Articles tagged with: hydroquinone
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Many skin lightening treatment products contain hydroquinone which destroy melanin. It is responsible for pigmentation and protection from cancer-causing ultraviolet rays of the sun. Everyone has melanin. The only difference is how much do they have. The more melanin in your skin, the darker your complexion will be.
Hydroquinone is a white crystalline de-pigmenting agent. When used in large concentrations, it can kill you. You may experience nausea, shortness of breath, convulsions and delirium. Prolonged use can likely lead to the irreversible skin damage such as wrinkles, severe acne, and marks.
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You can have younger looking skin at any age. Here is how to undo skin damage as a result of too much sun exposure.
Freckles are cute across a little girls nose, but when you are not a kid anymore, freckles can turn into brown splotches on your face. Are these little splotches freckles or age spots? Minimizing their appearance in either case is easy.
As our skin ages the dermis tries hard to protect itself from the suns’ burning rays and increases its production of melanin this leaves brown splotches on …
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A fabulous movie called ‘Fedora’ spoke about an aging movie star’s fight against time. Secluded in an old villa, with only her mother for company, Fedora meets a young man whom she falls in love with. He marvels at how young she looks; only her hands give away her age. But, we learn at the end, that the old crone we know as the mother is actually Fedora. The woman we are told is Fedora is actually her daughter. And yes, her hands have been artificially aged to make the …
