Bleach for the skin

How can you lighten the skin?

The ideal image of humans has always been characterized by a youthful appearance with healthy, even skin. However, skin changes such as wrinkles, pigment spots, and scars can get in the way of this goal.

For this reason, there is now an endless choice in pharmacies and drug stores cosmetics and Bleach available for skin lightening. But precisely because of this large assortment, it can be difficult to keep track of things. It is difficult to find the means that ultimately keep what they promise. On the other hand is a long list of Home remedieswhich should help against pigment spots. This article is intended to try to bring some order to the subject and thereby give you an overview of which agents are suitable for lightening the skin, which are useless or even harmful to your skin.

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Home remedies for skin bleaching

The best (home) remedy for pigment spots and other discolorations of the skin is still an appropriate one prevention This is by no means complex and largely intuitive.

A healthy, balanced and rich in vitamins nutrition, as well as adequate hydration, are the first steps towards healthy skin. Smoking is also a big issue here. Knowing about the harmful effects of the numerous substances contained in cigarette smoke on the skin, as well as every other organ in the body, is well known. If you want to have healthy-looking skin, you should therefore stop smoking and you may also be able to save on bleaching agents.

When it comes to skin, the consistent application of Sun protection. This not only creates light skin, but also prevents pigmentation disorders and a number of skin diseases from occurring in the long term. When applying sun protection, the so-called Sun terraces not to be forgotten. These are the parts of the face that are exposed to the strongest sunlight, i.e. the nose, forehead, cheeks and ears.

That being said, a number of simple home remedies are recommended by various sources. However, it is debatable whether and to what extent these affect the skin's appearance. Nonetheless, here is a short list of home remedies for skin lightening.

It comes first in most guides Lemon juice. Its effect is primarily based on the fact that the acid removes the top layers of the skin, which can lighten the skin. Various pharmacy bleaching agents work on the same principle, albeit more aggressively. Vinegar is said to be just as effective.

In addition, thanks to the contained buttermilk finds Lactic acid often used as a home remedy for pigment spots. In addition, it is reported that rubbing various fruits and plants, such as papaya, potatoes, aloe vera and coconut water, should have a brightening and nourishing effect on the skin due to the vitamins and other active ingredients it contains. A special tip also seems to be turmeric to be which has been shown to have various beneficial effects on the bodywhen it is used for cooking. As for the skin, it is said to be inhibitory to the formation of Melanin, a skin pigment, work. However, its effect in this regard has not been scientifically proven.

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Creams for bleaching the skin

Should the use of bleaching home remedies not have the desired effect, ask Creams often an effective alternative.

Their effect is mostly based on substances which, in different ways, the production of Melanin in the melanocytes (pigment-forming skin cells) interrupts. A very common ingredient in bleaching skin creams is Hydroquinone, which used to be used primarily for developing films. Since hydroquinone is suspected to be a carcinogenic (carcinogenic) To have an effect, but is still available in pharmacies, it should be safe can only be used for a maximum of three months. There are also two common substances used in bleaching creams:

• Kojic acid (which is forbidden in Switzerland, for example, but permitted in Germany)
• Rucinol (which is about 100 times more effective than hydroquinone).

The Effect of freely available and therefore less dosed skin creams containing bleach usually arises, depending on the severity of the pigment spots only after two months a. The bleaching creams are typically applied in the morning and evening. Since bleach makes the skin more sensitive to sunlight, sunscreen should also be applied in the morning. During such a long period of use, you can Skin irritation occur. For this reason, you should consult with one before using such creams Dermatologist being held. In any case, care should be taken to use bleaching creams only as indicated in the package insert and, above all, to apply them sparingly.

Products from the pharmacy

In the pharmacies there are a variety of products to choose from, which serve to lighten pigment spots. Much of it is based on herbal ingredients.

Over-the-counter pharmacy products, which active ingredients like Rucinol or Hydroquinone included, but are only dosed in very low amounts. In the case of creams containing hydroquinone, concentrations of more than 2% require a prescription. Due to these low concentrations, the products develop their effect only slowly and to a rather mild extent, but are also much gentler and probably much less harmful to health. In order to increase their effect, special creams are also offered with a combination of different substances, which in addition to the actual bleaching agents often also contain chemical peelings, such as fruit acid peelings.

Skin spots

Brown skin areas are referred to as pigment or skin spots, which are caused by activation of the melanocytes, in particular by UV radiation arise in sunlight. In technical terms, they are called Hyperpigmentation designated. They are mainly to be found in the décolleté, on the shoulders and on the "sun terraces" of the face. The particularly exposed areas of the face such as the nose, forehead, cheeks and ears are referred to as such. Skin spots can be in the form of freckles (Ephecids) or age spots (Lentigo solaris) occur and take on different colors from brownish, reddish to ocher. A common special form of hypergimentation is the Café-au-lait spot (Nevus pigmentosus), which owes its name to the characteristic light to dark brown, very even color.

Skin spots can have various underlying causes. A genetic predisposition seems to play at least some role in most cases. In addition, UV radiation is an important factor. If the skin is exposed to this radiation, be it in the form of sunlight or in the tanning salon, excessively and frequently, the melanocytes react by increasing the formation of melanin. Since UV radiation has a damaging effect on cells, their enzymes and in particular their DNA, the production of the skin pigment serves to protect these cell components. Strong UV exposure can lead to local overactivation of the melanocytes.

Apart from that, skin spots can appear under many other circumstances. Due to hormonal fluctuations during pregnancy, pigment spots such as the café-au-lait spot often develop. Likewise, some drugs promote, particularly tetracycline-class antibiotics such as Doxycyclinewho have favourited spots on the skin as they make the skin more sensitive to light. Apart from that, certain skin diseases such as the Herpes zoster on the development of skin spots.

To counteract such hyperpigmentation, above all one is sufficient Sun protection indispensable. are Pigment spots once they have arisen, they usually remain for a long period of time. If they pose a cosmetic problem for the person concerned, an attempt can then be made to lighten them with bleach.

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Whiten skin for scarring

In our society, scars are often regarded as cosmetic blemishes and can therefore quickly become uncomfortable for those affected. Fresh scars in particular are still comparatively heavily permeated by blood vessels and are therefore often darker than the surrounding intact skin. Since, contrary to popular opinion, scars are not static or even "dead" tissue, this will change over the course of the following months or years. Like most other tissues, scars are subject to a constant remodeling process, which is called "Scar maturationMore precisely, over time, collagen fibers multiply and the scar shrinks. At the same time, the density of blood vessels in the scar tissue gradually decreases, so the scar becomes lighter.

Nevertheless, it is possible to artificially lighten scars. Generally everyone can Whitening creams and Home remedies which are also used to lighten pigment spots. On the one hand, this includes creams that contain active ingredients such as hydroquinone, kojic acid and rucinol. On the other hand, there are typical home remedies such as citric acid and vinegar, buttermilk, coconut milk, potatoes or cucumber pastes.