What You Need to Know About Whitening Treatments

There are many different methods for you to “improve” your skin such as white injection, medication, white bath, and cream, etc. However, consider carefully before you want to change yourself. This article will give you information about some whitening treatments.

The color of skin is determined by melanin factor which is produced by melanocytes. Melanin has three types including eumelanin, pheomelanin, and neuromelanin. The main factor causing the dark color is eumelanin, while the pheomelanin is the factor for fairer shade. And about neuromelanin, it is only found in the brain.

Therefore, the lightening treatments for skin were based on reversing the action of melanin. The methods or products and procedure of skin whitening have the mission which turns eumelanin into pheomelanin. Or also stopping the production of melanin.

Some treatments include

Whitening injection

Injection brings immediate effects including hormones changes, red blood cells as well as melanin inhibition. Melanin is the factor that determines the skin color of each person. The more melanin your skin has, the darker the skin color is. Therefore, the injection is to reduce the amount of melanin, which will make your skin gradually turn white. Glutathione is a major component of white injection which causes some side effects such as hair loss, white spot on the nails, numbness or tremor, hand, depression, anxiety, drug-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome, Lyell’s syndrome or epidermal necrolysis, renal failure, thyroid dysfunction, etc.

White bathing

This is the most common method when referring to technology whitening. Here are the criteria for safe and effective white bathing.

• After bathing white skin must be healthy, not sunburn, patchy, mottled.
• White bath material must be 100% natural, fragrant.
• White bath should help to brighten skin, not to be sunburn, burns when exposed to the sun, yellow hair.

After finishing the treatment, you will have to increase your daily skin protection. Such as sunglasses, sunscreen, sunscreen, lotion, etc. And you must take a white bathing after 1-2 months to maintain the color of skin.

Other whitening treatment

Dermabrasion. Dermabrasion is a surgical procedure. It involves manual scraping of the skin’ s top layers. It soothes the skin’ s sharp edges. So, skin experts use it on areas with scars from wounds or acne.

Cryotherapy. Cryotherapy involves the use of liquid nitrogen. It is applied to the skin through cotton swabs or sprays. This freezes the skin cells. So, that leads to its destruction and forced natural regeneration.

Laser skin resurfacing. This is the method which concentrated and pulsing beams are directed at the target area of the skin. That helps remove one layer at a time.

Microdermabrasion. This treatment uses a diamond-tipped wand. The layers of sun-damaged and dead skin cells are gently removed. It has another name which is “Diamond Peel”.

Chemical Peel. This is done by yourself or by a dermatologist. The chemical is applied on your skin to slough off the outer layer. That can reveal the younger and lighter layer beneath.

There are many treatments that you can choose. So, when you have knowledge about them, you will get the best method for your skin.

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