Comments on: Skin lightening with hydroquinone

By: Arya

Arya — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:54:46 +0000

hi
I am a caucasian male leaving for 3 years in singapore now, here the sun is extremely hot, my head from neck above has become much darker than the other parts, I have used sun block creams (40) and have avoided sun for a year now but no improvements is observed, is it permanent or it will go by time?
tnx

By: Hessa

Hessa — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:35:31 +0000

Hi Steph, thanks for your comment. I’m always happy to hear that this site is helpful

By: Steph

Steph — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:56:52 +0000

****By extras, I meant I only bought 2 more. Not selling wholesale or fakes, etc. The names of the place/physician I went to is on the bottle.

By: Steph

Steph — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:54:52 +0000

I used a 7% doctor prescribed hydroquinone for a couple weeks, maybe 3. Doctor said to stop after a couple months, but I’ve been told 2 weeks. Since then I use it off and on. not more than once or twice every 3 months. I can’t say whether it made an improvement or not, I just have darker skin on my face from too much sun exposure, while the rest of my body has already returned to lighter color. I will probably use it again this winter, more regularly.I have found your site very helpful. Made my own vitamin c serum

For anyone interested in 7% hydroquinone, I did buy extras since I thought I would need a lot more, so if you are interested, please contact me (robolegojupiter@gmail.com) It has to be kept refrigerated and apparently has no expiration date. I bought it one year ago.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:33:09 +0000

Where can you buy labo farmax, i couldnt find. Please email me if you know and thanks.

By: getsome

getsome — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:23:38 +0000

how did you figure out how much hydroquinone is in those products listed above?? where did the data come from??? POOF PLEASE!

By: Hessa

Hessa — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:09:46 +0000

Hi John, yes the information on hydroquinone can be quite contradictory (and confusing). If you’re worried about your skin’s reaction to hydroquinone, it’s best to do a test patch on your arm first.

I can’t be 100% sure of course, but based on your description of what happened (a burning sensation after applying the acne cream), it sounds like what you have could be post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. This is quite common, but immediate sun exposure after skin damage can make the spots darker and more stubborn.

Most cases of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation will resolve on their own given enough time (up to several months). And since you’re white (with Type II/III skin?), the odds are good that your spots will fade over time. I would suggest using a good zinc oxide sunscreen everyday to help things along.

By: John

John — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:33:48 +0000

And you say, a 50% improvement at best. 50% improvement on previous tone? that’s not a mild improvement, i believe!

By: John

John — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:31:30 +0000

You should go deeper about the hydroquinine. It seems to me that most of the info is contradictory.

But, in my very particular case, i would like to know where it is appropiate to use.

I’m a spaniard of Celtic decent.I live in latin america, and the sun is quite…hot.I’m all white, but, some parts of my face,noose forehead in example, are radically darker (morethan my tanned arms!) than say, my neck (This happened right after i applied a anti-acne cream, danm, it felt hot and burn my face badly in those spots, i had it still applied when i went to the street). I still need to go to a dermatologist, but asking this there would be kinda embarrasing…

Also, a consults section would be cool, since this is more like a cosmetic-like thing than medical.