Last week I was completely focused on the book that I am writing about skincare. During my ‘solitary confinement’ I was delving deep into literature searching for the latest news….Not so strange, as after this week I am unable to change any of the text! Of course, I came across a load of interesting things [...]
Posts in Pigmentation
Niacinamide in the treatment of melasma
Monday 17 October 2011by Dr. Jetske Ultee | 0 Comments
Filed under: Ingredients, Pigmentation | Tags: Acné, anti-inflammatory, hydroquinone, melasma, Niacinamide, pigmentation, pregnancy mask, Psoriasis, Rosacea, UV protection
Filed under: Ingredients, Pigmentation | Tags: Acné, anti-inflammatory, hydroquinone, melasma, Niacinamide, pigmentation, pregnancy mask, Psoriasis, Rosacea, UV protection
Brown for a little jab
Tuesday 21 June 2011by Dr. Jetske Ultee | 0 Comments
Filed under: Myths and claims, Pigmentation | Tags: flushing, high blood pressure, injection, melanin, melanoma, melanotan, nausea, weight loss
Filed under: Myths and claims, Pigmentation | Tags: flushing, high blood pressure, injection, melanin, melanoma, melanotan, nausea, weight loss
According to the newspapers, ‘white’ is the new ‘brown’. That is good news, as these days we are aware of the dangers from the sun…. We no longer dare to sunbathe on the Spanish beaches with the coconut oil and aluminium foil this summer. And for most households the sun bed has now been converted [...]
Hydroquinone
Friday 25 June 2010by Dr. Jetske Ultee | 0 Comments
Filed under: Ingredients, Pigmentation | Tags: melanin, pigmentation
Filed under: Ingredients, Pigmentation | Tags: melanin, pigmentation
A lily white skin. You can find many stories in history books about this ‘ideal’. It was not only in the Georgian times, when wigs and white faces were fashionable, that people strived for a pale smooth face, but even long before this. In order to achieve a perfect skin, people used chalk, white lead [...]
Melasma: ascorbic acid versus hydroquinone
One in five consultations with the Cosmetic Dermatologist is about pigment spots. Pigment spots can be stubborn and can make you look (maybe even more so than wrinkles) older than you actually are. If you see all the “enlightening” products available on the shelves you ‘ll be fooled into thinking that these annoying spots are simple to [...]
An exfoliant as part of the step-by-step plan
Friday 19 February 2010by Dr. Jetske Ultee | 0 Comments
Filed under: Acne, Personal step by step plan, Pigmentation
Filed under: Acne, Personal step by step plan, Pigmentation
I have explained earlier in my blog about the function and effects of an exfoliant. There are a number of cosmetic ingredients that exfoliate the skin. Well known ingredients are glycolic acid, lactic acid and salicylic acid. There is no wonder cream available, but an exfoliant does come close. It is very important that you know [...]
Question and answer; pigmentation
This week in the Libelle I will briefly go into the treatment for pigmentation. There is much more to tell you about this, so I will definitely cover this on my blog. For those of you who cannot wait for this, you can read it in the Libelle magazine. In the meantime, have a good [...]
Different types of pigmentation
A short while ago I wrote about pigment spots in my blog, along with an illustration made by Dr. D’lynn Waldron to show that it is not only wrinkles that make you look older! If you have just had Botox, laser treatment and peelings in the fight against wrinkles, you can just add another couple of [...]
An aged skin through pigmentation?
The above illustrations show you how it is not only wrinkles that age the skin. Pigmentation also plays a role. The answer? Just as with wrinkles, pigmentation spots arise mainly because of the sun. So by using a sun cream you can kill two birds with one stone! This example is produced by Dr. D’lynn Waldron. Regards [...]