SKIN BLEACHING

     Skin bleaching is the process of chemically lightning over all, the natural color of your skin. This often involves powerful skin lightening agents such as hydroquinone or mercury.

   Hydroquinone is available in the USA in concentrations under 2% over the counter and higher % by prescription at most med-spas and dermatologists) but has been banned all together in the EU for being very toxic to aquatic life, being suspected of causing genetic defects, skin cancers and may cause an allergic skin reaction or permanent skin discoloration.

    Note that mercury may also be listed as mercurous chloride, calomel, mercuric, mercurio, or Hg in the ingredients lists. These products are found frequently on the internet on mass sale platforms like Amazon or even Etsy, and have been even found in some grocery/drug stores on ocassion.

For these reasons, since all our skin protocols must be holistically healthy for cells, we only choose antioxidant skin brightening ingredients such as vitamin C as in our Antiox-C Serum.