White skin has always been a dream for every woman. Various methods are used to obtain a white skin and clean. One way is to perform bleaching. Bleaching makes the skin color looks brighter and more radiant.
However, according to dr. Herlina Liwan, Branch Manager and Consultant Doctor of Esther House of Beauty Jl. Mendawai 1 / 88 Kebayoran Baru, dark skin actually very good for health.
"Dark skin is not exactly prone to skin cancer," he said.
Skin color of everyone, he continued, influenced by melanin, a dark pigment produced in the melanocytes cells. The occurrence of skin color differences in different people due to differences in size and production capacity of melanocytes.
"The darker the skin color of a person more and more. And as I told you earlier, melanin-rich skin that is relatively more resistant against aging and skin cancer, "he explained.
Skin color held by the majority of the population in Indonesia is brown or dark brown. The problem, of Indonesia berranggapan that white skin is more beautiful and attractive.
"But overseas, where many Europeans who think that tanned skin was more beautiful and attractive," he said.
In addition to skin color influenced by melanin, there are still some factors that cause dark skin, among others, genetic factors, hormonal, food, cosmetics, drugs, disease, and exposure to sun exposure.
"Ultraviolet that causes skin color to be changed. And it is because UV stimulates the formation of melanin pigment, "he said.
According to him, if the amount of melanin in the skin increases, there will be hyperpigmented. Is a congenital hyperpigmented skin color. Whereas a common skin disease in Indonesia is melasma, efelid, lentigen, and hyperpigmentation pascaradang.
"We must find some kind of disorder of skin color," he explained.
Melasma is a brown blotches, blue-gray, or brown-gray that often befall women who had given birth. Face region, neck and hands are the area most often affected.
"This is caused by various factors. Because pregnancy, birth control pills, cosmetics, drugs, genetics, malnutrition, endocrine dysfunction or liver functions, "dr light. Herlina.
Efelid or freckles are often referred to as skin color abnormalities caused by exposure to sunlight. This causes the skin will tibul small brown spots.
"Usually there are freckles on the white-skinned people," he added.
In addition, freckles are also included in the hereditary disease. Like efelid, lentigen also have genetic characteristics.
"This is also due to the increased number of melanocytes," he said.
These abnormalities appear as small brown spots to black, firmly bounded, and easily found in skin exposed to sunlight until the soles of the feet and hands.
While hyperpigmentation is an abnormal skin color pascaradang after the occurrence of inflammation of the skin. According to dr. Herlina, darker skin color, hyperpigmentation will be getting dark, too.
"Before the bleaching process, we must know the disorder. Skin disorders in order to avoid adverse effects on the skin, "he added.
Currently many women who choose to do bleaching to create radiant skin. Bleaching is a technique to eliminate or reduce dark pigment produced by melanocytes cells.
"Many of the benefits obtained after bleaching, which is so much lighter skin," said dr. Herlina.
Currently, connect dr. Herlina many products that are safe to use bleach. Product skin whitening or bleaching or skin whitening does not contain substances that are harmful to the skin. According to dr. Herlina, bleaching is not really dangerous, especially if done correctly.
"There are side effects from bleaching. But that's just itching. But keep in mind is the sensitivity of the skin, "he said.
Itch appears as a sensitive skin and mild irritation due to factors that are temporary.
"If a mild irritation which is temporary, it's not a big problem. It's like an adaptation that occurs between the skin and its bleaching cream. After that, the itching would go away by itself, "he explained.
Although not dangerous, basically bleaching the color changing hair pigment melanin.
"Because bleaching is basically changing the color of hair pigment melanin. In this case the feathers on the hands, face and feet. The more frequent use of bleaching, hair feathers on the hands, feet and face will be more vulnerable," he explained.
