Skin Whitening
Skin Discoloration – Causes, Symptoms, Prevention & Treatment
Thursday, June 17th, 2010A skin discoloration could be a symptom of an underlying illness, exposure to an environmental toxin or simply spending too much time in the sun. The color, size and location, as well as the presence of other symptoms will help with the diagnosis. Red or purple discolorations that appear in a rash-like pattern may indicate [...]
Skin Lightening with All Natural Ingredients
Saturday, June 12th, 2010Skin lightening can be accomplished gradually over time by reducing the amount of time you spend in the sun. When exposed to sunlight, specialized cells deep within the skin’s layers produce a pigment called melanin. It is the amount of melanin within the skin’s cells that is responsible for the color of the complexion. Lighter [...]
Can You Grow Dark Even With a Sunscreen?
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Just a few things before I answer that question. There are basically two kinds of UV rays- UVB and UVA. UVB is what primarily causes sunburn (as well as skin cancers). UVA is what causes that early darkening of the skin just after sun exposure (as well as deeper tissue damage leading to wrinkles etc… [...]
IV Glutathione for Skin Whitening
Monday, May 10th, 2010Due to the success of oral Glutathione capsules comes a new and supposedly faster way to whiter skin – IV Glutathione – where the antioxidant is injected directly into the vein and into the bloodstream. This way the patient gets a higher dose which lead to quicker results. Usually the injections are done twice a [...]
Skin Pigmentation – Genetics, the Sun & Aging
Saturday, May 8th, 2010Skin pigmentation is caused by the hormone melanin. It is produced by specialized cells called melanocytes located in the deepest of the skin’s layers. Your genes are partially responsible for the amount of melanin present in your skin’s cells. Other than that, sun exposure is the primary cause of increased melanin production. There are some [...]
Glutathione for Skin Whitening
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010Glutathione is a natural antioxidant that gets rid of harmful substances in our body like free radicals and reactive oxygen species. Manufacturers claim that it’s skin lightening property works by shifting the production of eumelanin (which is the brown/black pigment of the skin) to pheomelanin (yellow/red pigment). This shift in production to a lighter type [...]