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6 yrs ago I joined this forum. Looking back, I have tried so many products, concoctions, and wasted at least over $15,000 in products and dermatologist visits.

I thought I'd give a yearly recap,...

The only legit source for monobenzone cream is compounding pharmacies.

If a company is selling "Benoquin" it is 100% certainly a scam. Because Benoquin was discontinued over a decade ago.

To...

Save your money, Meladerm is being marketed on this site constantly by the seller/owner of Civant, IPs trace back to Illinois.

The only most legit source are licensed university lab/pharmacies like Yale. Everything else you are basically entrusting an unknown entity with your money and skin, blindly no matter what they say.

Sounds like it had monobenzone in it, that what a lot of new website miracle creams are lacing their products with to try a give a strong lightening effect and the customer things its great. It works...

Bren, have you tried biweekly Kenalog shots? I posted about it, I have been trying this with a derm only for the past 5 weeks now, already finally it seems like something is working to even out my...

I heard she's selling it on Alibaba Express now, posing as a chemical supply company. It may be a mix of monobenzone with mercury and other unknown chemicals.

Lesson learned, the only trustable...

How do you get rid of that? I experienced some of that this summer and it's true the lighter areas of skin are more sensitive to that while the dark areas are much more resilient.

Gene therapy is the only permanent way to stop melanin production permanently and completely since our cells are always making new pigment cells, always.

I'm mixed black and it made me blacker and very uneven. I have heard of whites getting brown patches from it, but oviously I can't vouch for use on white skin. It only works on vitiligo skin or if...

Isn't that from India and has mercury to make you think its working

After going through a dozen derms and plastic surgeon consultations and treatments since Luly, for the past month (Since Aug 15) I have been getting bi weekly Triamcinolone shots and noticed my ashy...

Sounds great, happy it's working for somebody! Almost tempting to me for giving monbenzone another shot. Only arms and hands, what about rest of body? I can't picture it but 98% sounds awesome,...

The reason they don't want you to rub that thick cream into the skin is because it has hidden mercury

Who knows, but from what I remember the Herbalinn vendor, I think an Indian guy or girl? Their website had a bunch of natural product from Indian like hair oil, turmeric pill, sandalwood powder....

Could it be you have more hypopigmentation and I have more hyperpigmentation because of our routines? What are you currently using to continue lightening? Right now I'm just exfoliating, not using...

Yes, I remembered Sinny and her arm picture from that site, that is what my doctor telling me yesterday has seen worst, just like you say, said it would be worst if I had the pink raw flesh color in...

Did the OP post a picture of how bad his or her skin got yet. It just dawned on me that I have been a member 5 years and never showed a little of my condition. I have described my history so many...

The proof is in the name of the product, Bio Claire. Of course the vendor is going to tell you it's the "real" one, and that it's made in USA. Actually, Bio Claire has been seized by customs, it...

It's a medium strength gentle exfoliant on normal skin. Would bright not lighten, alone.



Forgot to ask, did they ever get it tested?

That's long gone I think like 2 or more years ago? I forgot about the ingredients being online and saved, I think I will try some of these ingredients and use Amlactin as the base.

But, there are...

Are you sure it doesn't just look that way because your lighter now? My whites have darkened from all the chemical usage especially mono crystals that just what it does, but I had expected that,...

Sorry about your grandfather and Riax needs to post more instead of that same duplicate post, but I can relate to being obsessed. There was a time I was in the hospital to have my tonsils removed and...

So high percent % will get us white in no time? If you're still around or with another screenname, please mention whatt percent is deal OK. For me HQ hasn't worked but people including derms keep...

Sure is. I don't search forums, I search Google for monobenzone hyperpigment treatment and other such search chains. Sometimes, forum entries instead of research articles come up :(

My derm lectured me to stop smoking, because I had to be honest and checked it off on the consultation questionnaire. I had asked for factual info, but was told to Google. I do have really dark...

It's been over a year, did he or you guys ever find a legit source? How do you guys determine if it's legit? I want to know because I have bought from a dozen different sources since 5 years ago and...

I just dug up some testimonials, depends if you have vitiligo and your starting skin type. Guess it worked for this guy because he wasn't black or terribly dark to begin with?
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5 years ago, I used Monobenzone religiously for 2 months and Mequinol for an additional 2-3 months because of disfurements well I stopped both and have since been trying various creams, peels and...

That's weird.

You might need incredible patience. When I joined 5 years ago some people who gave advice with multiple posts minutes apart, sounded like monobenzone was the holy grail of skin...

Thanks, I think the question I had was asking if this type of question is permissible. So it is, thanks.

Are we even allowed to post a message directed at a particular member?

Am I allowed to ask "Hi MaryJane123, how is your vitiligo treatment with Monobenzone product going?" or something along the...

How can the subject of this question count as a "group" testimonial if she or he is only one person?

Like I said, posting a question publicly but soliciting only an answer from a single particular member, in effect, discrediting everyone else, screams bogus.

Perhaps it is to draw attention...

Depending on which doctor I go to, they diagnose it as some form of dyschromia, ochronosis, and usually deep reticular dermal pigmented lesions.

I hate when they call all this hyperpigmentation...

Personal message to one member posted for the whole site to see screams bogus.

It seems tonight a lot of vendors with like only 1-2 post have been bumping old thread to advertise their new product? At the least the posts are being deleted sometimes. Anyway, it's crazy how the...

Advice: Beware of shady peddlers popping up on this forum marketing illegal skin creams, and casually mentioning their website and all, that includes anything over 3% Hydroquinone is illegal per FDA...

I get get the darkest shade. I just visited 2 other forums and don't feel as terribly bad and down as I was today, because I'm not alone. On SCT I just perused, and saw Krissie stated she used mono...

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Used it for only 1 day and it already lightened her skin color? LOL

I have used hydroquinone creams over a long time in the past. It built up in my system and first symptoms were black lip, black elbow, and black knuckles.

Everyone up until today, online, here and random strangers in everyday setting, will start talking and recommend Dermablend. Apparently, many women of color wear dermablend as a daily concealer...

I saw that advice on the viti support forum. Apparently, it does help monobenzone absorption.

So I had bought a sauna suit on eBay for cheap. I slept in every night for about 2-3 months (during...

Yes my latest doctor as well as the previous ones all diagnose it as chemical-induced vitiligo, they have told me they have seen induced vitiligo from Hydroquinone creams and Salage(Mequinol) as...

Doctor I last saw said steroids are popular in africa because pure africans have a very thick skin, and steroid thins it out so it looks noticeably Lighter. It didn't work noticeably for me back when...

Thanks pharmacist! It's important to understand that while vitiligo patients can't get melanoma because their immune system is constantly killing pigment cells, vitiligo patients can still get other...

I used to love light, now I love carmel. Brown is is best!

Okay so the doctor's assistant called me this afternoon and the prices of all the option were a few thousand dollars each. I have already spent 3-4 thousand here, 3-4 there, on lasers, peeling...

All the above adulterated with trace of mercury, POISON