Skin Bleaching ...
Essentials of Skin Bleaching
Cause of Bleaching:
Often younger people are bullied to do bleaching by their groups.
Side effect of Skin Bleaching:
Ms Kathleen Robinson, a US Fulbright Research student conducted a survey and the topic of her presentation was “Skin bleaching in Accra: A Growing Epidemic”. The survey, conducted on people of Accra, found hydroquinone, the most common bleaching agent, harmful even if presented in as low concentration as 2%,. While most bleaching creams sold in Ghana had 4%-6% concentration of hydroquinone! She found thinning and weakening of skin, striae, irritant dermatitis, discoloration as some of the medical problems related to regular skin bleaching.
Essentials of Skin Bleaching:
Before applying skin bleaching, test it on a very small area on your skin which is not broken. Read the labels and instructions properly before applying the cream.
In case the cream enters into the most sensitive areas of your skin like within the eyes or inside your mouth, flush it with plenty of water and immediately consult your physician or dermatologist, if any problem continues.
While applying bleaching, limit it only on dark spots. In case you lack well defined area or your freckles are widespread, it is better to use a light skin brightener.
Do not apply bleach on area of the skin that has cuts, burns, moles etc so as to avoid pain or skin irritation.
Do not do bleaching on the area of the skin that is normal. Continued applying of bleach will change your regular skin tone and make it lighter.
Once you get the desired result, immediately stop bleaching if you do not want to end up with lighter skin tone that will look uneven with areas having regular skin tone!
After bleaching, protect the area that you have bleached with a good sun-block cream of SPF 30. If you have areas that are much darker than your normal skin tone, you may have to bleach that area more often than once, till you get the desired tone.
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