Awhile back, I was sent samples of a Makari skin lightening cream to try. The cream is hydroquinone free and instead contains arbutin, mulberry extract and licorice extract as recognizable melasma treatment ingredients. A more recent version also contains caviar extract, which it claims is effective.
I am skeptical of the caviar extract claim, but arbutin and licorice are couple favorite ingredients of mine. The cream is lightly moisturizing, but not oily, and it did not seem to clog my pores. Whether it was effective or not was hard to say. I was using the cream in conjunction with a PCA Skin Care gel that I have found to be very effective, so the best I can say is that when I alternated between the two, my melasma continued to improve.
Makari makes a number of products, all with quite attractive packaging. They also have samples available for a low cost.
Hi,
I need help my sister and I use some cream that had hydroquinine in it and it has put black blotches on our skin what can we do to get the original color back
Lynette: You should see a professional for that issue and do not use any more hydroquinone under any circumstances. Unfortunately, some people are sensitive to hydroquinone, and for them, it causes a form of melasma that is grayish in color and often irreversible. That is one of several reasons why it is banned in a number of countries. However, a dermatologist may be able to provide some treatment for it. What is available for melasma caused by hydroquinone is beyond my level of expertise.