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Vitamin C serum/lotion effective skin lightener?

  • 24-04-2017 10:35pm
    #1
    jeanjolie
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    I heard that Vitamin C is one of the only non-prescription substances that has been known to lighten skin.

    My question is what effects would it have for a relatively dark skin tone; I'm not sure if I could get substances like retinol so I would have to stick with vitamin C.

    The only problem is that I see very few shops in Dublin sell vitamin C lotion. Anyone know of any?


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  • #2
    njs030
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    The ordinary sell both products, you can buy it online from cloud 10 and asos or the ordinary themselves.


  • #3
    Parchment
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    jeanjolie wrote: »
    I heard that Vitamin C is one of the only non-prescription substances that has been known to lighten skin.

    My question is what effects would it have for a relatively dark skin tone; I'm not sure if I could get substances like retinol so I would have to stick with vitamin C.

    The only problem is that I see very few shops in Dublin sell vitamin C lotion. Anyone know of any?


    Im confused - you want to lighten your own skin tone?


  • #4
    mcgiggles
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    For what its worth, I noticed my skin looking a lot brighter after starting to use rosehip oil :-)


  • #5
    GaGa21
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    La Roche Posay have a Vitamin C cream and Retinol cream. I got them in Boots and have found great improvement in skin tone and texture. Pricey at 40e each but worth it I found. Sometimes Boots have them on offer in their 3 for 2.


  • #6
    GingerLily
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    I'd look into The Ordinary first as suggested, but it's very worrying that you want to lighten your skin - do you mean like skin bleaching?


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  • #7
    njs030
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,030 ✭✭✭njs030


    GingerLily wrote: »
    I'd look into The Ordinary first as suggested, but it's very worrying that you want to lighten your skin - do you mean like skin bleaching?

    Oh I was half asleep when I replied, I took it to mean dark patches or to even skin tone.

    Oh no op don't go messing around with your skin without seeing a dermatologist.


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