Beauty is skin deep, or maybe not
In many Asian countries, 4 out of 10 women use whitening creams daily and some of us are willing to go a step further and indulge in any technique to lighten the skin, be it skin bleaching, soaps, pills, laser treatments or even surgery. The key question that arises is whether creams, soaps and pills really lighten our skin tone or are they just marketing schemes that target emotions.
IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE TO BECOME FAIRER THROUGH CREAMS, PILLS AND SOAPS?
To begin with, you need to understand that the shade of your skin colour depends on a natural dark pigment called melanin, carotene and blood vessels. Melanin darkens the skin, carotene gives it a yellow touch and blood vessels contribute the pink glow. To whiten the skin, we normally deal with the dark patches caused by melanin. Skin whitening procedures work to depigment specific zones of abnormally high pigmentation to get an even skin tone. This process can be achieved by bleaching the discolourations on the skin such as moles, birthmarks, freckles, age spots and scars. But if you're expecting these spot treatment creams to lighten the entire complexion, you are likely to be disappointed. In fact, all of the currently available methods will then be ineffective because complete skin depigmentation is simply a futile process.
Problems with variable skin tone are primarily caused by overexposure to the sun and, to a lesser extent, cigarettes and environmental pollution. The best way to protect against hyper-pigmentation is to always use sun protection — I swear by mineral
It's the attractive outer appearance of a person that draws us towards them, to converse with them, get to know them better and hang out with them. And in Asian culture, fair skin alone gives you an above-average-rating on your looks.
