Answer to: Is hydroquinone safe & effective?

Andi · Dec 28, 2010

Anyone who has hyperpigmentation and has looked into hydroquinone for treatment has probably come across opinions like "it causes cancer, it bleaches the skin etc).

HereÂ´s a video that talks about HydroquinoneÂ´s safety & efficacy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt20bx9m90o

xjackie83 · Dec 28, 2010

thanks for that video! I have heard before too that you have to discontinue using hydroquinone after three months or you'll be at greater risk for cancer. I also didn't know that it wasn't a skin lightener, that it actually helps prevent new hyperpigmentation from forming.

magosienne · Dec 28, 2010

Thanks, i really this video it puts back in place everything we may have heard about it.

reesesilverstar · Dec 29, 2010

This was a useful video. I know my mom used it to "lighten" her acne marks and it worked, but I've been too scared to use it.

Andi · Dec 30, 2010

Originally Posted by reesesilverstar /img/forum/go_quote.gif

This was a useful video. I know my mom used it to "lighten" her acne marks and it worked, but I've been too scared to use it.

I got 4% hydroquinone mainly for that reason. But it barely gave me any improvement, and I hear that it works a lot better for UV-induced hyperpigmentation (and it did really reduce and in some areas even completely remove my sunspots) than the acne-related kind.

I didnÂ´t have any irritation whatsoever, but then again my skin is used to Retin-A and AHAs.

dreme · Jan 16, 2011

I've read the horror stories also about this stuff, from what i have seen and heard...Stay far away! However they have natural alternatives to whitening that are far more effective than they "H" stuff...I'ts the active ingredient is sepi-white. Look up sepi white, its a natural ingredient that works, I've used a brand for about 1 year now for hyperpigmentation cars from random bumps that pop up and decide to leave scars. Its powerful. so much so that within 1 1/2 weeks, you spot will be gone!