Exfoliating Ingredients Support Skin Tone

Natural and botanical exfoliants hold great potential for addressing hyperpigmentation, as they help speed skin’s natural cell turnover, noted Vispi Kanga, writing the third in a series of articles on the topic of skin lightening for SpecialChem4Cosmetics. For example, alpha hydroxyl acids (AHA) and ascorbic acid address skin pigmentation issues, working to inhibit melanogenesis or suppress tyrosinase formation. Similarly, Bearberry extract is a natural source of the skin lightener arbutin; kojic acid or kojic dipalmate have bleaching properties, but can cause skin irritation; and Rumex extract is a newer tyrosinase inhibitor that can also even out skin tone.