Yes sometime around 2004 another person who used Mono and had to go through repigmentation, ADERO, admin of old Lighter Skin forum), told me about TEENYPATCHES committing suicide that year, and sounded sincere about it.
See here:
- The Bright Skin Forum
\"Im sure some of you remember Adero, she was well known from our old Bright Skin forums. She has written about her Benoquin experience and I hope this will discourage anyone who are contemplating the use of Benoquin. Ive warned people in the past not to use it, however, some people still have been inquiring about it. I do not recommend Benoquin or Mequinol because theyre very strong depigmenting agents that can do some serious damage to the skin. You will end up with vitiligo and eczema thats implicated in the message below.
but the medication, benoquin, still indicates discontinue all use at 4 months that where I was misled, maybe others? Yes everybody has different chemistry so progress of vitiligo and total depigmentation is variable. I have been depigmenting since 2002, is taking forever! 20% left. Decided to depigment before extensive vitiligo, for cosmetic reasons. I was buying monobenzone from researchd, then leucostrata until tsunami. Now, dlight and depig. 4-oha is the same thing as mequinol. The skin will eventually over-replace the 33% maxim pigment being inhibited by either hydroquinone or mequinol as they are both weak and eventually ineffective on limiting pigment. To get permanent white skin you have to kill, and keep killing melanocytes. Hydroquinone and mequinol can't do that, but monobenzone can. Long-term monobenzone depigmentation is erratic because it is only effective on 85% of epidermal melanocytes, and only 14% of follicular melanocytes at any one time. In active vitiligo, one's own immune system will continue to depigment even the migrating non-G1 and non-telogen reservoirs, which monobenzone alone can't do, yielding a faster prognosis. In non-extensive vitiligo and normal skin, the skin being one organ, monobenzone therapy will continuously be counter-affected by the above referenced reservoirs. Contrary to popular belief, the skin does not become immune to monobenzone, but monobenzone at the dermal layer is only effective on nondifferentiating melanoblasts, as opposed to simple epidermal. Breaks are not necessary and countereffective to success. Up to 85% of refractory follicular melanocytes repigmenting the dermis and epidermis via melanosome migration, at any one time. There are many people who have indefinitely hypopigmented or depigmented with monobenzone without having extensive vitiligo. Very few of them are famous, but include m. jackson, l. richie, and dr. vikki. Many others are doctors and pharmacists with african or asian descent who use dr ashley's chance success formula with retinoic acid. Skin depigmented only with monobenzone is usually left with light brown tones and does not glow white in blacklight, while skin depigmented via universal vitiligo, monobenzone assisted extensive vitiligo, and/or aggressive laser therapies appears white and glows in blacklight. Depigmentation for non-extensive vitiligo is off-the-books, expensive and cumbersome. My derm warns do not use over 30% monobenzone unless you are already 50% vitiligo depigmented or greater, or it will cause ochronosis via toxic buildup especially in face, palms, mucous membranes, kidneys. Anywhere from 2% - 20% fine if extensive vitiligo, 20% - 30% if not extensive vitiligo. Monobenzone absorbed best: all skin folds, under arms, behind ears, and directly around labia/testicles. Hyperpigmentation first is actually a better sign that areas will fully depigment than initial hypopigmentation is. That from the experts especially pharmacists and doctors hypopigmenting selves slowly. Laser depigmentation will be necessary to destroy the resistant reservoirs that tend to activate during the 1st-2nd yr following monobenzone therapy. That is where I am at. My doctors tried peels, oral and intradermal monobenzone patches, glucocorticoids, imatinib, but only laser depigmentation sessions along with continued monobenzone applications indefinitely banish the repopulating melanocytes. Eyebrows gone permanently, lips, nipples, undereyes lighter though, due to laser. It is purely experimental and if you do not have vitiligo or $6K+ disposable annual salary you should not touch monobenzone or consider permanent lightening. It took michael jackson 10 years and $1M to fully depigment exposed areas of skin and it is reported he still has pigment on torso, leg, pubic areas. Why because laser so time consuming if you are other 98 out of 100 people without vitiligo, consider self lucky. Don't use hydroquinone or mequinol (4-oha) since you will either get hyperpigmentation or vitiligo or both long term\" -holly
