Mercury is a dangerous skin lightening ingredient
Some skin lightening ingredients work extremely well in the short-term, but are dangerous to our well-being and the long-term health of our skin. Mercury is one of them.
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- History of mercury use in skin lightening creams
- Mercury absorption into the body and organs via the skin
- Symptoms of mercury poisoning
- List of skin lightening creams with mercury (updated regularly)
- Published reports of mercury found in skin creams
- Common appearance and packaging
- Aggressive behavior by online sellers of banned creams
- Photos of creams with dangerous levels of mercury
- More about mercury
History of mercury use in skin lightening creams
The use of mercury in commercial skin bleaching creams and soaps goes back to the early 1900s. Before 1970, commercial bleaching creams would normally use ammoniated mercury to produce a lightening effect on the skin. These bleaching creams were aggressively marketed to black people in the US.
In 1976, the use of mercury in cosmetic products was banned in the EU. The US banned the use of mercury in skin bleaching creams much later in 1990.
Mercury absorption into the body via the skin
Mercury and mercurial compounds can be absorbed into the body by inhalation of the vapors, ingestion, or skin contact. As a poison, the damaging effects of mercury are subtle and cumulative, building up over time.
When absorbed, mercury has been discovered in blood, urine, bile, sweat, saliva, milk, and in pus on the surface of ulcers. It has also been discovered in the solids after death, in the brain, the bones, the cellular tissue, in serous membranes, in the parts close to the joints, and in the lungs and liver.
Mercury’s effects on the skin and overall health (symptoms of mercury poisoning / excessive mercury)
Mercury can be extremely effective in lightening dark spots and stubborn pigmentation but has a high spontaneous remission rate (in a number of people, the original pigmentation returns once the treatment is stopped).
The symptoms of mercury poisoning include emotional disturbances, unsteadiness, inflammation of the mouth and gums, general fatigue, memory loss, forgetfulness and headaches. It may also lead to kidney damage. Excess mercury in the system has been known to cause kidney problems (membranous nephropathy)
Skin contact with mercury compounds can lead to irritation, including patches of inflammation and the appearance of tiny bumps close together. These bumps may burst and discharge matter, which later crusts over leading to soreness and discomfort.
Essential Reading: What to do if you’ve been poisoned by mercury
Current skin lightening creams containing dangerous levels of mercury
While the use of mercury in skin lightening creams have been banned for some time now, they are still produced and sold in lightly-regulated markets. Below is a list of known skin lightening creams that contain dangerous levels of mercury (more than 1 ppm or one part per million).
The list of creams below are just the ones that I’ve found, so it’s not an inclusive list.
I update this list regularly. If you know of a cream that has tested positive for mercury, let me know in the comments section below.
- Hua Ma ABC – Hua Ma Day Cream and Hua Ma Night Cream (link to article)
- Jiaoli (link with more information and pictures and 2007 FDA import alert on Jiaoli from www.PetitpriZes.com)
- Other names
- Jiaoli 7-Day Specific Eliminating Freckle AB Set Cream
- Jiaoli Miraculous Cream
- Jiao Li 10-Days Eliminating Freckle Day & Night Set
- Jiaoli Huichusu Whitening Speckles Removal Cream
- Jiaoli Huichusu Special Cut Genuine Cream
- Xin Jiao Li 7-Days Specific Eliminating Freckle Cream
- Jiaoli Rejuvenation Essence 10 days speckle removing
- Similar products with possibly different packaging (appears to be from the same company, Harbin Gelidai Jiaobao Cosmetics)
- Jiao Liang Miraculous Cream
- Xin Jiao Liang 7-Days Miracle Package for Spots Refining
- Jiao Mei Miraculous Cream
- Jiao Yan Specific Miraculous Cream
- Jiao Li Extra Pearl Facial Cream
- Mui Lee Hiang – Cream for Acne & Blemishes (link with picture)
- Natural 99 yellow cream – day cream, Natural 99 white cream – night cream (link with pictures)
- Rose Super White Whitening Essence (link with picture)
- Whitening Sunblock Cream – Day Cream (link with picture)
- EMEL SKIN CARE CO. No. 8 (link with picture)
- Dermaline (link to 2009 FDA Import Alert for creams containing mercury)
- Miss Key Whitening Cream / Crema Bianqueadora Miss Key (link to 2009 FDA Import Alert for creams containing mercury)
- Santa Cream / Crema Santa (link to 2009 FDA Import Alert for creams containing mercury)
- Mannig Beauty Cream / Manning Cream De Belleza
- 8% mercury by weight
- Bioactive Facial Enlightening Activator
- Day and Night UV Expert
- Jin Sheng Mei (link with picture)
- Ginseng (Extra Pearl Cream)
- Orrefor (Extra Pearl Cream)
- Pally (Nourishing Cream)
- Bivong
- Butae (Pearl Cream)
- Silvana cream
- Ly-NA (Nourish face cream)
- ALFA (Extra Pearl cream)
- Yin Fong (Extra Pearl cream)
- Diana Cream
- April 2009 – Import refusal report by FDA for Diana Cream and Acne Soap because of “unapproved new drug”, Refusal AC1-6395152-1/38/1/. Unfortunately, no lab sample analysis was done.
- April 1997 – Article referencing Canada’s alert on Diana Cream’s mercury content
- Civic (Nourishing cream)
- Ideal cream
- Melanax
- Cing-Cing (Roon Petch)
- Daifu (Herbal formula/pearl cream)
- Cream Minerva
- Stillmann’s Freckle Cream
- Has 39,000 mg/kg of mercury!
- Link to the EC’s Rapid Alert notification with picture
- Fasco Herbal Cream
- Has 440 mg/kg of mercury
- Link to the EC’s Rapid Alert notification with picture
- TOP-GEL MCA Cream
- Shabright Clear and Bright Skin Formula
- LuLanJina (white and yellow cream)
- Ling Ji Su (white and yellow cream)
- St. Dalfour Cream
- 2007 US FDA import refusal report
- 2010 FDA ban for containing dangerous levels of mercury (See article 1, article 2, article 3)
- Miss Beauty Magic Cream
- Has 28,600 ppm of mercury!
- JJJ Magic Spots Removing Cream
- Flower Woman 7-Day Whitening and Spot and Night Set Cream
- Sara Glutathione Sheep Placenta Whitening and Anti-Spot Cream
- Beauty Girl Natural Olive and Sheep Essence 10-Day Double Whitening Cream
- Other products from the same company Yudantang International, Taiwan (also contains mercury)
- Beauty Girl Papaya & Hawthorne Essence
- Beauty Girl Ginseng & Green Cucumber
- Beauty Girl Essence Aloe Pearl
- Beauty Girl Double White SPF17AP Whitening Cream
- Szitang 7-Day Specific Whitening and Spot AB Set Cream
- Miss Beauty Excellent Therapy Whitening Cream (violet and old rose packaging)
- Aichun Beauty Green Tea Whitening Speckle Removing Series Cream
- Aichun Beauty Whitening Freckle Day and Night Cream
- Shengli Day & Night Cream
- Doctor Bai Skin Revitalizing Skin Brightening
- Qiang Li Zeng Bai Qu Ban Wang whitening cream
- S’Zitang Cream
- Yoko Gentleman Cream for men
- Jonathan clearing facial spots 12-day cream
- Glutathione Grape Seed Extract whitening & anti-aging
- Gemli Glutathione Hydrolyzed Collagen whitening & anti-aging
- Qian Mei – white cream and yellow cream
- Cream Aghader
- Savon pour L’acné Diana soap
- Lemon Herbal Whiting Cream
- 33,000 ppm of mercury!
- Sensual Whitening Cream
- Crema Aguamary face cream and eye cream
- Crema Antiedad y Desmanchadora
- Nearly identical to “Crema Aguamary” above. Has 130,000 times the FDA limit for mercury.
- Article with news video
- Long Dian Tu Glutathione Pearl Natural Whitening Essence Cream
- Feique Rose Refining Nourishing Set Cream
- Lianglibai Qingbanxuejizuhetaozhuang Cream
- Pretty Model Whitening and Freckle Removing Cream
- Yudantang Aloe Pearl 10-Day Whitening Speckles Removed Essence Cream
- Women of Flower Whitening and Speckle Removing AB Series Cream
- Lamb Placenta Whitening and Anti-Aging Cream
- Forever Beauty 10-Day Special Cream
- New Baijiasi Whitening Night Cream
Published reports of mercury found in skin creams
Many government websites also contain lists of banned cosmetics and soaps that contain mercury. For example, The Kenya Bureau of Standards has a list of banned products containing mercury. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) also has a list of skin creams that exceeded the FDA limit for mercury upon testing.
In 2004, New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conducted an investigation and had the mercury content of several store-bought skin-lightening products analysed (see page 3 of this pdf for the product list and their mercury content).
In May 2010, the Chicago Tribune had 50 skin-lightening creams tested at a lab (most of the creams were bought in stores, a few were ordered online). Six were found to contain illegal amounts of mercury. You can check the Chicago Tribune’s findings in this detailed list containing the names of these creams and the levels of mercury they contained (download pdf).
In August 2011, Philippine watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition conducted a test of 12 brands of whitening creams. 11 tested positive for high levels of mercury (download pdf). Later in October 2011, the same group screened 25 brands and found that 19 contained 1,395 ppm to 52,100 ppm of mercury (none listed mercury as an ingredient).
Appearance and packaging
Most skin lightening creams containing mercury are either white or yellow in color.
Unscrupulous manufacturers can also easily change their product names and packaging to evade the authorities. The packaging for skin whitening creams containing mercury would also usually not list mercury as one of its ingredients, although sometimes ‘calomel’ is listed (calomel is mercurous chloride, a type of mercury).
Unlabeled or homemade products are also suspect
In one case, skin lightening creams sold in white plastic jars with no labels were found to contain 5.6% or 56,000 ppm of mercury (2010/11 Health Alert from California’s Department of Public Health, with picture).
In another case, sellers of the banned St. Dalfour whitening cream not only stole an existing European jam company’s brand name St. Dalfour for themselves, but also reused the company’s jam jars! Perhaps most shockingly is that these startling facts aren’t enough to deter everyone.
Skin whitening forums are rife with sellers insisting they have the “real” St Dalfour whitening cream, as opposed to the “fake” ones. All without a trace of irony.
Aggressive behavior by online sellers of banned creams
Read these two comment threads (thread 1) (thread 2) for examples of a typical banned cream seller’s spiel. Be sure to read the entire threads as they’re excellent examples of the aggressive online tactics used by shady sellers of banned whitening creams.
Initial flattery, assurances, over-the-top promises, and finally, passive aggressiveness, feigned “hurt”, intimidation, mockery or insults when they don’t get their own way. This is their modus operandi.
Read this article for some advice on this and how to protect yourself.
Creams containing dangerous levels of mercury |
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| Jiaoli Day and Night Cream |   |
| Mui Lee Hiang – Cream for Acne & Blemishes |  |
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| Rose Super White Whitening Essence |  |
| Whitening Sunblock Cream – Day Cream |  |
| EMEL SKIN CARE CO. No. 8 |  |
| Jin Sheng Mei |  |
| Stillmann’s Freckle cream |  |
| Fasco Herbal cream |  |
TOP-GEL MCA
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| Shabright Clear and Bright Skin Formula |  |
| LuLanJina Anti Black Spot and Whitening Set (yellow + white cream) |  |
St. Dalfour Cream
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| JJJ Magic Spots Removing Cream |  |
| Miss Beauty Magic Cream |  |
| Qian Mei – white cream and yellow cream |  |
| Crema Aguamary face cream and eye cream |  |
| Crema Antiedad y Desmanchadora (nearly identical to Crema Aguamary above) |
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More about mercury
Before mercury was discovered to be toxic, it was extensively prescribed as a medical treatment for various conditions such as jaundice, smallpox, syphilis, gonorrhea, venereal diseases and vitiligo.
- Ads for ‘Palmer’s Skin Success’, a skin bleaching cream. The ad boasts about the cream’s ammoniated mercury content. Published in Ebony Magazine in 1966. Click to enlarge.
thank you for that wonderful information ive learn alot after reading your blogs. im planning to buy st dalfour cream but now i know how harmful it is for my health,i should think first before buying whitening products..
Hello Everyone,
I am owner and seller of Angel Touch Essentials products and I recently acquired the St. Dalfour Whitening Cream products. First of, I think the St. Dalfour listed in the FDA (Philippines) is St. Dalfour from Japan not from Kuwait. Secondly, there are a lot of Sellers of the St Dalfour but how many are they really ORIGINAL or AUTHENTIC without MERCURY? Third, I make sure that the product is safe before I sell the it. I can provide a LABORATORY TEST RESULT that the St. Dalfour we have doesn’t have any MERCURY in it. Now, I would like to find out if how can I post or forward you that copy so that people or customers should be also aware what to look for.
Thank you and I hope you have a great day!
P.S. I love your site because this is very informative and that’s all we wanted to help other people.
Best Regards,
Jhan Gorman
Angel Touch Essentials
Hi
Thanks, but you’d be better off making that argument on your sales website and putting what results you have there.
As you can see, this isn’t a place for vendors to promote or sell skin whitening creams.
Also, the needlessly convoluted nature of this brand St Dalfour is evident — defensive sellers having to argue that there’s actually “different sources”, “fake vs real” etc ad nauseum. I respect your message, but this doesn’t exactly inspire confidence.
Hessa
Hi,
I know I made a comment or replied to this message but I don’t know why it was REMOVED or DELETED. Anyway, here is my answer again to ALL the accusations. I am not here neither to argue with you nor to depend the products that I sell. I am not here promoting or selling my products in your website (I am beyond that point). You completely took it in the wrong way and blew it out of proportion.
When I asked if I can post the St. Dalfour LAB Test Result it wasn’t about proving or knowing if St. Dalfour is “FAKE vs REAL” the way you put it but for the consumer to KNOW exactly what to look for before buying not just St. Dalfour or skin whitening creams but all Skin Whitening Products out in the market. They will be aware that LAB TEST RESULT exists. Whether you like/believe it or not LABORATORY TEST RESULT will inspire consumers confidence! (We’re talking about License Chemist here, that has the potential of loosing their license if they falsified documents). In my personal opinion, it will definitely help consumers and that’s all I needed and wanted to do as well. My goal in posting in your site is to HELP which I think is the MAIN purpose of this site, ISN’T IT?
Neither less, thank you for response and I HOPE that it won’t be deleted or removed this time. PEOPLE have the right to know this matter and it is just FAIR.
Note: I have also mentioned how I love this site and how very informative it is. In fact, I even posted it in my site as GUIDE & WARNING. So, please prove it otherwise.
Best Regards,
Jhan Gorman
Angel Touch Essentials
I repeat — this website is not a platform for your sales pitch of St Dalfour, a cream that has been banned.
The fact that you would think so troubles me.
NOBODY SAYS THAT BUT YOU! I THOUGH THIS SITE IS TO HELP PEOPLE ISN’T IT? I GUESS IT’S NOT!
Let me make this perfectly clear as you don’t seem to understand.
This site is to protect people from manipulative, fraudulent sellers of banned whitening creams.
SELLERS just like YOU.
I had removed an earlier comment from you because I’d made it clear to you that this is not a place for vendors to promote their goods, but you chose to ignore that and continued commenting with the same sales pitch.
Thank you for your offensive comments now however. I assure you they will remain. Your words here will go a long way in making my point across to readers about aggressive and manipulative sellers. Better than anything I can write, actually.
Be well
Hessa
OH I PERFECTLY UNDERSTAND! JUST BECAUSE I MENTIONED MY NAME AND MY COMPANY YOU ALREADY CONSIDERED IT PROMOTING, FRAUDULENT & MANIPULATIVE?WOW!
SHOW PEOPLE DOCUMENTS OR BANNED LETTER FROM US FDA TO SHOW THAT IT IS INDEED BANNED PRODUCTS! DON’T JUST SAY IT BUT PROVE IT! YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK MS. HESSA? YOU ARE JUST SO AFRAID THAT PEOPLE WILL FIND OUT THAT SOME OF YOUR INFORMATION ARE INCORRECT ESPECIALLY BY NOT ALLOWING THE LABORATORY TEST RESULT OF THE ST. DALFOUR TO POST IN THIS SITE! BECAUSE I HAVE A PROOF THAT IT WAS INDEED TESTED THAT IT HAS NO MERCURY!
YES LET PEOPLE OR CONSUMER DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES NOT YOU TELLING THEM! I HAVE A HIGH RESPECT FOR YOU BUT NOW I DON’T THINK YOU DESERVE IT!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT! HAVE A HAPPY, WONDERFUL AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU!
There are no fewer than three articles linked under the entry for St Dalfour above that state the cream contains mercury and has been banned by the FDA.
But I suppose things like simple reading and logic are just wasted on people like you, right?
You really make me laugh!
how about the Chinese BL cream???
Do you guys know if Cai Mei Sheep Placenta Skin Whitening Cream has mercury or lead in it?
What about the o mei su cream? is it safe? I know someone who’s using it and the result was great. I’m thinking of buying one. Thanks
Hi
Thanks for the very usefull information. I should have visit your blog long ago. I have a situation here and that what lead me to surf the net to find an answer and after reading your article I was skeptic that I’m actually dealing with one of the product contains mercury.
Back here in my hometown there is one face cream which is known for removing pigments within a week and it sold in a plain white plastic jar without the ingredients printed on it. The problem is it been used widely by the villagers including my mom without hesitation. Of course it very effective of removing pigments but I’m very concern to know the ingredients.
The cream consist of two which is night an day cream. Day cream with SPF?? And the night cream is very sticky. I’ve asked many people about the origin of the cream and they told me that it was actually BL CREAM from Philipine but there’s another ingredient to mix with it before its ready to use.
I really wanted to know if the cream is safe to use. Is there anything u can help me on these. An advice or something? Thank you
hi Zara… I’m from Malaysia, and yes i did used these cream and it worked like a charm… but the q is the ingredient, and with this thread it made me scarrier. I know that BL cream is only a ketoconazole that an anti-fungal. But there’s a saying that the cream in white jar is actually a placenta, I don’t know really…. we might have to do lab testing to figure this out…just kidding..
Hi Rina
Finally someone answering me. Thanks. I’m Malaysian too and we might probably are dealing with the same product. The effectivness of the product are really waking me up. They call it Magic Cream here and I already arranged a sample to be sent to the lab.
This comment is made about a month ago and just a few days back my mom complaint that she’s actually starting experienced headache and I noticed that her skin looks very thin too. And others have experienced massive pigmentation when exposed to the sun.
I’m using it too and of course its chicken me out but let’s just see wht the lab test would bring.
Till then
stdalfour whitening cream how long it used please suggest me
pls contact me at 09273858726. thanks
If these creams contain dangerous amounts of mercury why are they allowed to be sold at beauty salons, and selected stockists? Surely in the UK there are rules and regulations in the retail industry for what can be sold. Is it all legal? If I were to find stockists can I notify any particular body or organisation?
Thank you
Hi Devi,
I guess in a perfect world, everyone would know the laws and respect them. But it isn’t so.
If you see banned creams being sold and would like to report it, you can probably do so by contacting your local trading standards office or submit a complaint on directgov. Hope that helps.
Hessa
I’ve gotten a whitening cream from Thailand called Arche Pearl Cream, it’s very cheap, it’s less than one dollar a 3-gram package. Actually, I received it as a gift. There are a lot of comments on the internet that this product has mercury and hydroquinone in its formula, both are very dangerous ingredients. But it says on the product package that there’s neither mercury (nor hydroquinone) in it. Some people claim they got instant results with it with one application (weird, isn’t it?). I’m still a bit afraid of using it, I don’t know if I should trust a cream costing less than one dollar, made from an “acient formula” from Thailand, and which promisses wonderful results really quickly. So I’d like to know if there’s some way to know if there’s mercury in this cream, like a chemical reaction test? If so, please explain me how. Thank you very much.
I don’t know of any DIY method to test for mercury content. Your best bet is probably an independent lab testing agency. Just send them a sample of your cream and they’ll send you the results of their analysis.
As an aside, I wouldn’t put much stock in what the product packaging says.
If you were selling a cream that contained banned ingredients, would you tell the world?
http://www.whiterskin.info/deceptive-labeling-in-skin-lightening-creams/
my sister send me a cream called DIANA she says it wipes away the blackheads lefr by pimples. i just want to know if it contains mercury. am scared to start using that product. my sisters stays in the UK and am in Africa. this product is from lebanon is very cheap.
A cream called Diana is in the list above.
But how come they allow that in the UK.
See this.
Hi,
I know I made a comment or replied to this message but I don’t know why it was REMOVED or DELETED. Anyway, here is my answer again to ALL the accusations. I am not here neither to argue with you nor to depend the products that I sell. I am not here promoting or selling my products in your website (I am beyond that point). You completely took it in the wrong way and blew it out of proportion.
When I asked if I can post the St. Dalfour LAB Test Result it wasn’t about proving or knowing if St. Dalfour is “FAKE vs REAL” the way you put it but for the consumer to KNOW exactly what to look for before buying not just St. Dalfour or skin whitening creams but all Skin Whitening Products out in the market. They will be aware that LAB TEST RESULT exists. Whether you like/believe it or not LABORATORY TEST RESULT will inspire consumers confidence! (We’re talking about License Chemist here, that has the potential of loosing their license if they falsified documents). In my personal opinion, it will definitely help consumers and that’s all I needed and wanted to do as well. My goal in posting in your site is to HELP which I think is the MAIN purpose of this site, ISN’T IT?
Neither less, thank you for response and I HOPE that it won’t be deleted or removed this time. PEOPLE have the right to know this matter and it is just FAIR.
Note: I have also mentioned how I love this site and how very informative it is. In fact, I even posted it in my site as GUIDE & WARNING. So, please prove it otherwise.
Best Regards,
Jhan Gorman
Angel Touch Essentials
The fact is that St. Dalfour was not approved by FDA as stated above, there’s nothing more to discuss. And I think people will not be confident if you provide the test results of St. Dalfour. If the test result was made by your laboratory or a laboratory that you hired, the tests can be tampered and biased, yet crucial information may be concealed. I got a cream called Arche Pearl Cream from Thailand and it says on the package that the cream does not contain any mercury (or hydroquinone). The fact is, the cream, which costs less than 1 dollar, makes your skin lighter in one application. There’s no APPROVED ingredient in the market that provides such benefit. I can list a lot of costly produts that removes dark spots and even out the skin tone, such as Vichy, La Roche Posay, Clinique, Stiefel products. They certainly try to use the best ingredients, but it takes more than 1 month to see some little results. Why? Because they do not contain mercury or hydroquinone.
NO THE LABORATORY IS BIG AND WELL KNOWN LABORATORY! THEY WON’T AND WILL NEVER TAMPERED RESULT AS THEY’RE LICENSE IS AT STAKE!
YES THERE ARE SO MANY CREAMS THAT TAKES TIME TO SEE THE RESULTS BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE TOO IMPATIENT AND WANTED TO SEE THE RESULTS IN A DAY!
Yes, I’m sure everyone will believe your words now… (???)
Your comments are getting funnier by the day!
Seriously, though… is there something in St. Dalfour cream that affects people’s brains? (Oh yeah. Mercury.)
Because I gotta tell you, you’re not the first person selling St. Dalfour creams that have left completely insane comments here. You’re in good company, my dear!
AT LEAST I HAVE BRAIN TO BE AFFECTED I DOUBT IT IF YOU HAVE ONE HAHA HAHA HAHA… HOW’S THAT FOR FUNNY???
THIS IS SUCH A WASTE OF MY TIME ANYWAY! THANK YOU AND MAY YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS, ENJOY IT WHILE IT LAST!
Oh wow… that’s sooooo clever! You really got me there, buddy!
But you’re right though — this site is a waste of all fraudsters’ time.
Because I WILL ALWAYS protect my readers from liars and con artists who would seek to profit from other people’s misery.
You came to the WRONG place to spout your lies.
Hessa
I using the feiya cream a few years now,it’s make in Taiwan.I don’t know it’s this cream safe?
is chinese BL cream safe?
Hi, I would like to know if the Magic Cream being sold in Saudi has also a mercury content because I am using it and it is really effective in just 4 days my spots and pimple scars have lightened. I am only curious if it is among those products which has mercury because in just 7 days my skin is cleared with pimple spots.
Hi Rita,
May I know the brand name of the magic cream you are using and from where and which shop did you bought. Im working here in jeddah and most of the creams available here are fake not unlike the one I had used before when I’m still in AL-Khobar which is really effective.
Y st. Dalfour cream has no list of ingredients?? And is st. Dalfour cream frm japan and kuwuit r same?? Do u have any suggestion hessa what’s the safest cream??
Hi Orchirds
No one really knows. That’s the problem with these small, dodgy “brands” like St Dalfour (and all the others in the article). Basic information is hard to get, and information coming from sellers is unreliable. Most of the time, the public will only know the real ingredients (like mercury) when it’s too late. When someone has died or gotten sick.
I’d suggest going for brands owned by reputable companies that have an established global presence. They will generally comply with laws and regulations when it comes to their product ingredients.
For example, P&G and Unilever own many low- to mid-priced brands such as Olay (e.g Olay Professional Pro-X Discoloration Fighting Concentrate). There are many premium brands from reputable companies also (see list).
And if you prefer it, there’s nothing wrong with using natural methods as well.
Turmeric – a traditional skin remedy to lighten skin and pigmentation
Rice Powder: an Asian skin whitening secret
Another thing, y der r lot of sellers still going on related to st. Dalfour cream??? R they using it 2 on their own skin,??? Im so confuse to b honest, im hoping that they will tell the truth and not to destroy the company or they cud consider as a bussiness nd no cares if really have mercury, just to have incomes.. But im hoping to know the real story about st. Dalfour cream. Thank u.
Thank u so much hessa. Hope i cud be ur frend. Cuz ur so concern to oder’s health aspects.. Thanks a lot.
You’re welcome Orchids. Take care
is Indonesian cream Sp safe?
Thank you very much for the very useful informative web…I was using the Qian Mei cream for less thn 2 months and it works like wonders. made me slightly suspicious on the content..and shocked to discover this. Would like to ask…if you have the lab readings..is it possible for you to tell the Hg concentration found in pls?
Telling myself i shouldn’t panic..but i cant help my self!!!OMG!!
i should have checked on it in advance PRIOR usage!
A lesson for self and all out there…pls check your products before using!
Thanks for the info!
God Bless..
Hi Shakti
Sorry for the very late reply. I don’t have lab readings for Qian Mei cream.
How are you doing now? Any bad reactions from the cream?
Hessa
How about meladerm Ms. Hessa, i read from the internet that it is safe to use and it has a good feedback from the users.
Hi jess, yes Meladerm is a reputable brand and should be safe to use. It seems to be effective for more superficial or surface hyperpigmentation (epidermal), but may not do so much for deep skin discoloration (dermal).
hi i’ve been using a cream that i bought called milk cream. there is no particular brand on it.. the packaging is just this very cheap purple plastic 10 gram case with two stickers stating the name of the product (milk cream) at the top with a picture of a girl’s face and the ingredience and purpose at the bottom, which says: BeBe cut dank black pimples help to white beautiful young 100% (doesn’t make any sense btw), mix: vitaminE milk honey wheat flower tumeric made in cambodia. Ijust want to say that this product works great on my skin. It has gotten rid of my acne and scars within a month of using it but after i accidently came upon this website while looking for reviews on this product, i’ve been kind of doubting that this is a safe product to use because of the cheap packaging and the texture and color of the product. The color of this cream is yellowish and it has a thick texture. once you rub the product on your skin you can feel like there is these gritty particles in it. not sure what it is though. So i hope you reply soon and shed some light on this so called holy grail of mine. oh and by the way this product cost me about 10 dollars each so i’m hoping this product does not contain any mercury.
p.s. if you want pictures i will gladly send a picture to you.
HI Ms Hessa, there is this body lotion I use called O’tentika skin tone formula. I find it very effective in skin brightening, but I want to know if it truly contains no harmful ingredient, because it claims to contain all round natural ingredients. Thanks.
Hi Jennifer, sorry I’ve never heard of that brand. It’s probably best to use your own good judgement and watch out for any adverse reactions if you’re in doubt.
thanks for the list of creams containing mercury levels, it helps a lot to me and am sure to others…. i just want to ask if BL cream contains mercury too or is it positive of led contamination? very thanks:=) godbless
Hi nyleisor, I cannot find the official ingredients list for this cream from the manufacturer. That’s a big red flag, IMO.
i have lots of brown spots in my face or maybe prickles i guess said by others, any suggestion please what cream am going to use or what shall i do? tnx a lot
Hi all, just want to know whether Egyptian Magic Cream contains mercury or not. I have been told by my derm that it contains mercury. Pls advise.
hi..Ms. Hessa..it’s about BL Cream.. actually its very effective, but i’m not sure if it is safe for user like us.. my request is, can u make a lab test about this cream? i’ve been searching for months and using it for more than 2 months now and it doesn’t make me feel safe about this brand..and i stop using it after i heard it may cause skin canser.. and its scares me a lot.. hopefully, u can do my simple request..thank u a lot and more power..:)
Hi Jazmine, I don’t do lab tests unfortunately. If I had the resources, that could be good to do, but I’m just a blogger for now.
My suggestion is to contact your local government/trade organisation. If the BL Cream is being sold in your local stores over-the-counter, they might take an interest and get them tested to protect the public.
You could also send it for testing yourself. If this is really important to you, there are also many independent labs that will analyse the chemical composition of creams. It might be cheaper if you request specifically for them to test for mercury or steroids. Just mail a sample to them and they’ll send you the results. Then you’ll know for sure.
Barring these, my advice is always go with your gut. If you don’t feel safe using something, there’s probably a reason why.
im using sheep placenta by tai mei…jinyahong sheep placenta cream..is this cream positive with mercury..please reply thank you
Hi laurie,
Read the list of creams and you’ll find similar-sounding products. Use your own good judgement, it’s your best protection.
It’s very easy for these small producers to continue changing a product name and packaging to evade the authorities.
http://www.whiterskin.info/deceptive-labeling-in-skin-lightening-creams/
Hi, anybody familiar with O Mei Su Pearl Paste, specifically the green one? Supposed to be for oily skin, not whitening. Ingredients stated are Petrolatum Jelly, Titanium Dioxide (kinda scared of this ingredient), Ceresin Wax, Lanolin Fragrance. All those Chinese looking packages and boxes look very similar to the box that this product came in and it makes me nervous. And what would you recommend for oily skin, blemishes, pimples, etc.? Thanks
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I am Absolutely Shocked at the article, the History of these Skin lightening Cream is Frightening.
All the Major Brands does these kind of Products in South East Asian Countrys, where it is popular, however I am Certain most Peoples use it because they think it makes them look more Beautiful.
However if they know about the History of Skin Lightening Creams then they would find it Scary and I think it would probably be far less popular.
In these Skin Lightening Products they now use Safe alternatives, such as Mulberry and Bearberry Extracts and Vitamins liquorice Extracts.
However that List of Creams which Contain these Kind of Toxicated substance is simply Suprising and disbelieving.
Even though Most Urban South East Asian Peoples including the Chinese use these Kind of Things, to bleach their skin and ‘their’ Ideal way of looking Beautiful.
The Rural Chinese Women being the Palest in Modern Pacific Asia, simply uses Traditional but Effective Methods such as staying away from Prolonged Sun Exposure in the Warmer Months.
However I had read from the News, that Mainland China Lightening Brands are being brought and Used, by Rural Chinese Women.
But Hopefully it contains Mulberry Exract and Bearberry Extract Rather than Toxic Substance such as Mercury.
Is the top gel mca cream still contains mercury? I saw the link posted and it was dated since Feb 2009. When I checked the recently banned creams by the FDA, it;s no longer listed there. But I’m not so sure if what I read was correct. I saw some stores still selling those products. Please help me. thanks.
I’m not sure why anyone would want to give a producer that has knowingly used poisonous, banned ingredients another chance… ever.
I don’t write this to judge you, but comments like yours make me sad (and angry) all at the same time.
Hessa