| The best skin bleach is an acid, which may sound | | | | natural substance for whitening. Doctors often set out |
| scary but it's not. Natural acids can be very gentle. We | | | | to prove natural products don't work. In the case of |
| drink acids such as citrus juice and eat Vitamin C. Kojic | | | | Alpha-Arbutin, researchers discovered it worked and |
| acid comes from a plant, and is a very safe ingredient | | | | worked well. It interrupts the production of melanin by |
| in the best skin bleaching creams available. Skin | | | | as much as 40%. That means significant lightening of |
| bleaching has come a long way from the days of | | | | skintone. |
| home remedies that actually used 100% lemon juice to | | | | What responds to whitening products? It's a long list. |
| fade dark tones. Ground up almonds used to be | | | | 1. Overall skintone. You can even out color or lighten |
| plastered to the skin so the acid in the nuts could | | | | heavy pigmentation. |
| bleach skin. You no longer have to resort to food for | | | | 2. Age spots, moles and liver spots. One advantage of |
| skin whitening. | | | | a cream is that you can put it directly onto spots and |
| But the concept remains the same. Doctors know and | | | | dots. |
| recommend acid to fade color. Acid encourages | | | | 3. Acne scar discoloration. Redness will also fade. |
| melanin to disperse in skin cells. Melanin is what | | | | 4. Freckles. |
| darkens tone. You'll find the best skin bleach contains | | | | 5. Hyperpigmentation. |
| kojic acid alone, or combined with ascorbic acid | | | | 6. Dark circles under eyes and underarms. |
| (Vitamin C). | | | | 7. Intimate areas. |
| Maybe your skin turns white just hearing the term "skin | | | | 8. Melasma-very serious, large clumps of melanin. |
| bleaching". Skin bleach does not treat your skin like | | | | In your search for the best skin bleaching cream |
| dirty laundry. You won't be using the chlorine bottle | | | | available, you are no longer limited to products |
| under the sink. | | | | containing hydroquinone. Some over-the-counter |
| - The best bleaching creams are specially formulated | | | | products in the US contain up to 2% hydroquinone, but |
| to lighten tone, or, more scientifically, to inhibit melanin | | | | any higher concentration requires medical supervision. |
| from forming. | | | | One side effect is hives. Far more significant, US health |
| - Products for lightening are formulas designed to | | | | officials allow only small amounts of hydroquinone in |
| avoid the dangerous ingredients of older treatments, | | | | bleaching products because of a link to cancer. |
| such as hydroquinone. | | | | Hydroquinone is outright banned in some countries. |
| In reality, the word bleaching might be misleading. The | | | | The global market for lightening products is projected |
| best skin bleaching cream available does not erase the | | | | to reach ten billion dollars within five years. The |
| darker pigmentation in the epidermis in the way chlorine | | | | demand was first heaviest in the Asia-Pacific |
| bleach eliminates grass stains in socks. The best skin | | | | countries, and is growing in the US as word of the |
| bleach fades the color as melanin production is curbed. | | | | benefits of kojic acid and Alpha Arbutin spreads. |
| The best contain Alpha Arbutin. This is an exceptional | | | | |