I really want to lighten my skin. My knees, elbows, neck and inner thighs are darker (I'm not good with shades so I don't know how many shades). It seems like my face, inner arms and hands are the lightest while the outside of my arms appears tanned and my stomach and legs look dark. I spend a lot of time outside as a kid and never wore sunscreen, so I'd say that it's sun damage. But I'm not even 20 yet. Is it possible to have sun damage already?
My complexion is almost exactly like Reshma Shetty's from Royal Pains (there are some pics were she looks really dark. I'm not that dark, just look at the pictures were she is lighter if you're googeling her). Lightning a bit would already be great, but I actually want a complexion like Sandra Bullock. I'd go lighter if possibly, but having Sandra's complexion would be a dream come true. I just never felt like a 'dark, ethnic' person at all.
I don't just want to lighten the dark spots but my entire skin. But I do not want to use Mono or HQ. I heard that HQ can darken you skin and cause cancer if you use it long term (I'd have to use long term). Does stuff like kojic acid, Arbutin even work? Because everybody who seems to be getting lighter is using HQ. I would consider using HQ on the dark spots only if nothing else works, but using it to lighten my entire body plus using it for maintenance just seems to risky.
I already changed my diet (not that my diet was bad, but I cut out things that darken skin. Like carrots, sweets and even tea which I loved). I put on sunscreen every time before I leave the house and actually tried to stay inside as much as possible in Summer, plus I peel my skin regularly. I took Gluthione before finding out that the body cannot absorb it. I bought Vitamin C powder and tried to use it as a peeling (doesn't work). So I really need something effective that will lighten my skin eventually.
Incase you're wondering my mother is white/German and my father is Hawaiian and I am probably as dark as him. But I have pictures of myself in summer where I look African American because tans look very real on my skin. People, especially Americans keep thinking that my father is African American and I'm just saying Hawaiian so I don't have to be 'black' and that is pissing me off VERY much (but it isn't the reason I want to lighten my skin).
My complexion is almost exactly like Reshma Shetty's from Royal Pains (there are some pics were she looks really dark. I'm not that dark, just look at the pictures were she is lighter if you're googeling her). Lightning a bit would already be great, but I actually want a complexion like Sandra Bullock. I'd go lighter if possibly, but having Sandra's complexion would be a dream come true. I just never felt like a 'dark, ethnic' person at all.
I don't just want to lighten the dark spots but my entire skin. But I do not want to use Mono or HQ. I heard that HQ can darken you skin and cause cancer if you use it long term (I'd have to use long term). Does stuff like kojic acid, Arbutin even work? Because everybody who seems to be getting lighter is using HQ. I would consider using HQ on the dark spots only if nothing else works, but using it to lighten my entire body plus using it for maintenance just seems to risky.
I already changed my diet (not that my diet was bad, but I cut out things that darken skin. Like carrots, sweets and even tea which I loved). I put on sunscreen every time before I leave the house and actually tried to stay inside as much as possible in Summer, plus I peel my skin regularly. I took Gluthione before finding out that the body cannot absorb it. I bought Vitamin C powder and tried to use it as a peeling (doesn't work). So I really need something effective that will lighten my skin eventually.
Incase you're wondering my mother is white/German and my father is Hawaiian and I am probably as dark as him. But I have pictures of myself in summer where I look African American because tans look very real on my skin. People, especially Americans keep thinking that my father is African American and I'm just saying Hawaiian so I don't have to be 'black' and that is pissing me off VERY much (but it isn't the reason I want to lighten my skin).