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Is Hydroquinone (HQ) safe ? (For professionals)

  • Hydroquinone is the Gold Standard for treating Melasma (Chloasma, Pregnancy Mask).
  • Numerous concentrations are used but a concentration of 4% in practice begins to be effective (and to have side-effects).
  • Side effects include:
  1. erythema
  2. burning
  3. exogenous ochronosis
  4. confetti-like depigmentation

 

 

  • In practice it is safe to use at 4% when closely supervised medically.

 

 

Source of Information: 2012 (09) – Sachdev M. 21st Annual Congress of the EADV (European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology) – Prague (Praha), Czech Republic (česká republika)

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