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Skin Lightening and Skin Bleaching: The Difference, Part 2

Vitiligo is a depigmentation condition that results from autoimmunity. Monobenzone is a skin bleaching agent which can turn the residual dark spots white and provide uniform skin. Monobenzone treated skin from patients who do not have Vitiligo appear like Vitiligo lesions under the microscope suggesting the process Monobenzone uses to bleach skin is the same process that occurs in Vitiligo.

We continue our discussion of skin lightening and skin bleaching, the difference between the two. We begin by focusing our attention on the actual chemical agents found in products, perhaps some of them you are using or have used to understand what they do.  Some lighten skin.  Some bleach skin.  Often, the chemical structure dictates […]

Hydroquinone Skin Lightening Creams: Answers

Hydroquinone can cause darkening. This is called Ochronosis

Hydroquinone Skin Lightening Creams and Hyperpigmentation: What You Need to Know Hydroquinone is considered the “gold standard” for treatment of dark spots and other hyperpigmentation problems. It is present in a variety of nonprescription skin lightening creams and in skin lightening ointments and creams that require a doctor’s prescription. Hydroquinone can be found in a […]