GlutathioneSkin Whitening: Does it really work? Is it safe?
“Glutathione –Skin Whitening Magic Potion”, “Skin white with Glutathione”
You can always find these
words in supplementary food especially the skin whitening ones. Do you have any
questions about Glutathione? What is it? Can it really whiten skin? Does it
cause side effects? You can find out the answers in the following bullets.
- Glutathione in human body
- It is an important antioxidant made by cells in a human body.
- It prevents damages to important cellular components caused by reactive oxygen species.
- It stimulates immunity in body.
- It helps liver eliminating toxic.
- Why is Glutathione used for skin whitening?
Glutathione
was tested for curing some diseases such as cancer in stomach, cancer in prostate
gland, etc. It was injected into veins or muscles. The amazing side effect of
Glutathione appears on the skin color. It becomes brighter and WHITER. So it is
wildly used for whitening skin.
- How does Glutathione whiten skin?
Glutathione
can inhibit Tyrosinase. Tyrosinase is an enzyme that involves in melanin
synthesis. (Melanin is a natural pigment. The more melanin your body
synthesizes, the darker your skin is.) Glutathione can also change the brown
pigment to the pink pigment.
- Does Glutathione work on whitening skin?
There
are currently 3 ways to take the glutathione into your body. The first one is
taking orally, the second is applying Glutathione lotion and the other is
injection. For the first one, Glutathione doesn’t work certainly because it was
damaged during the digestion. Neither does the second one. Glutathione is too
big to be absorbed into the skin. So the other way is the most wildly use done.
Glutathione is injected into veins or muscles and you have to do it regularly
because the effect lasted for a while, not forever. The side effect of this
makes the skin whiter BUT there is no credible academic article confirming the
efficiency and safety for the skin whitening glutathione effect. There are many
other side effects caused by the Glutathione injection.
- What is the side effect of taking
Glutathione by injection regularly?
- It causes the exceeding Glutathione and may cause the danger for long-term usage.
- It may cause infection, high injecting speed and bubbles in blood vessel that are deathly danger.
- It can decrease visibility so American Medical Journal classified Glutathione as Systemic Drugs with Ocular Side Effects.
- If you get HIGH concentrated Glutathione, you may get a shock, muscular tremor, severe allergy, hallucination, suffocation, BOOP (small bronchia), etc.
Glutathione was tested for curing some diseases. The side effect is whitening skin so it was widely used because of its side effect. An effect of injection Glutathione into veins is the only way that body can get Glutathione. It makes brighter and whiter skin for a while but also causes many problems. There is no credible academic article confirming its efficiency and safety.
References
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2. Villarama CD, Maibach HI.
Glutathione as a depigmenting agent: an overview. Int J Cosmet Sci
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