Why Is Skin Lightening So Hot in 2019? Is It Worth Trying?

We live in a day and age where being beautiful is aspired to. And when you aren’t born with the features you want, today’s technology and beauty industry has done marvelously at creating alternatives for you to get your desired look. Sometimes these treatments and alternatives can be considered controversial, and many people say that you should never tamper with what Mother Nature has given you. But if you are dealing with skin issues or beauty concerns that affect your self esteem, or worse, make it difficult to get a job, you want to take advantage of every beauty alternative that the beauty industry has to offer.

One of those alternatives today may be skin lightening. Though in the past skin lightening as received a bit of a bad “rap”, this industry has changed so much in recent years that there are many more benefits to skin lightening than you may think.

Skin lightening is not just a process for beautification, it is also a medical process that is known to depigment the skin. Many people turn to skin lightening for various reasons, the most common example known today is that of Michael Jackson who underwent many expensive and not always safe procedures to lighten his skin. But you may be surprised that many other celebrities turn to skin lightening to enhance their beauty, minimize or lighten dark areas, and yes, even turn back the hands of time.

The term “hyperpigmentation” is a term used to describe skin problems that occur when there is more pigment in some areas of your skin than others. Hyperpigmentation is seen on millions of people all over the world, and not just in different racial groups. Caucasians also have a problem with hyperpigmentation and for this racial group it shows up as freckles, moles, beauty marks, or birth marks. Skin lightening works to decrease the levels of hyperpigmentation in the skin and makes for a more even skin tone, less pigmentation in the skin, and an overall more glowing complexion.

Many skin lightening products today are not what they used to be as they are more advanced and have more medical research to back them up than they ever have before. Today’s agents are used topically on the skin, and generally work by inhibiting the product of melanin that causes this hyperpigmentation. When melanin production stops, the skin will work to lighten naturally.

In addition, the aging process of our skin is enhanced by hyperpigmentation. When we have dark circles under the eyes, liver or beauty spots on our arms or legs (or even on our face), we are naturally aged by these spots. Thus when skin lightening products are used to diminish these spots, or make them disappear all together, you get the added benefit of an anti-aging product in your skin lightening cream. This makes skin lightening a much more affordable and safer anti aging solution than many of the advanced surgical methods available today.

Today the controversy that stems around skin lightening products stems from products and ingredients used in the past that were neither safe nor effective, and were incredibly expensive. Now this industry has advanced so much that you can take advantage of all the benefits that skin lightening has to offer, and it’s never been safer or more effective, and never more affordable.