By UFlawless Beauty, Ingredients 0 Comments

How Safe Are Skin Brightening Creams, For Bleaching The Skin?

Since Hydroquinone was banned in Europe, Japan, and Australia, many questions came to light on how safe are brightening creams for bleaching the skin?

Many people are discovering, little by little about skin brightening creams, which helps to solve issues related to Skin Lightening.

Pigments in the skin such as age spots, discoloration related to hormones, acne scars, and freckles.

They are also known in the market as either skin fading creams, skin lightening creams, or skin bleaching creams.

But first would be interesting to understand some concepts:

Why did Hydroquinone was banned in Europe, Japan, and Australia?

Primarily because it was considered a cancer-causing chemical. The chemical showed evidence when tested in lab testing rodents.

Even though is not yet proved it is harmful to humans, it looks like in those countries they’ve decided not to take any risk.

Here in America, unfortunately, is still ok to retail on OTC (Over The Counter) products in levels up to 2%

We are going to deep dive into Hydroquinone in the coming paragraphs below, but one thing we know for sure, it’s extremely irritant and aggressive to the skin.

What Makes Skin Color Dark or White?

Melanin is the name of the pigment that gives individuals different shades of white or dark.

Meaning that people with white skin have less melanin when compared to darker skin.

Now, this is influenced by genetics but sun exposure, hormones, and chemicals.

Used on the skin, these products, have a significant influence on melanin production.

With modern years, as researches were increasing, dermo scientists are continually discovering and sharing new technologies to help people to get rid of age spots, also known as liver spots.

What do you need to know before using any Skin Brightening Cream

Using some of the products available in the market without information could be harmful to your skin binging permanent damages.

With that said, it is imperative to consult your dermatologist to check your current skin conditions.

So he/she could recommend the best ingredients according to your current situation.

Important to read the labels and especially what elements are part of the bleaching cream.

The number one aspect you should check is on bleaching creams is the potential exposure to mercury.

It’s a dangerous heavy metal – commonly found in a quarter of skin bleachers sold in the US made in Asia countries.

One more reason to be sure if your product is made in the USA! ;-)

There are other factors to be aware of, and we are going to share this with you.

Avoid prolonged use of this kind of product as it contributes to the early aging process and risk of cancer from sun exposure.

Some of the products are made with steroids, increasing the vulnerability to infections, acne and weakening your skin to heal.

Another ingredient commonly used in the USA is Hydroquinone, which was already banned in Europe and Japan. Here in the USA, it is allowed to retail with less than 2%. But again, check if the product is Made in the USA. So you can have peace of mind that you are in a safe zone, as foreign skin bleachers may have higher doses and dangerous to the skin.

The more natural ingredients and actives on the skin brightening, the better. Some components may cause an allergic reaction to your skin, that’s when we will start to talk about one famous ingredient, kojic.

What is Kojic Acid?

Kojic Acid is a compound that comes from a fungus derived from mushrooms, from the brewing process of rice or soy.

As soon as scientists, who knew that kojic acid is a natural preservative in the food industry, start to test in the skincare industry and reported successful results.

In the discoveries, the main benefits in treating skin with Kojic Acid delivered improvement in skin conditions such as sun damage, scars and age spots.

Are There Any Side Effects For Kojic Acid?

There’s no reason to believe that as a natural ingredient, it won’t have any side effects.

Kojic acid though requires the same cautions as using any other Skin Bleaching Cream, which are:

Sun Exposure – Kojic Acid creates a susceptibility skin to sunburn

If the concentrations are high, contact dermatitis could inevitably happen.

In some countries, Kojic Acid is baned as it was associated with skin cancer, in situations such as when applied to wounded skin.

What Are Other Alternative Ingredients For Skin Lightening Cream?

There are several ingredients that you should be paying attention to when choosing your skin bleaching skincare product.

Vitamin-C – Besides the fact that vitamin-c is the main collagen synthesizer, it is a potent detoxifier of the skin, reducing free-radicals to cause skin depigmentation. Used in different products, it helps to exfoliate the skin naturally promoting skin cell regeneration.

Glutathione – It’s a compound that binds with tyrosinase – an enzyme found in plants and in animal skin. Catalyzes melanin production – working as a free-radical inhibitor.

Glycolic Acid – Here comes again the most younger hero as it the one that boosts the natural skin cell turnover. Helping to lighten the skin safely. But we can not emphasize enough that using Glycolic Acid; it’s crucial to use with care, (medical supervision).

State-Of-The-Art Skin Brightening Cream Technology

Looking relentlessly to new technologies to apply to the skin, hoping for benefits to protect the skin and fight against hyperpigmentation, we found out two great actives that working together.

A powerful safely combination to use even to the most sensitive skin in a moisturizer.

Lipochroman and Chromabright are unique antioxidants that create double action.

Protecting the skin against free-radicals, pollutants, and UV – Solar Rays.

Meaning that combats the top three aging factors – UV, Free Radicals and Pollutants.

These powerful antioxidants are cutting-edge medical grade actives, proving to be more effective than standard cosmetic company products.

Fundamentally one reason that differs Medical Grade Skincare from the OTC (Over The Counter) skincare products is high safe concentrations of science-based actives.

Scientific Tests demonstrated that, incorporated active levels of Lipochroman proved to be the strongest and the only antioxidant that protects from both nitrogen and oxygen free-radical formation – 11x stronger than Idebenone.

Chromabright (a UVA/UVB photoprotective tyrosinase inhibitor that is unique in having a broad spectrum UV protective profile.

When we compare to the more popularly used fade ingredients such as hydroquinone and kojic acid, it has superior percutaneous absorption than L-ascorbic acid.

Proving to be less irritating and better collagen stimulator than A-ascorbic acid.

Besides these two astounding antioxidants, there is a third element incorporated into the moisturizer X3 Firming Peptide Cream.

Firming Peptides made of Marine Extract. Sourced in the far reaches of Antarctica, delivering peptides to strengthen collagen production, reducing fine lines and wrinkles while also firming the skin of the face and neck.

State-Of-The-Art Brightening Skincare Routine

Recently we’ve launched the X9 Advanced Brightening Routine. A Simple 3-Step Routine – Medical-Grade Hydroquinone-Free.

We’ve uncomplicated the process of having a bright luminous skin, safe and efficient in a matter of weeks!

For those looking to treat and protect against Dark Spots, Melasma, and Hyperpigmentation, protecting with the formation of new brown spots and washing out stubborn pigments on the skin.

At the same time will address to soften the skin, lessening wrinkles and crow’s feet.

It’s a Medical-Grade Hydroquinone-Free Brightening Routine based on 3 simple steps.

1) X9 Advanced Exfoliating Cleanser – Deep cleansing of pores, due to a 2% Medical-Grade Salicylic Acid. From the get-go, unclogged pores mean tight pores and the combination with Pure Organic Coconut Oil avoids dryness.

2) X9 Brightening Treatment Serum – Made to treat and protect the skin to avoid pigment formation. Made with top-notch lipids to deliver plump smooth skin.

3) X9 Ultimate Brightening Moisturizer – Designed to remove leftover Age Spots while the Medical-Grade strength Vitamin-C penetrates in the deep layers of the skin.

To be able to retail as a Medical-Grade Formulation product, it is needed to perform Clinical Tests that showed the following numbers:

42 Testers from 34 to 62 years old
100% of testers tolerated the X9 Advanced Brightening Routine as well as compliance for 100% of testers
87% had visually an overall improvement in dark spots in 4 weeks
100% skin radiance improvement and overall lightening and skin smoothness by week 4
93% had an improvement of fine lines and wrinkles at week 6

* Relevant Information: The suggestion of use is twice a day (morning and before bedtime) and only one tester experienced significant redness. She was immediately directed to use the X9 Ultimate Brightening Moisturizer, which contains pure Vitamin-C, only in the evening for the duration of the study. The redness disappeared and she was also able to see significant results.