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Suggest Treatment For Lightening Skin Tone
Hi Doctor,
I am sabari. My problem is my complextion. I am brownish by birth, but now i am darker or blacker. I want to lighten my skin colour. What fruits, medicines or treatment i can take to lighten my skin colour.
Please suggest some treatment which will not be so costly. Please help me.
I am sabari. My problem is my complextion. I am brownish by birth, but now i am darker or blacker. I want to lighten my skin colour. What fruits, medicines or treatment i can take to lighten my skin colour.
Please suggest some treatment which will not be so costly. Please help me.
Wed, 7 May 2014
Hello Sabari,
Skin color cannot be lightened, that is the truth you have to accept. Saying this, you can however, prevent yourself from getting darker. This can be done by avoiding sun exposure and the use of sunscreens with a minimum spf of around 30 if you are in India. Use an umbrella when you go out in the sun to avoid sun exposure because this is the major stimulus for increased melanocyte activity which causes your skin to darken further.
Dr. Souvik Adhikari
Skin color cannot be lightened, that is the truth you have to accept. Saying this, you can however, prevent yourself from getting darker. This can be done by avoiding sun exposure and the use of sunscreens with a minimum spf of around 30 if you are in India. Use an umbrella when you go out in the sun to avoid sun exposure because this is the major stimulus for increased melanocyte activity which causes your skin to darken further.
Dr. Souvik Adhikari
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