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Originally Posted by Golden_Girl

LilGreg do you really think alpha arbutin and kojic acid will be able to lighten me say 4-5 shades within about a year? I want to be able to lighten my body effectively but without the risk of getting stretchmarks or ochronosis.

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You can at the very minimum, lose shades of between 1-2. I'm assuming you've used lightening creams or lightened your complexion in the past of course, so you're very likely to lose even more, if not 4-5. I'd go for it of course. Alpha Arbutin is a lot cheaper than most other lightening creams, and is a great skin maintainer, preventing major melanogenesis through it's inhibitory processes.

As for stretchmarks or ochronosis, Alpha Arbutin is a good combatant towards removing stretchmarks, so the chances of it causing more is quite unlikely. Alpha Arbutin doesn't seem to have any relation to excesses in homogentisic acid nor metabolic acids, therefore I doubt it would cause ochronosis either.

Thanks Greg, when I start lightening the shole body I'm going to try mixing my own. Alpha-arbutin does have a really good reputation.

Thanks Greg, when I start lightening the whole body I'm going to try mixing my own. Alpha-arbutin does have a really good reputation.