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dessaml · Sep 26, 2009, 03:20 AM

Originally Posted by KRIS P KRIS

is menquinol permanent. from some i heard so while others disagree.

What about a combo of

Monobenzone and solage (MENQUINOL AND tretinoin)

What should someone start off using to lighten up a bit and then lighten up alot until I am light skinned and then use for a more permanent effect.

Do combined both would be really, really stupid. You'll damage your skin severely, probably beyond repair. You would be combing a lightening agent with a depigment agent. The tretenoin in Solage keeps the mequinol from depigging the face... use just the mequinol and it is the same as monobenzone. Use one or the other...

There's so much confusion around this place because people use the word "lightening" and "depig" interchangably...

fairr · Sep 26, 2009, 09:29 AM

No I didn't mean you

holyangel17 · Sep 29, 2009, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by dessaml

From the research I have done, the experts are pointing to mequinol. Because they have that super light complexion, but still have bronze undertones, unlike Benoquin which depigs. It burns like hell when not used with tretinoin and can damage your skin, also to prevent the skin from getting darker from the mequinol.

I can't find a place online that sells the Solage so I think I am just going to guy the Mequinol and combined it with my tretinoin I already have.

EDIT: scratch that, I found a site that sells Solage...but I'm not paying 90.00 so I'll just make my own.

Hey, I am willing to pay $90! What is the name of the website? It would have been cheaper with prescription from a pharmacy here. But, dermatologists will not write it for skin lightening purposes!!! only for skin disorders.......:mad: If I was in India now, I know they would write me a prescription. Anyhow, will u please post the website???? Thank u very much!!!!

MAHARANI · Sep 29, 2009, 03:37 PM

Go to goldpharma, but they sell it as mequinol alone, without the tretonin.

dessaml · Sep 29, 2009, 10:39 PM

Originally Posted by holyangel17

Hey, I am willing to pay $90! What is the name of the website? It would have been cheaper with prescription from a pharmacy here. But, dermatologists will not write it for skin lightening purposes!!! only for skin disorders.......:mad: If I was in India now, I know they would write me a prescription. Anyhow, will u please post the website???? Thank u very much!!!!

I agree with the person above, but on Golden Pharma the mequinol is 10% not 2% so be careful but here is the Solage if you insist.

Buy Solage (mequinol/tretinoin) at Online Canada Pharmacy

Golden_Girl · Sep 30, 2009, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by dessaml

I agree with the person above, but on Golden Pharma the mequinol is 10% not 2% so be careful but here is the Solage if you insist.

Buy Solage (mequinol/tretinoin) at Online Canada Pharmacy

The site said they need a valid prescription, do we really need a prescription or just tell them what we need it for?

MAHARANI · Oct 2, 2009, 12:48 PM

I was thinking the same. I have tried to purchase items like this from these type of companies before in the past and have always been requested to fax a copy of the prescription before they would go ahead with the order.

Golden_Girl · Oct 2, 2009, 05:22 PM

Do you think the company will call the doctor about the prescription to see if it's valid or would automatically process your order?

dessaml · Oct 2, 2009, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by Golden_Girl

Do you think the company will call the doctor about the prescription to see if it's valid or would automatically process your order?

I lookd into that, I was going through the steps like I was going to order it and it was letting me check out and it never asked for a prescription order... so I don't know... I doubt it. And if they do you could always make something up, I do that all the time when I order contacts... they don't care.

Golden_Girl · Oct 2, 2009, 07:26 PM

Lol... yeah it's good then that they did not ask you for a prescription. But, since the s&h is so high, then it's probably best to buy in bulk? Do you use colored contacts? I thought of getting some again sooner or later, but I never tried getting them online.

dessaml · Oct 2, 2009, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by Golden_Girl

lol...yeah it's good then that they did not ask you for a prescription. But, since the s&h is so high, then it's probably best to buy in bulk? Do you use colored contacts? I thought of getting some again sooner or later, but I never tried getting them online.

Yes, but you can get colored contacts at most beauty supply shops. I don't know how much the s&H is for the Solage... but it doesn't matter because I'm not spending 90.00 on anything!! Being lighter is just not THAT serious to me... I won't even use Makari... its ridiculously expensive.

Golden_Girl · Oct 3, 2009, 11:15 AM

I know that's right, $90 is a lot. That's close to the price of what I would spend on a Makari order.

home9225 · Oct 7, 2009, 08:22 PM

I want to try this product but does it really work. I am an African American woman and I want to know will it lighten acne scars and other scars on knees and elbows.

Golden_Girl · Oct 7, 2009, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by home9225

I want to try this product but does it really work. I am an African American woman and I want to know will it lighten acne scars and other scars on knees and elbows.

Which product are you referring too, the makari or the mequinol/tretinoin? If it's the makari, it was able to lighten the spots on my face quite a bit and even and lighten my skin tone. But, it did later on give me a few acne bumps which left another mark.

Golden_Boy · Oct 8, 2009, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by dessaml

From the research I have done, the experts are pointing to mequinol. Because they have that super light complexion, but still have bronze undertones, unlike Benoquin which depigs. It burns like hell when not used with tretinoin and can damage your skin, also to prevent the skin from getting darker from the mequinol....
I found a site that sells Solage...but I'm not paying 90.00 so I'll just make my own.

What strength and what tretinoin strength?

fairr · Oct 24, 2009, 03:59 PM

dessaml how did this actually go for you the whole mequinol and retin a?

dessaml · Oct 24, 2009, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by fairr

dessaml how did this actually go for you the whole mequinol and retin a?

Mequinol works, but its suppose to be used at 2% with tret for lightening... mine is 10%... so I have used it VERY sparingly, if used incorrectly it can depig, its much more stable than mono but its still scary... I have decided to just use a higher % compounded HQ... I just don't want to wake uo with a huge white patch on my face.

dessaml · Oct 24, 2009, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by Golden_Boy

What strength and what tretinoin strength?

0.01%... but I use 0.1%

fairr · Oct 24, 2009, 11:20 PM

Oh but did you lighten and if so how how much in how long? Sorry for all the questions!

dessaml · Oct 25, 2009, 05:01 AM

Originally Posted by fairr

oh but did you lighten and if so how how much in how long? sorry for all the questions!

I lightened a shade from the mequinol itself with tret, I don't know how long it took, I don't pay too much attention to my shade color, I look at my hyperpigmentation, that's why I got it. If you would like to see before and after photos of me, you can PM me. But I was lightening prior to using mequinol so don't get too excited by my results because meq didn't do all of that haha