many acne after the treatment and it lasts for a month. The most terribel thing is those acne left the scars on my face!!!
Therefore, I not only have to deal with the brown spots but also the acne spots as well.
I have been using the delecor's whitening line for a few month; however, I haven't notice much difference. Please give me some advice. And does the hydraquine cream work?
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bic
wot is your email address to respond to u
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Wed Jan 26, 2005 4:35 pm |
I'm a fair person, with light green eyes dark auburn hair. I don't want lighter skin, brown skin is lovely, I look 1000x better with a tan but stick to bronzers now and use sunscreen religiously.
But, I have acne scars and blotchy areas made worse by pregnancy and I would like to be rid of it. I am using a product with 4% hydroquinone, it's only been three days so I don't know what the result will be. Just curious, what is it that is so bad about hydroquinone, exactly? Annette |
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Thu Jan 27, 2005 3:01 am |
| Lolli wrote: |
| I am using a product with 4% hydroquinone, it's only been three days so I don't know what the result will be. Just curious, what is it that is so bad about hydroquinone, exactly? Annette |
read the links on here to find out...I would suggest C serums for evening skin tone, it takes a while but used with sunblock you end up with a really even complexion 
http://www.essentialdayspa.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=3524 |
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strawberrylicious
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Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:24 am |
like 2 years ago i got these ugly dark brown spots on each side of my cheeks and i dunno how to get rid of it r wut the hell is it can someone help me out please!!!!! here is wut im talkin about!!
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Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:50 pm |
I dont see why people is making judgements on others who wants to whiten,lighten their skin. What about those who bake themselves for hours under the sun and going to soloriums every month to get tanned?? They are trying to change their skin color too. No one says anything about them?
At least whitening your skin is not as deadly as getting yourselves tanned under the poisonous sun  |
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Wed Jan 03, 2007 6:26 pm |
Hi all. I had to respond to this section for a few reasons. When I was in junior high, the "popular" boys started to call me albino because I'm so fair. It was very painful & sent me on a constant search to darken & tan my skin.
All through high school, I went to tanning beds in the winter & tried to tan (but burned) in the summer. Around the time I was 18, I finally believed tanning wasn't good for my skin. It was then I started to religiously use sunscreen & wear hats.
At 25, I went to the dermatologist for my adult hormonal acne. After the doctor gave me a perscription for differin, she asked if there was anything else. I wasn't even going to mention it, but I had her look at this itchy spot that had been growing on my chest. She made a big fuss & said it needed to be biopsied right away. For the next few days, I was miffed because I thought she was just trying to get extra money from me.
I got a call from that same doctor on a friday night at 7 PM saying it was urgent I get a hold of her. I knew before I called that it must have come back as cancer. She confirmed my suspisions ,& I had it removed the next week.
What it taught me
We are all beautifully created with different skin colors. Instead of trying to become what we aren't, it's best to play up our natural strengths. Believe me, I know the pain of trying to change skin tone. My hope is one day we can all see the beauty of all different colors of skin. I have saved time, money, and heartache since accepting who I am. I'm all for making oneself the best they can be but being thankful for what one is.
Whoever you are, your skin color is perfect for you! |
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Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:26 am |
| I agree with all the people who said stay away from hydroquinone. I tried PTR'S potent lightening gel and it gave me hyper pigmentation after only one use. Harmful dangerous stuff. |
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Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:18 am |
Hi,
You CAN lighten you skin, whether in spots or all over. I lightened my skin a few shades through microdermabrasion treatments and a skin bleaching gel call Glytone. It contains HQ though.
Most ppl's faces are a bit darker than say their chests or other areas not exposed to the sun. So they can lighten their faces up to be like these areas.
I also tried papaya soap. It made my face feel terrible! Dry and itchy even though my skin is oily. I couldn't use it long enough to see if it'd work.
Best,
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Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:34 pm |
c4ward, very well said. Applaus to you  |
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Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:47 pm |
Hello Ladies,
I am very distressed to see how many of you want to lighten your skin.
I am a woman of color- indo- canadian, and I love my skin color. Many of us are made to believe that whiter is better- due to the cultures we are brought up in.
My mom is indian and looks caucasian, my dad on the other hand is a dark brown indian- so I am in between.
When I was growing up many people in my culture did compare me to my mom and bluntly said "oh, you would be much prettier if you had your mother's coloring". I felt ugly and dark after that, and did for the longest time try to search for and use products that would help lighten my skin. But NOTHING worked, no indian product, no australian, european, or north american products worked at all!
After that I stopped using any whitening products and embraced my skin tone. I have gotten so many compliments on my skin tone since then. Everyone finds it to be quite unique.
What makes you look better is the health of your skin, not the color. |
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Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:05 pm |
| Canadian Girl wrote: |
Hello Ladies,
I am very distressed to see how many of you want to lighten your skin...What makes you look better is the health of your skin, not the color. |
Canadian Girl, I couldn't agree with you more. I am Asian with a light medium skin. Growing up I always wanted that "porcelain" Asian skin, so I slathered myself with sunscreen. Later, I came to truly appreciate my skin color (my husband affectionately refers to me as "orange/green"). The upside to all that sunscreen though, is that at fifty one I have smooth, glowing skin. Healthy skin, that I get many compliments on. Power to the Orange Green People! |
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Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:34 pm |
i just wanted to put in my 2cents about lightening products and asians. in japan and other parts of asia, whitening products are very popular. however, they arent intended- and, well, i dont think they actually make the colour of skin whiter. while the japanese traditional standard of beauty is indeed porcelain white, it is more popular to have a healthy glow- one of my best friends was teased mercilessly throughout her school years for her superpale complexion, called an albino, etc. "whitening" products are meant to make your skin look brighter and less dull, (usually they contain vitamin c, which as most people know brighten the skin) and also tackle discoloration, acne scars, and age spots- it is easier for asians to get age spots (i got one smackdab on my cheek at the age of 22 after too much time at the beach in utsunomiya..).
anyway, whenever i see commercials on tv for whitening products, it always shows the product going in the inhibit melanin at specific spots (ie tackling areas of discoloration) rather than advertising something that would have similar effect to bleaching the skin... |
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Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:02 pm |
AA -- you are ruining my fun. I was getting a real hoot out of reading "accept how you are, love the skin you're in!" on a website pretty much all about what products the readers should be buying from the website to change the skin they're in because they aren't accepting it.  |
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Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:10 pm |
| melanie haber wrote: |
| AA -- you are ruining my fun. I was getting a real hoot out of reading "accept how you are, love the skin you're in!" on a website pretty much all about what products the readers should be buying from the website to change the skin they're in because they aren't accepting it. |
Disagree. Speaking for myself (of course), making the most of what I've got isn't the same as not "accepting" what I have. |
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Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:19 pm |
| White_secret's and herbalinn's customers would no doubt say similar things. |
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Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:01 pm |
This is such an interesting topic to me because I, too, want to stay fair. When I was a kid, I didn't even think about my skin color and spent a lot of time outside like any other Canadian-born kid. Both my parents are on the medium-dark side(for Chinese)and I was quite dark because I spent so much time outside. As I hit my teenage years, I started to learn about Asian obsession with fair skin and I jumped on the bandwagon. I never used bleaching and/or lightening creams but I did begin to avoid the sun and put on SPF15 every day and a heavier SPF when I went outdoors.
Over the course of a few years, I became fair--so fair that people actually commented on the fairness of my skin when I was living in Hong Kong. I had no idea that I had become an example of the Chinese ideal with fair skin.
So...I don't really have any suggestions on getting lighter skin, but staying out of the sun and using sunscreen has obviously made me fairer. Please keep in mind that I was never THAT dark to begin with. I was a medium shade (probably a MAC C35 - 40) shade after spending time in the sun, so getting fairer wasn't necessarily a huge hurdle. |
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Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:04 am |
This topic is more popular in Asian,I think we can not get the aggreement due to the quiet different culture.
I'm asian so I can understand this,but it depends,for me,it's not easy to change color,but I will keep the interest on this. |
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Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:42 pm |
Many Asian people don't get just darker skin from long-time exposure to the sun, but also dull and uneven skintone, discoloration and hyperpigmentations. Fair skin is usually associated with youth and little sun damage accumulated over many years, thus without those problems. I think that's why Asians think fair skin is beautiful. I agree with amami aya, that "whitening" product advertisements in Asia usually address those skin issues related to aging and sun damage. They are not intended to lighten your skin colour dramatically.
The thread author probably didn't express what she wanted properly. As I know, many people who haven't used sunscreen most of their lives can suddenly realize that they need to take care of their skin, but are not sure where to start. Yet we all know the Asian beauty ideal of fair skin. That's probably why the girl said she wanted to lighten her skin color. She probably meant that she wanted brighter, less dull and sallow, more clear and glowing skin. |
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Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:28 pm |
| For lighten your skin, you have to looking for Hydroquinone ingredient in your skincare. Obagi is the one choice. |
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Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:39 pm |
Has anyone had any experience with a Rx cream called Solage? (I think it contains mequinol which is related to HQ)
There is also an Rx cream that completely bleaches the skin - but I can't seem to find reference to it right now... (The pictures I saw were scary though - not something I think anyone here would really want to look like...)  |
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:53 am |
| i dont think you should use mequinol as it will damage your skin and you could possibly end up with vitilgo!! when i was reading about skin brightening/lightening ingrediants few years back i came about reading at it..........sure some skin lightening users were trying it but its bad news and also bad for the body internally as this ingrediant is getting absorbed into the skin and into blood which is damaging to organs |
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Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:03 pm |
look for Papaya/ Kojic Acid soap. Its sold on ebay and has given many people fantastic results, including myself. I also use the l-gluthione soap as its another popular product celebs use to whiten skin.
other products that can lighten skin- roseship oil, primerose oil, retinol, seaweed extract, tamanu oil, vitamin k, vitamin p
at home ingredients you can use to lighten skin-lemon, orange, papaya, pineapple juice. papaya and lemon are most effective for its strong amount of vitamin c. you can also use tomato juice, cucumber juice, and my personal favorite honey. apply a mask of honey at night and the next day your skin will glow.
of course being caucasian i do tan on the side but mostly using self tanners. anything that involves damaging the skin is not worth a color change. uv rays produce cancer cells and so does Hydroquinone. thats why the ingredient was banned in the UK. |
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Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:13 pm |
Several things have made my skin "look" fairer, in that I had to go up to a lighter shade of foundation:
Chidoriya makes Nightingale Droppings Powder. www.chidoriya.com. This is what the geisha and kabuki apparently use in Japan.
Karin Herzog products have lightened my skin, or at least faded the sun damaged areas. Available here at EDS.
Religious use of broad spectrum physical sunscreen. I like Devita, but there are many good choices, according to your skin type (oily, dry. combination, acne-prone). Several threads here to help you.
Hope this might help you make a decision, but isn't it funny: I wouldn't mind being a little more "tan" myself!! |
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