Skin Whitening

Skin whitening is a cosmetic procedure which changes natural skin color and makes it fair. There are numerous kinds of whightening creams, masks and lotions, soaps, gels, chemical peels, lasers, pills etc. developed for skin whitening. Most of the whightening methods can be used by people with African, South American, European, Hispanic, Mediterranean, Asian and Caucasian skin types because all of them have the same skin structure. Various methods can be used to make fairer entire complexion as well as the particular areas of hyperpigmentation.

The pigmentation level is based on the amount of melanin – a dark pigment which determines the color of skin, hair and eyes. Melanin is produced by the cells called melanocytes which are located in the base of epidermis. Independently of the natural color, excessive or low melanin production can cause uneven skin color (hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation respectively). The melanin production is regulated by enzyme tyrosinase and can increase because of different kinds of hormonal disorders, sun damage and other factors. Read more>>

Whitening methods can be applied to particular areas of hyperpigmentation as well as to entire complexion with normal pigmentation. In both cases whitening process is based on decreasing of pigment amount in the cells and inhibition of its further production. While fighting hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation whitening cosmetics is applied locally.

Skin wightening can be achieved by several methods. The first method is based on the influence on the action of enzyme tyrosinase. This influence is aimed at decreasing the amount of dark pigment produced by melanocytes. Second group of whitening methods is aimed at speeding up the cells renewal process. It makes the cells from damaged layers and layers with abnormal pigmentation to peel off faster and reveal new, young, healthy and fair skin.
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Because of foresaid, the COMPREHENSIVE SKIN WHITENING PROGRAM should be based on 3 main steps:
- Decreasing of the amount of dark pigment with the help of different kinds of exfoliants and peels.
- Inhibiting further pigment production with the help of cosmetics which contains inhibitors of tyrosinase.
- Proper protection from the sun influence which can cause skin damage, increase abnormal pigmentation and cause skin darkening from the tan.
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