I was thinking of mixing the mequinol 10% that some of the other members have ordered from the canadian pharmacy with my arbutin cream... will this lower the percentage and the burn factor of the mequinol? like lets say I add it to 8oz or so of cream....How bout adding a small percentage of kojic acid dipalmate to it? also?..... I don't want any counter reactions to mixing products but I'm still experimanting with products that work... and Mequinol works (so it seems) but 10% is a bit too much and that price online at the canadian pharmacy seems to be the best so far...
So I guess the final mix would be an 8oz cream with arbutin at about 12%, kojic acid at about 5% and the mequinol (the whole 10% tube....) anybody know if this would work?... or is it a disaster waiting to happen?.. LOL
Yes, technically speaking, you've diluted the cream and therefore the it's concentration (or in otherwords "percent" or "power") has been decreased. You'll have to be sure that the cream has been fully and properly diluted however. Simply topping each one over the other will not do anything.
I got some 5% Mequinol USP/.05% Tretinoin USP from a licensed US pharmacy, they compounded it into Versa Base and it has turned a SLIGHT PURPLE color already when I received it today.
Smells like gasoline! I called em today about the turned color, and they will provide a refund however on condition I don't order compounded stuff again. So I told them guess I will use it and see. I am glad to have an open prescription agreement with my uncle/doctor. No controlled substances allowed though!
KADP doesn't oxidize as readily as KA so at least that's good.
Indeed, I'd say that's the only downside to diluting products. It's best to know what or if any reactions will take place between the products and how it'll effect the product's use.
Reminds me of people who used to mix house cleaners like Bleach and Ammonia for "better cleaning compounds". Sadly enough, the result nearly killed them.
Reminds me of people who used to mix house cleaners like Bleach and Ammonia for "better cleaning compounds". Sadly enough, the result nearly killed them.
Bad pun.... let's hope my "bleaching compound" won't have such results LOL!!!
I got some 5% Mequinol USP/.05% Tretinoin USP from a licensed US pharmacy, they compounded it into Versa Base and it has turned a SLIGHT PURPLE color already when I received it today.
Smells like gasoline! I called em today about the turned color, and they will provide a refund however on condition I don't order compounded stuff again. So I told them guess I will use it and see. I am glad to have an open prescription agreement with my uncle/doctor. No controlled substances allowed though!
KADP doesn't oxidize as readily as KA so at least that's good.
whoa... gasoline... be careful before you put that on you or check again with your unc/doc... please we don't want to read about you on here with a horror story...
Thanks Boricua, they said yes that's why Solage is only 2% and it is in liquid alcohol rather than a cream.
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Originally Posted by Golden_Girl
Boricua, do you plan to use the mix everyday, 2x a day, or everyother day?
GB, did they tell you if it should or should not be a purple color and if it had became innefective?
Yeah sis they said they compounded as ordered, that an antioxidant like vit C was not requested and that pharmacist even said she had never received a request to compound mequinol since others all use Solage. I didnt think Mequinol would start to oxidize so readily. I thought only hydroquinone would. It is in an oversize cylinder, at the bottom is a part like where a blender part goes. I think this container is the one they blend it directly in. Pretty neat!. Except soo costly since tretinoin in US is so expesive too.
It was only the top layer of the cream that was light purple, they said to remove that, so I skimmed the top off with a ladle and the remaining cream is white for now. Very fluffy, whipped texture. I used it this evening and it burned like crazy I got a tiny bit on my privates and it burned, for a few minutes I felt like dying! I can see how this stuff is meant to apply in spots like with a qtip, not all over the body because it burns so much and it is only 5%, what about 10%? I dont know if I would be able to apply it with my hands every day it seems to burn my hands alot similar to getting clorox bleach on palms they are very dry now
It burns too much around eyes so, so much for that idea!
let's hope my "bleaching compound" won't have such results LOL!!!
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