I know there are many misconceptions regarding lightening products. While I cannot speak for most of the products on the market, as I’ve not tried them all, however most of the ingredients from which the paling effect derives are predominantly botanical based whitening agents. A number of such components were even commonly found in traditional Asian skin care regiments.
To name a few common ingredients:
morus bombycis root extract
hydrolysed rice bran extract
glycyrrhiza glabra extract (licorice)
paeonia albiflora root extract (peony)
carmellia sinenses (tea)
malpighia emarginata acerola fruit extract (also know as Indian cherry)
lilium candidum bulb (daffodil)
citrus peel extract
rosa multiflora fruit extract (rose hip from wild roses)
helianthus annus seed extract (sunflower)
vitis vinifera fruit and seed extract (grape)
angelica acutiloba root extract
vaccinim angustifolium fruit extract (bilberry)
carica papaya fruit extract
ginkgo bilobaleaf extract (ginkgo)
morus nigra root extract (mulberry)
chamomileet (chamomile)
coixlacryma-jobi (job’s tears)
hamamelis viginiana extract (witch hazel)
Common non-botanic ingredients:
ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
panthenol (vitamin B5)
niacinamide (vitamin B3)
pitera (saccharomycopsis ferment flltrats) - found in SKII
arbutin (substance found in fermented rice that retards the production of melanin pigments by inhibiting tyrpsinase activity)
As Jessie pointed, whitening products will lighten everything, however from personal experience it will also help fade freckles and also prevent new ones forming. But it will require months of faithful and regular application of see visible result. In addition, steps must also be taken to prevent further harm to the skin. What these products cannot do is lighten moles that resulted from longer-term sun damage which is so common among north-eastern Asian women. The only thing you can do in such instances, which I don’t recommend, is to seek more drastic cosmetic treatments such as laser resurfacing, peels or blue light therapy.
But I digress.
If you prefer not to employ commercial whitening agents, there are plenty of other home-made mask that can achieve the same result though it will take much longer. If you’re interested, please let me know. I have a few trusty recipes that I use when I can’t get my hands on commercial products.
I'm a chinese girlie and to avoid getting more freckles and making the original darker and better, i use Banana Boat Faces Plus Sun Block in SPF 23. I use it everytime i go out to the park or shopping in the city. It dont seem to work much
Then i asked my friend, cause she have no freckles at all and shes out in the sun more then i am ! She told me that Sunblock/Sunscreen give you freckles even though it blocks you from the sun!
Is that supppose to be true? And what is the difference between sunblock and sunscreen. Is there any other products that will help my freckles getting darker or bigger and even better ; GO AWAY? Thanks in advance!
