Tips on How to Lighten Your Embarrassing Blemishes

Those embarrassing freckles, unsightly moles, and even those dark liver spots all could be lightened up with a bleaching product. With plenty of products for sale today, bleaching creams have gotten more effective at safely taking discolored or uneven skin and turning it into more beautiful, youthful looking skin. Though these effects will not occur overnight, with careful application and patience you can work your way toward a more even skin tone by following this simple routine.

Pick Your Product
Before you can start, you will have to obtain a lightening cream for the area. Search for creams that are manufactured by reputable companies (the company should at least have a website and contact number where they could be contacted) and contain only natural ingredients. Steer clear of any products that include harsh ingredients that may irritate your skin. One of the primary ingredients to steer clear of is hydroquinone, as it results in severe skin reactions and has been connected to several types of cancer.

Select the Location for Treatment
You will need to evaluate the area on your face or body that you are going to bleach using the lightening cream. Because the cream will need to be used on the area that's being lightened - instead of all of the skin - you will need to make certain you are looking only at the areas that need lightening. 

Use the Treatment
Apply the lightening cream using your fingers or a Q-tip. Make sure you apply the cream only to areas that need lightening; otherwise you may still end up with uneven skin coloration. Only use the quantity suggested by the directions. Never use more bleaching cream than advised. Since every product is different, it is essential you follow the specified times listed in the directions of the cream. Failure to adhere to the directions can lead to adverse reactions including irritation and loss in pigmentation in the region. However, lightening products are safe when used properly.

Take Care of the Region
Regardless of whether your skin becomes irritated or not, the lightening cream will leave the skin more sensitive than it was previously. Therefore, before going outside apply sunscreen to the area in which the lightening cream was placed. This can prevent these sensitive areas from burning or becoming irritated. Sunscreen also prevents the sun from darkening your skin again, undoing the effects you just worked so hard to obtain.

Know When You Should Stop
Spot lightening products will take weeks - or even months - to show effects. You should gradually see an improvement in the overall skin tone. Once your blemishes are close to or the same natural color as the rest of your skin, discontinue use of the lightening cream. By continuing to lighten beyond the natural skin coloration you can not only cause permanent skin discoloration; you also leave your skin weakened and susceptible to other ailments.