8 Skin Lightening Myths

Bleaching cream is excellent in the beauty industry today. How not, many people, especially women, who want their skin white to look more beautiful.

But in addition, circulating the myths are wrong about skin bleaching. Here are the myths you need to know.

Myth 1: Safe to use whitening cream in the sun.

Fact: Not true. When undergoing treatment with whitening cream, the skin will become sensitive, especially if exposed to sun exposure. So as much as possible to avoid exposure to direct sunlight. Use sunscreen or other protectors such as wide-brimmed hat, glasses, umbrellas, or clothes that cover the skin.

Myth 2: No need to wear sunscreen during overcast weather.

Fact: Maybe all this time you think the factor that makes skin blackening is hot sun. So that you easily leave the sunscreen when outdoors in overcast weather, but it's still daylight. In fact, solar radiation can still penetrate the cloudy weather and affect your skin. As a result the skin becomes darker.

Some manufacturers also often add sun protection factor (SPF) to cosmetics, such as powder and foundation. However, SPF on cosmetics can really react when the application on the face done as much as 15 times the spread. If only one smear like normal makeup that you do everyday, will not have any effect in protecting the skin.

So always wear sunscreen, especially at 10:00 to 14:00, either in hot or cloudy weather. Repeat the use every two hours and when you sweat.

Myth 3: Expensive products are definitely better.

Fact: Not really. Basically the content contained in every bleach cream is almost the same. Whitening creams sold in supermarkets can be more effective than whitening creams sold in reputable stores. There are people who use cheap products, but the results are satisfactory because the skin matches the product.

But that does not mean also that expensive products are not good. Both are just as good. It all depends on your choice. If you can afford expensive products, why not? Make sure you know what bleaching cream you use and the cream is suitable for your skin type.

Myth 4: If it fits on a friend's skin, it is also effective on our skin.

Fact: You may have a friend who managed to bleach skin with a certain whitening cream. Then you are tempted to try it because it has considered the cream works to whiten skin. Such thinking is wrong because your skin type is not necessarily the same as your friend's skin type. Conditions and problems of your skin is also not necessarily the same. So adjust the skin condition first before using whitening cream.

Myth 5: To whiten the skin should wear night cream.

Fact: Manufacturers of cosmetic products often say you need extra care during the night because at that time the skin regenerates. Therefore there is a night cream product.

According to some dermatologists, the use of night cream is not really necessary. If you have a suitable day cream, you can use the cream in the evening. It can also save your expenses.

Myth 6: Hydroquin is safe if levels are no more than 2 percent.

Fact: Bleaching cream without hydroquinone is like a vegetable without salt. In medical science, hydroquin is an active substance that can inhibit melanin production. The use of 2 percent hydroquinone in whitening cream is common and legal, for example in the United States. With these levels, cream can be directly used without the need for supervision of a doctor.

But in fact, the long-term use of hydroquinone has the potential to adversely affect health. If used in the long term, can cause skin cancer. Therefore, in many countries, including Indonesia, the use of hydroquinone in whitening creams has been banned.

Myth 7: After getting white, we can stop using bleach cream.

Fact: Very wrong. When you use a whitening cream, then forever you have to keep wearing it. The workings of whitening cream is to inhibit the production of melanin, the pigment determinants of skin color. When you stop using it, the pigment can grow back and make the skin darker, especially if you are exposed to sunlight. So in other words, whitening cream resembles opium.

Myth 8: Whites are identical with beautiful women.

Fact: During this time many consider that beautiful women are those who have white skin. It's also supported by some bleaching cream ads. Know that one's beauty is not seen from the color of his skin. Believe in what you have. That way, beauty will radiate by itself.