Fade Acne Using Hydroquinone

Fade Acne Scars and Whitening Skin | Using Hydroquinone

Using Hydroquinone on my face ! 

 What is good to know about it !

 Hydroquinone is an active ingredient of an acne scar fading and skin whitening products.

Hydroquinone - is an aromatic organic compound that is a type of phenol, in a white granular solid form.

More about Hydroquinone:

IUPAC name - Benzene-1,4-diol

Other names:

1.- Hydroquinone
2.- Idrochinone
3.- Quinol/1-4 dihydroxy 
4.- Benzene
5.- Benzene/1-4 hydroxy

Uses:

Principally associated with its action as a reducing agent which is soluble in water - It is a major component in most photographic developers for film and paper where, with the compound Metol, it reduces silver halides to elemental silver.

Skin depigmentation - In human medicine, hydroquinone is used as a topical application in skin whitening to reduce the color of skin as it does not have the same predisposition to cause dermatitis as metol does.

NOTE - This use is banned in some countries do to a numerous studies have revealed that hydroquinone can cause exogenous ochronosis, a disfiguring disease in which blue-black pigments are deposited onto the skin.

While using hydroquinone as lightening agent can be effective with proper use, it can also cause skin sensitivity.

Hydroquinone is sometimes combined with alpha hydroxy acids that exfoliate the skin to quicken the lightening process.

If you planing to use a product containing hydroquinone - In the United States, topical treatments usually contain up to 2% in hydroquinone. Otherwise, higher concentrations (up to 4%) should be prescribed and used with caution.

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