Originally Posted by Littlegenie
Hi flawfull but hopeful,
Maybe you should try lightening the hair on your upper lip with a cream bleach or something instead of waxing. My upper lip skin also gets irritated if i try waxing it, i sort of break out in really painful spots with white heads so i never wax my face. Waxing shouldnt really make your skin darker but i guess everyones skin reacts in different ways.
Like you i also feel that maybe these companies just wanna make money out of womens insecurities, sometimes we believe only what we want to believe...whenever a new product is launched promising results that sound too good to be true, at a price thats rocket high, we think that because its so expensive it MUST be good and it MUST work....but sadly this is not the case on most occasions.
Maybe you should visit a cosmetic surgeon, especially if you feel so strongly about it...but just remember that there are other things to think about when going this route as some people end up looking worse after surgery. You need to be realistic about the results you want from surgery. Maybe you should consider something less drastic such as laser treatment, microdermabrasion or a chemical peel these treatments are mostly targeted at wrinkles so im not really sure if these will help lighten your skin.:)