Skin cells called melanocytes are located in the lower, basal layer of the epidermis. These cells secrete a substance called melanin, which is also referred to as skin pigment.

Melanin gives the skin its colour. It is designed to protect the skin by acting as a filter against the sun’s rays that penetrate the skin causing damage. Skin lightening products containing hydroquinone and other skin bleaching products that works to reduce the amount of melanin in your skin.

Whitening creams sold on the market are a dangerous cocktail of compounds like steroids, hydroquinone, and tretinoin; the long term use of which can lead to lethal health concerns like pigmentation, skin cancer, liver damage, mercury poisoning, ochronosis, etc.

The skin is a system that needs balance and all structures need to work in synergy with each other. When a condition appears on the surface, we must always think of underlying causes on the skin as a system. To effectively treat pigmentation we must address this condition with the correct skin revision system.