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hellsgate
Aug 15, 2010, 12:38 PM
Hi folks .m a guy from india who faces what I coined a hydroquinonic catastrophe .as the name suggests I've got a problem and its related to hydroquinone cream.now growing up in india, getting tanned is just another thing .but I dared to face the sun in the summer here and the you don't have to be genious to guess that my face got horribly tanned .lemme not get into the details of what compelled me to such atrocity (if you will ) but ever since I've been trying to get rid of this tan .now in came the hyroquinone cream and I was vary of the side effect.wat did I do?tested it out on sum dark spots like my elbow and just below the stomach (the sweat marks).unfortunately this application coincided with another summer ,the result being sweat mixing up with hydroquinone cream every time I exercised and drove the car .all it tuk was 15 days (just half the tube)and I've noticed dark spots like stains on my body ,which I overluked thinking they would eventually fade with my discontinuation of the cream.now these spots were very apparent on the areas where hydroquinonme cream was applied .however I've noticed darkening of the rest of the body too ,perhaps owning to the spread of the cream by sweat.now m fully aware this may be exogenous ochronosis ,but I doubt how just 15 days usage could lead to that condition .watever it is ,there has been a significant change in the color of my hands all the way up to the shoulder ,although the darkening decreases as we move up.luckliy I managed to keep this off my neck and face ,nonetheless the color of the entire body has been drastically affected .and yes its bugging me because m 23 and a guy who used to work his *** of at the gym for the toned body .doctors here haven't been of ny help ironically since its only in asia where hydroquinone is used .I was wondering if sumone could help me with this weird problem because its gotten to my head and ticks me off every time I notice my body .another thing being the body hair have also become kind of curly ever since and are much more apparent than before ,must be something to do with the hydroquinone cream .and oh mite I add the concentration of the cream was 3 %, which I managed to get without a prescription (which is music to indian ears).was wondering if I've reached the rite place because all I want is to be the way I was .nothing more ,nothing less.

Nickol32
Aug 19, 2010, 04:08 AM
Maby you can try chemical peel
Like TCA or LA

hellsgate
Aug 20, 2010, 11:39 AM
maby you can try chemical peel
like TCA or LA

Yeah or maybe the controversial monobenzone.was just wondering if either would be of any help because this apparently is more of a chemical reaction than darkenin.the instructions on the hydronuinone cream clearly warns against sun exposure but says nothing about sweating or heat .coz m sure I avoided the uv rays ,but it was just the body heat that caused the fiasco.