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For a long time, hydroquinone is a skin-bleaching agent. Many beauty products used it to lighten areas of darkened skin. Some common usages in treatment of freckles, chloasma, age spots or acne scars. More than 50 years, it’s been established as the most effective ingredient for potentially fading and lightening skin. This article below can show you the facts of them.
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Until now, hydroquinone is still the top effective topical active ingredient in whitening. However, in the US, according to FDA statistics, the number of products containing hydroquinone has decreased from 206 without brakes (in 1993) to 151 (in 2007) and by 2009 only 32 products. What's behind these numbers? Please listen to the story of hydroquinone offline.
How does Hydroquinone work on the skin?
The process that prevents skin pigmentation of hydroquinone can be briefly described as follows: Melanocytes are pigmented cells (called melanin) in the epidermis. There are many longitudinal tassels reaching the top cell layer of the epidermis to bring the melanin bags up here.
Melanin plays a role in protecting the skin from the effects of ultraviolet radiation, which is why, after sun exposure, your skin will become darker, whites are less likely to have melanin bags when exposed to sunlight. Only sunburn, not black, and if exposed to the sun for long without the protection of …show more content…
But by 2006, the FDA again withdrew its release from 1986 on the safety of hydroquinone, after some studies suggest that hydroquinone penetrates the skin causing liver and kidney disease in mice. Until now, however, no studies have confirmed that hydroquinone is capable of causing pathological changes in humans, so there are no official conclusions from the FDA. We only know that hydroquinone is still approved for use in over-the-counter (OTC) OTC products, and is the only FDA-approved active ingredient in treating hypertonic
For a long time, hydroquinone is a skin-bleaching agent. Many beauty products used it to lighten areas of darkened skin. Some common usages in treatment of freckles, chloasma, age spots or acne scars. More than 50 years, it’s been established as the most effective ingredient for potentially fading and lightening skin. This article below can show you the facts of them.
Body:
Until now, hydroquinone is still the top effective topical active ingredient in whitening. However, in the US, according to FDA statistics, the number of products containing hydroquinone has decreased from 206 without brakes (in 1993) to 151 (in 2007) and by 2009 only 32 products. What's behind these numbers? Please listen to the story of hydroquinone offline.
How does Hydroquinone work on the skin?
The process that prevents skin pigmentation of hydroquinone can be briefly described as follows: Melanocytes are pigmented cells (called melanin) in the epidermis. There are many longitudinal tassels reaching the top cell layer of the epidermis to bring the melanin bags up here.
Melanin plays a role in protecting the skin from the effects of ultraviolet radiation, which is why, after sun exposure, your skin will become darker, whites are less likely to have melanin bags when exposed to sunlight. Only sunburn, not black, and if exposed to the sun for long without the protection of …show more content…
But by 2006, the FDA again withdrew its release from 1986 on the safety of hydroquinone, after some studies suggest that hydroquinone penetrates the skin causing liver and kidney disease in mice. Until now, however, no studies have confirmed that hydroquinone is capable of causing pathological changes in humans, so there are no official conclusions from the FDA. We only know that hydroquinone is still approved for use in over-the-counter (OTC) OTC products, and is the only FDA-approved active ingredient in treating hypertonic