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Rose Water for Hyperpigmentation?! #shorts

24 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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A short transcript of a YouTube #short where Shereene Idriss and another speaker discuss hyperpigmentation and treatments. Idriss agrees sunscreen alone won't prevent hyperpigmentation, explains that inflammation drives pigment formation, notes rose water is an anecdotal anti-inflammatory but ineffective at clearing existing pigmentation, and emphasizes using active ingredients to break down pigment (mentioned earlier in the clip).

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Yes it does prevent your skin from getting darker with hyperpigmentation but it does not do this.
He was doing so good until you got to rose water. But let's talk about the good before we get to the roses and I'm originally Lebanese and I love me some rose water. But first this man is on point because sunscreen alone is not going to prevent hyperpigmentation. The reason why you hyperpigment is because of the damage in your skin from inflammation. This is where rose water can be helpful because rose water is a very well known anti inflammatory used anecdotally throughout many decades, millions of years in various different cultures. But the reality is once you've hyperpigmented the roses leave them for smelling. They're not going to do much. You need ingredients that are going to break down how you produce pigment and the ingredients that you need are the ones that were actually mentioned by the girl in the video in the very beginning. Get ready. Get a pen and paper.