Olive tone, want to be fair by march!

sara_c · #1 Oct 30, 2009, 11:03 AM

I am new to this forum.. I read a lot of reviews about lighteneing products. a lot of people seemed to like fair & flawless. However, i read reviews by some that after they stopped using it, their skin became darker than before. i dont understand why that happens (if they are being honest) because fair & flawless says that it is all natural. I am just curious to knew because if it really works than i will order.

I am Asian. my rest of the body is pretty fair but arms, face, and neck are olive. i dont tan or anythign so do not know why this happened. I want to be the same color as the rest of my body. which product do u guys feel is the best from all the ones u tried? i am getting enagged in march so I really wnat to fix my face by then. I would appreciate ur help!!! thanks

nikkicute · Oct 30, 2009, 12:15 PM

Golden_Girl · Oct 30, 2009, 01:29 PM

there are hundreds of brands to choose from, you have to just try and see which is best for you.

nit · Nov 10, 2009, 07:41 PM

I've been using fair & flawless for a few years now, yes it does lighten effectively but you have to keep using it all your life if you want to maintain it. I stopped using it for a while and after a few weeks I was way DARKER than my original color and not only that, my skin looked terrible with large cysts everywhere. So I had to start using it again. So, bottom line, it works, but once you start using it, you need to keep doing so to maintain the results.

Golden_Girl · Nov 10, 2009, 08:42 PM

That's for any lightener that works. The skin will always slowly redarken after you discontinue it's use because the body will have a skin cell turnover and regeneration approximately every 28 days. And if you are not continuing to use an effective sunblock with about spf 50 or higher, then the skin is more prone to not only darken, but will become darker because it is not being protected.

Golden_Boy · Nov 10, 2009, 08:59 PM

Doesn't Fair & Flawless have Hydroquinone or Arbutin in it? Those 2 are very, extremely temporary so once you stop, within a few days you will notice melanin production returns right back to its abundant rate.

In that regard, its better to avoid such temporary tyrosinase inhibitors and use instead retinoids, which stimulate healthy collagenous epithelial cells that are less overpopulated with melanocytes.

Golden_Girl · Nov 10, 2009, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Golden_Boy

Doesn't Fair & Flawless have Hydroquinone or Arbutin in it? Those 2 are very, extremely temporary so once you stop, within a few days you will notice melanin production returns right back to its abundant rate.

In that regard, its better to avoid such temporary tyrosinase inhibitors and use instead retinoids, which stimulate healthy collagenous epithelial cells that are less overpopulated with melanocytes.

Golden boy you should already know that Fair & Flawless does not contain hydroquinone. You even stated that you used to use it, so if you did use it you would have already noticed the ingredients that were listed.

Besides, skin lighteners are all temproary so the skin will redarken. They will only inhibit the tyrosinase, but when the usage has ended the skin will redarken.

Golden_Boy · Nov 10, 2009, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Golden_Girl

Golden boy you should already know that Fair & Flawless does not contain hydroquinone. You even stated that you used to use it, so if you did use it you would have already noticed the ingredients that were listed.

That was a few years ago!! You're saying everythings the same at Fair & Flawless from yrs ago?? I dont remember the ingredients, I don't have a photographic memory of them but I do of the burn marks it left for a while. Google 'Fair Flawless Acid' and see what comes up

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Originally Posted by Golden_Girl

Besides, skin lighteners are all temproary so the skin will redarken. They will only inhibit the tyrosinase, but when the usage has ended the skin will redarken.

Not all skin lighteners work by tyrosinase inhibition. Ask lilgreg!

Golden_Girl · Nov 10, 2009, 10:54 PM

No. I can ask myself

You had mentioned how Fair & Flawless is very temporary with lightening..the ingredients they used are mostly tyrosinase inhibitors and aha acids (along with majority of skin lighteners that use tyrosinase inhibitors. It could have possibly been the aha acids that gave you the burn, but that does not mean that it is ineffective for everyone as it has clearly given others success.

If you chose not to study their ingredients then that responsibilty is yours that you chose not do. All of the skin lighteners that I have used, including ALL beauty products, food, liquids, everything...I always carefully try and study each and every ingredient listed (then and now) until it is embedded in my memory. So if a company chooses to make any changes I will be aware of it and know what to embrace and what to avoid in case I have any form of allergic reaction or if the product is just not for me. That is the smartest thing to do and it will help prevent history only repeating itself and getting angry over it. Majority of the skin lighteners that are used in commercial lightening products are tyrosinase inhibitors including what you had mentioned about fair&flawless. I have already carefuly read all of the fair&flawless ingredients that were posted from their site and I printed it and made notes of it. If people do not do this then that is their own fault for allowing things to happen to them.

For many months I had used makari and many had a bad reaction from it, does not mean I must bash it too. They mostly use tyrosinase inhibitors, retinol, silicones, and hydrogenated oils. I read carefully what the ingredients were and how they operated in the body and why, so that I knew the risks...very vital.

What works for some may not work for others. Understand it and move on to something that may possibly work for you. simple

nikkicute · Nov 10, 2009, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by nit

I've been using fair & flawless for a few years now, yes it does lighten effectively but you have to keep using it all your life if you want to maintain it. I stopped using it for a while and after a few weeks I was way DARKER than my original color and not only that, my skin looked terrible with large cysts everywhere. So I had to start using it again. So, bottom line, it works, but once you start using it, you need to keep doing so to maintain the results.

Here we go again with a "newbies" first post about how FF messed them up? lol So obivous!!

Usually these ID's don't stick around for too long, that's why they are never credible to me, so will see what else you have to contribute to this forum other than the exaggerated claims of what Ff did to your skin.

If a cream made your skin way darker along with cysts why would you go back? That was dumb!!