Smart Choosing Skin Whitening Product

We are usually familiar with talcum powder, moisturizer, facial cleanser, and others as a cosmetic product. How to choose the skin whitening products?

We have to be smart to see the content of the material in it which contains chemicals. However, the concentration of this material must have limits.

1. Hydroquinone
Materials such as hydroquinone which works to peel the outer skin and inhibit the formation of skin pigment melanin, the cosmetics are only allowed as many as 2%. If more than the dose, the product may cause skin irritation and damage to melanin.

2. Melanin
Function of melanin protects the skin from sun radiation. In other words, if we use more melanin in the skin, the skin will be more protected. Therefore, the hydroquinone levels of more than 2%, its use should be under the supervision of a physician. And products like this are classified as drugs.

3. AHA (Alpha Hydroxide Acid)
This material is also limited, which may only be 10% on cosmetic products.

4. Retinoat acid works to peel the skin and can make the skin feel like burning.

5. Rodamin which functions is to provide color, too dangerous for the skin because this chemical compound is actually textile dyes.

6. Mercury is classified as hazardous heavy metals, also can cause skin cancer. These chemicals are precipitated in the skin.

Choosing skin whitening products must be smart, so as not exposed to great risk. If necessary, consult with your dermatologist, and do not just be influenced by advertising.

Cosmetics are not allowed to affect the body’s physiological functions and may only work in the epidermal layer of skin. Therefore, do not ever use bleach-based product chemicals more than three months. Because, after passing through the phase, the regeneration or repair the skin will be more difficult.