Indians and Asians in general, consider a light skin tone as more beautiful. Every skin colour looks beautiful if you have a healthy, clear, even toned skin. For some people, skin colour does not matter. But for some others, it does. Skin lightening, is a personal choice.
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The skin lightening or whitening trend is very popular in the South East Asian countries. We know the rituals of the Geishas have been a long-guarded secret in Japan. This is because they consider ‘Bihaku’ or ‘white’ skin as precious and beautiful. Philippines is the world’s largest consumer of Glutathione injections for skin whitening. This trend has already spread to USA. Hollywood celebrities like Beyonce and Rihanna are in the news for skin lightening. India too has its share of celebrity makeovers with skin lightening injections. I have helped many celebrities with full body skin lightening treatment in Mumbai.
Glutathione or GSH is and antioxidant. It consists of 3 amino acids or simple proteins. Your body needs these proteins for a healthy repair. So, every cell in the body, including the skin, produces Glutathione. Our body also gets Glutathione from food like broccoli, watermelon, avocado and vegetables.
Glutathione is the master antioxidant of the body. It handles the detox process. Glutathione makes sure that every cell of the body is functioning in a healthy way. It does so by recycling other antioxidants like vitamin A, Vitamin C and vitamin E.
Doctors of many different medical fields use Glutathione. Neurologists use Glutathione injections to improve brain function in Alzehmier’s and Parkinson’s disease. It is also used in poisoning, cancer, HIV and allergies. Besides this, it is used in cystic fibrosis, diabetes, hepatitis and liver dysfunction. A Dermatologist uses Glutathione injections for skin lightening and skin glow.
When you take Glutathione tablets or injections, it has a skin lightening effect. It also detoxes your entire body and gives your skin a beautiful glow. Glutathione stops the action of an enzyme called tyrosinase in the skin. This enzyme produces melanin, a pigment that gives the skin its colour. When you have more melanin in the skin, your skin appears dark. Less tyrosinase activity means less melanin synthesis and a lighter skin tone.
The time required for visible skin lightening depends on many factors.
You need injections for the initial skin lightening treatment. This takes about 1-2 months. You switch to Glutathione pills for maintenance later. Skin lightening with glutathione tablets is difficult and gives poor results.
Glutathione skin whitening treatment is very popular in south east Asian countries. Japan, Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore have Glutathione since a very long time. In these countries this procedure is available with all Dermatologists. This procedure was a well-guarded secret of the porcelain white Japanese and Asian skin. It was unknown and unavailable to the rest of the world including India until a decade ago.
Glutathione injections are safe, if the treatment handled by a well-trained Dermatologist. Have your Glutathione treatment with a Dermatologist who knows the treatment protocol. Treatment with untrained doctors and staff, will be ineffective and can be dangerous.