Skin whitening or skin bleaching or lightening the skin is a process which makes an attempt at lightening the skin tone by reducing the concentration of melanin. Satya Skin Hair Clinic provides customized skin whitening and skin rejuvenation treatments according to skin types and requirements.
There is a misconception that, Skin whitening treatment can convert an inherent dark skin type into white. It means that suitable ‘whitening’ treatments for a dark skin type will enhance the texture and tone of the skin to reflect a more youthful look. It is a misconception that skin whitening treatments will ‘whiten’ the skin. Satya Skin Hair Clinic attempts to bring your inner beauty on to your body. With this concept in mind our treatments of skin whitening, attempts to make you beautiful and reflect the wonderful person that you already are.
Is there any gender predilection for this condition?No, but generally females are more concerned about their skin and looks than males.
How does my lifestyle affect this condition?People who are involved in outdoor activities like water sports (swimming) they tend to tan fast and specially the skin type 4 and 5 tans tremendously than other skin types. And people from Asia and in some particular parts of India don’t like darker skin tone and have complex about it, and go for some treatments at parlours for bleach, chemical facials, some magic treatments, creams and mostly they go to “franchise based beauty clinics” to get the glow and this can prove to be very dangerous and can damage the skin.
Living a healthy lifestyle, drinking a good amount of water, regular exercise & meditation really helps. One can go for some mediation sessions to keep oneself happy it usually helps a lot. Self acceptance & eventually self love is a very important character to have.
We at Satya take care of this very much neglected aspect of treatment. Dr Shail Gupta is a subconscious healer and makes beautiful & very useful guided meditations. We also conduct seminars related to life style and general well being. We believe it is always the holistic approach which works in most of the difficult skin conditions.
Hydroquinone it is commonly used skin whitening cream it helps in reducing melasma in the skin.
Alpha hydroxy acids this is helpful but sometimes may have few side effects like redness, itchiness, and thickening of the skin, this is used sometimes in cosmetics with limited concentration.
Kojic acid this is also helpful but is not used as compared with other treatments.
Glutathione this is commonly used and is trending in todays world as even actor and actresses under go this treatment.
Laser, a number of laser treatments is used to treat this condition. Studies have found that in few cases chances are there for reoccurrence. Depending upon the condition, we can use Nd yag q switched laser or sometimes even erbium glass or fractional CO2 lasers can also be used.
One needs to follow all the precautions as told by the doctor because if one does not follow the instructions there may be chances that the condition might worsens. One must use sunscreen lotions before and after the treatment.One must avoid direct sun light, use moisturising lotions. Keep oneself hydrated drink a lot of water.
Especially when glutathione injections are given there may be chances of some reactions in the form of rashes or some eruptions, must go for followup to the doctor to show if there are eruptions after the glutathione injection is given.