Is it safe to bleach every month? – Dr. Rasya Dixit

Lots of girls and even young boys have taken to bleaching their skin in order to make the skin look brighter. How does the bleach works? Bleach is actually a chemical which depigments the hair on the skin. It is not doing so much to your skin or lightening the color of your skin. Every time you out, a chemical on the skin, you are damaging the outer layers of the skin. So to make the skin fairer or to make your skin look more glowy, and doing it every month, it is not a very good idea as these chemicals, can damage the outer layers of the skin. They can make the skin look dry. It makes the skin more prone for acne,pimples,pigmentation and especially if you do not take good care of your skin later, like a good use of a moisturizer, a good use of a sunscreen. If you neglect all that and if you have excessive sun exposure, then you will be setting your skin for long term skin damage. Instead if you have a problem which makes your skin look dark, on you r arms, on your face, then use a sunscreen regularly. Talk to your doctor, they will give you some safe skin lightening agents without any steroids or hydroquinone or which contain more of kojic acid, or azaelic acid and these can be used as a long term treatments on the face on the sun exposed areas of the body. To prevent the skin from going dark so that you do not have to do any harsh chemical treatments on your face every month.