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Originally Posted by sara_uk

It does not go from black to white, some thin skin areas will depig i.e be white but most places will peel and shed skin in stages, you go lighter in stages, which is nice! Not too much shock for people around you.
Although, people who have not seen me for long, have two seconds shock before they say hi.

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Hi sara,
It took me a month for my face to peel completely! And my skin.. only lighten up a little bit because it's a new skin.
But before it got light, my whole face is red, and I mean VERY red.
I have to switch to using normal moisturizer for about a 2 and a half weeks for my skin colour to turn lighter.
I think this is because I'm an asian.
Asian people's skin layers are not as thick as african people.
I'm using hydroquinone on my body right now. It's been a week. So far... nothing changes. I kind of need a break from all this dry and dead skin condition that mono gaves me. It's so stressful.