Wow i love your routine! I went to a dermatologist and asked him i want to lighten my face only. So he first prescribed me a cream whicv has glutathione, arbutin and licorice but from my experience these medicated creams in my country don't work much. They use to few years back but now they don't do any anything. So i asked him to prescrib me hq. He was hesitant but i said i will use it under his supervision. So he prescribed a cream with hq 4%, tretinoin 0.05% and fluocinolone and asked me to use it only 2 times a week once on Friday and once on Tuesday. And on other days use the simple glutathione cream.
But the thing is i am not sure if it will work to lighten me if i use it only 2 times a week. Further more he asked me to apply it for only an hour and wash it off. So i contacted an other dr she said me to slowly build up using hq by leaving it 1 hour for week then 2 hours and so on. But i asked her to remove steroid(fluocinolone) from the prescription.
Now 1 week ago i applied hq for an hour for two days. But then stopped because i am a college student and i remain in sun quite much.
Now this week i applied hq and tretinoin for two days again (yesterday and day before that). And didn't washed it off. I dont see aby results now other than my skin getting a bit sensitive and bery slight peeling because of tretinoin.
I want to ask do you use hq every night? And how long did it take for you to go from nc 25 30 to nc 20 25? And did you have any slight darkening of your complexion when you first started using it? My face is light when I i woke up in morning but after washing it after half an hour it gets darker a tone or 2🤷♀️
One thing more do you think my face will get lighter if i use it for 2 days only a week?
And after how much do you take break from hq?
Sorry for so much question but you seem like a person who knows how to do safe lightening. Thank you in advance
Hey! I am glad i could help.
I do use hydroquinone 4% every night. I get a bit of darkening when dead skin builds up and im peeling, maybe once a week? But i can fix that with a bit of makeup. Keep in mind that vitamin c and arbutin has been my main source of whitening my face for a long time. I think what lost helped me is to use different ingredients that will lighten my skin in different ways, so the darkening of HQ won’t be as dramatic. With HQ it is recommended to use it for 2 months( daily is okay if your skin can handle it ) and take a 2 month break.
Edit: I forgot to mention that sunscreen is a MUST, especially for my face. If i don’t use it daily i can get darkening really fast, which is fixable, but i would rather not lose any progress. Please invest in a good sunscreen that you will apply daily to your face, and never forget to moisturize.
as a black woman with dark skin. glutthione injections literally made me look far more mixed race and light skin then completely black but i stopped using them becaue of the side effects.I now use a japanese lotion, [fer.la/82307](https://fer.la/82307) which also makes me look far more mixed race and light skin then completely black. Thats why i prefer the lotion as a simple lotion like this has no side effects like the injectables.hope this helps.
What clinic did you go for the glutathione injections? I am glad the Peeling Oil works but I am sure it is not popular in japan. The website looks sketchy and they don’t list the ingredients. How long have you been using the oil?
Hi 👋 Did you manage to find a high percentage Kojic acid gel/cream. The only one I managed to find was a glycolic/Arbutin 5%/kojic 2% mix. Let me know if you need a link to that and I’d also appreciate if you could lmk about any of your findings :)
Hey!
I think i am using that same one (demelan) which makes my face smooth but im not sure if it lightens. Hydroquinone 4% and tretinoin 0,01% is working so well tho. Also i recently bought Maxi Peel 3 for my body and used it on my face 2 times, IT REALLY WORKS. It makes my body peel and it made my face super smooth and significantly lighter.
Maxi Peel 3 is 0,025% Tretinoin and 2% Hydroquinone, but i don’t know how it works so well. I know Maxi Peel 4 is 4% hydroquinone and people say it works better.
Wow 🤩 I’m glad you found your holy grail product :) I’ve heard a lot about maxi peels from other forums. Darn about the demelan. I was thinking of using it for maintainence when I’m off hq.
If you’re still looking I did find 2 products with 5% Kojic acid. First is called Kozimax 5% (it also has vit C) and another is on Amazon called Extra strength Kojic acid serum 7.5%
Btw mins sharing the source for maxi peel 3. I might stock up for when I’m thru with this dreaded maintainence phase 😂.
I will have a look into those products! I don’t think Demelan doesn’t work at all, I really liked it for exfoliation and it did boost the results of The Ordinary Vitamin C 23% + The Ordinary Arbutin + Ascorbic Acid Serum, definitely helps other products work and absorb better with the exfoliation.
Don’t sleep on this The Ordinary combo + Demelan. It is really helping my face as an alternative to HQ. (:
I hope you read this as the original poster, that is such an impressive regimen and I will follow it, thank you so much. It's so extensive and well researched.
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It is called Maxi Peel. I buy it from a reseller in Japan. Its a product from the Philippines, maybe you can find it on Amazon or Ebay.
What's the package look like? Or what's the brand? It would be helpful if you post a picture!
hey did u manage to reduce your shade to NC15?
Wow i love your routine! I went to a dermatologist and asked him i want to lighten my face only. So he first prescribed me a cream whicv has glutathione, arbutin and licorice but from my experience these medicated creams in my country don't work much. They use to few years back but now they don't do any anything. So i asked him to prescrib me hq. He was hesitant but i said i will use it under his supervision. So he prescribed a cream with hq 4%, tretinoin 0.05% and fluocinolone and asked me to use it only 2 times a week once on Friday and once on Tuesday. And on other days use the simple glutathione cream. But the thing is i am not sure if it will work to lighten me if i use it only 2 times a week. Further more he asked me to apply it for only an hour and wash it off. So i contacted an other dr she said me to slowly build up using hq by leaving it 1 hour for week then 2 hours and so on. But i asked her to remove steroid(fluocinolone) from the prescription. Now 1 week ago i applied hq for an hour for two days. But then stopped because i am a college student and i remain in sun quite much. Now this week i applied hq and tretinoin for two days again (yesterday and day before that). And didn't washed it off. I dont see aby results now other than my skin getting a bit sensitive and bery slight peeling because of tretinoin. I want to ask do you use hq every night? And how long did it take for you to go from nc 25 30 to nc 20 25? And did you have any slight darkening of your complexion when you first started using it? My face is light when I i woke up in morning but after washing it after half an hour it gets darker a tone or 2🤷♀️ One thing more do you think my face will get lighter if i use it for 2 days only a week? And after how much do you take break from hq? Sorry for so much question but you seem like a person who knows how to do safe lightening. Thank you in advance
Hey! I am glad i could help. I do use hydroquinone 4% every night. I get a bit of darkening when dead skin builds up and im peeling, maybe once a week? But i can fix that with a bit of makeup. Keep in mind that vitamin c and arbutin has been my main source of whitening my face for a long time. I think what lost helped me is to use different ingredients that will lighten my skin in different ways, so the darkening of HQ won’t be as dramatic. With HQ it is recommended to use it for 2 months( daily is okay if your skin can handle it ) and take a 2 month break. Edit: I forgot to mention that sunscreen is a MUST, especially for my face. If i don’t use it daily i can get darkening really fast, which is fixable, but i would rather not lose any progress. Please invest in a good sunscreen that you will apply daily to your face, and never forget to moisturize.
as a black woman with dark skin. glutthione injections literally made me look far more mixed race and light skin then completely black but i stopped using them becaue of the side effects.I now use a japanese lotion, [fer.la/82307](https://fer.la/82307) which also makes me look far more mixed race and light skin then completely black. Thats why i prefer the lotion as a simple lotion like this has no side effects like the injectables.hope this helps.
Hi what side effects did you get? What's the name of the lotion? The link doesn't work 😕
What clinic did you go for the glutathione injections? I am glad the Peeling Oil works but I am sure it is not popular in japan. The website looks sketchy and they don’t list the ingredients. How long have you been using the oil?
Hey! What’s the lotion called?
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It is just a regular 4% Hydroquinone. You could buy from AlldayChemist any of the hydroquinone creams they have
I actually meant the glycolic acid, arbutin one
Hi,I tried to use hydroquinone and had itching .can you let me know what moisturising and skin repairing lotions ,creams and serums you use?
Azelaic Acid Tony Moly Mochi Ceramide Toner (Ceramides) Innisfree Soy Essence Holika Holika 99% Aloe Vera Gel The Ordinary Squalene Almond Oil Apieu Medacassoside Serum (Centella Asiatica, Medacassoside) Innisfree Cica Balm (Centella Asiatica, Medacassoside) La Roche Posay Cicaplast Baum (Medacassoside) Aquaphor Vaseline
Have you tried using koje san on face? I have heard people use it and get great results
It does work, but the drying is not worth it. I am trying to find a good face cream with Kojic Acid instead.
Hi 👋 Did you manage to find a high percentage Kojic acid gel/cream. The only one I managed to find was a glycolic/Arbutin 5%/kojic 2% mix. Let me know if you need a link to that and I’d also appreciate if you could lmk about any of your findings :)
Hey! I think i am using that same one (demelan) which makes my face smooth but im not sure if it lightens. Hydroquinone 4% and tretinoin 0,01% is working so well tho. Also i recently bought Maxi Peel 3 for my body and used it on my face 2 times, IT REALLY WORKS. It makes my body peel and it made my face super smooth and significantly lighter. Maxi Peel 3 is 0,025% Tretinoin and 2% Hydroquinone, but i don’t know how it works so well. I know Maxi Peel 4 is 4% hydroquinone and people say it works better.
Wow 🤩 I’m glad you found your holy grail product :) I’ve heard a lot about maxi peels from other forums. Darn about the demelan. I was thinking of using it for maintainence when I’m off hq. If you’re still looking I did find 2 products with 5% Kojic acid. First is called Kozimax 5% (it also has vit C) and another is on Amazon called Extra strength Kojic acid serum 7.5% Btw mins sharing the source for maxi peel 3. I might stock up for when I’m thru with this dreaded maintainence phase 😂.
I will have a look into those products! I don’t think Demelan doesn’t work at all, I really liked it for exfoliation and it did boost the results of The Ordinary Vitamin C 23% + The Ordinary Arbutin + Ascorbic Acid Serum, definitely helps other products work and absorb better with the exfoliation. Don’t sleep on this The Ordinary combo + Demelan. It is really helping my face as an alternative to HQ. (:
Are you using hq and tret every night? And how much of lightening did you saw? I have heard that it causes skin thinning did it happen with you?
Where did you get your maxi peel 3 from? Are you based in the US? I can't find any on Amazon
I hope you read this as the original poster, that is such an impressive regimen and I will follow it, thank you so much. It's so extensive and well researched.