Natural Skin Lightening

All women, regardless of age or ethnicity want even, clear and radiant skin. For most women, the challenge to achieve radiant skin begins with dark spots or hyperpigmentation caused by the accumulation of melanin (your natural skin pigment). Hyperpigmentation can be intensified by genetics and ethnicity.

For women of European or Asian descent, blotchiness and spots caused by sun damage and the aging process stand in the way of clear and radiant skin. These spots are not caused by increased melanin, but by tissue proliferation due to skin atrophy, the skin appears darker. Therefore, its treatment is completely different. 

Other roadblocks to clear skin are dryness and breakouts caused by hormonal fluctuations related to life changes like menopause and stress.

Even though they sound the same, there is actually a significant difference between skin lightening, whitening & brightening. Before deciding on your skin care routine, it is very important to understand all three of these categories, their pluses & minuses, and even the potential risks to your health which may be involved.

In this article, we’ll cover everything you need to know about these topics, including:

• Why “skin whitening” is potentially hazardous to your health, and is not recommended
• How “skin lightening” helps fix blemishes on your skin, and can be done naturally
• How “skin brightening” will make your skin look refreshed, vibrant & beautiful

Skin Whitening

Skin whitening also known as skin bleaching, is a treatment designed to give you a skin tone lighter than the one you were born with. 

Skin whitening is controversial and could have potentially dangerous side effects. Unless you actually want to involve a medical professional in your skincare treatment, then “skin whitening” is probably not what you’re looking for.  We do not recommend “skin whitening”, so we’re going to move on to “lightening & brightening”.

Skin Lightening and Hyperpigmentation

Hyperpigmentation is a common skin condition that refers to any darkening of the skin. Dark patches form usually on the face and hands or other areas that are commonly exposed to the sun. This darkening of the skin occurs when an excess of melanin, which is a brown pigment that gives our skin its color, forms deposits in our skin. 

Hyperpigmentation spots are often caused by repeated exposure to the sun. This happens by the melanin absorbing the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays in order to protect the skin from overexposure.

Another form of hyperpigmentation is Melasma. Melasma spots are larger than the spots caused by sun damage. They appear as symmetric blotchy hyperpigmented patches on the face, usually the cheeks, bridge of the nose, forehead, chin, and upper lip. They are most often caused by hormonal changes. Pregnancy and the use of birth control pills can also bring about the overproduction of melanin, due to hormonal changes.

Acne and other skin diseases may cause hyperpigmentation, leaving dark spots after the condition clears.

To deal with hyperpigmentation, skin lightening products are formulated to even out skin tone and restore the skin’s natural color before the hyperpigmentation sets in.

How Skin Lightening Works

The goal of skin lightening is not to bleach your skin, but to fade out unwanted blemishes by inhibiting melanin, which gives your skin its color.

Within the many different layers of our skin, there is a layer called the basal layer. In this layer, our skin cells form and divide to create the outer skin layer. In this layer, there is a cell called a melanocyte. This cell is responsible for transporting melanosomes which are cells that contain pigment (melanin) which gives us our skin color. Located in the melanocyte is an enzyme called tyrosinase. This enzyme is responsible for the production of melanin. Hyperpigmentation is caused by this enzyme over producing melanin.

To remedy this, many skin lightening products have been formulated to inhibit tyrosinase, essentially stopping it from over producing melanin. Skin lightening products that include tyrosinase inhibitors are not only for people with hyperpigmentation. Many people with even skin use these products to prevent hyperpigmentation in the future as it is far easier to prevent hyperpigmentation than to correct it once it is present in your skin. Unfortunately even if hyperpigmentation is corrected it can return due to our skin having a memory. Another reason skin lightening is recommended for people with even skin is sometimes hyperpigmentation lies beneath the surface of the skin and will emerge in later life.

DRHAZI “Skin Lightening” reduces pigmentation, lightens discoloration, eliminates blemishes and evens skin tone. Importantly, it can be done through simple skin care products, and does not require any type of medical procedure. Skin lightening products target particular areas of discolorations like age spots and hyperpigmentation from acne breakouts and bruising. Lightening creams work to reduce the melanin pigmentation in a particular area on the skin. 

Natural Skin Lightening Ingredients

While hydroquinone is a popular option for lightening your skin, it comes with a great deal of negative side effects. In fact, experts say it can be dangerous and should be avoided. Nanopeptides are considered a much effeciver and safer active agents, even with its limited research. 

How do they work?

DECAPEPTIDE-12 is a small oligopeptide with potent anti-tyrosinase activity. According to research, it is capable of helping improve both skin tone and texture. Tyrosinase is an enzyme found widely in plant and animal tissues, and is vital to the production of melanin. Overactive production of tyrosinase can lead to hyperpigmentation of the skin. As Decapeptide-12 is a powerful tyrosinase inhibitor, this could be a potential cure for skin hyperpigmentation issues.

NONAPEPTID 1  can prevent melanin synthesis and unwanted pigmentation by preventing activation of the tyrosinase, thus allowing for a better control over skin tone. 

TETRAPEPTIDE-30 has a nice anti-inflammatory function that leads to a dual action in hindering the pigmentation process. It acts as a tyrosinase inhibitor (the famous enzyme needed to create melanin), and it also blocks the transfer of the melanin up into the top layers of the skin. 

Here are some natural lightening ingredients to brighten your complexion:

• Alpha arbutin - (Lightening Toning Milk, Lightening Serum, Lightening Cream)
• Stable Vitamin C - All DRHAZI Lightening product
• Lactic acid - Included in all DRHAZI Lightening products
• Glycolic acid, Bio AHA - the base of Intensive AHA Peeling
• Chamomile - Included in all DRHAZI Lightening products
• Sage - Included in all DRHAZI Lightening products
• Houseleek - Included in all DRHAZI Lightening products
• Mitra Carpe extract -  (Lightening Serum, Lightening Cream)
• White lily flower (the base of Lightening Oleogel)
• GIGA White herbal complex - (Whitening Lotus Mask)
• Natural Kojic acid - (the base of Lightening Toning)
• Bearberry extract  - natural Arbutin - (Lightening Serum, Lightening Cream)

You can use our 100 % natural high-tech natural cosmetics products throughout the year safely.

Alternatively, invest in skin brightening supplements which contain one or more of the above ingredients.