Reduction of pigmentation creams - the treatment worse than the cause

Therapists should be advised to read the recent research work on cancer hydroquinone. Although hydroquinone creams are banned for use in cosmetic products, hydroquinone is not always to your customers, without knowing it. The most recent discoveries about the long-term damage of hydroquinone is critical for therapists to assess the management Client \ 's pigmentation issues. Hydroquinone has for many years to reduce pigmentation in cells that produce melanin. This process can destroy the pigment cells (melanocytes) and change the structure of melanosomes (package pigment by melanocytes and new skin cells as they are made). Hydroquinone has been banned in January 2001, in cosmetics, because the potential damage, it is possible for the skin with regard to irritate the skin and the white area, in the absence of pigments that may be or, in some cases, black. It 'still the dermatologist in the hospital, but after switching to new solutions for data security light. Recent studies have demonstrated the potential for hydroquinone cancer. Important hydroquinone creams always import from countries where it is not prohibited, and a black market trade, there is the United Kingdom. E 'a bad thing, but more about, is that businesses more and more products, and rights arbutin bears grapes. Arbutin is glycopyranoside hydroquinone. This means that if this molecule is impregnated into the skin, breaks down and releases hydroquinone. D'raisins ours is a natural source of arbutin. So, in fact, many people are even more effective if hydroquinone by another method. This issue of alternative sources of hydroquinone, it was the EEC, but are still to respond, although classified hydroquinone as a potential cancer. Hydroquinone has been shown in blood cancers like leukemia and renal failure in animal studies. When applying to the skin is absorbed in the blood and eliminated by the kidneys, but more slowly. He tells us that the hydroquinone to accumulate in the body. It is divided in the bone marrow of p-benzoquinone and east, while the long-term damage may occur. Hydroquinone creams are usually four to six weeks, and many people use for barges dark regimes for many years. There are strong reasons of security, while the alternatives must be used that are effective in many cases, but without the long-term risks. This information has been highlighted by a recent study conducted by Dr W Westerhof and TJ Kooy Netherlands, the Institute of pigment and outage Dermatology of the University on the health risks of hydroquinone and its analogues. You plead with the authorities to ban all sources of hydroquinone immediately.