Hydroquinone 6% Serum.

"I have hydroquinone in my personal nighttime skincare routine. The reason why I've been using hydroquinone is one, I deal with melasma and you guys can see my melasma is gotten so much better and that's because I've been doing office treatments and then at home I've been maintaining it by using ingredients like hydroquinone. This is the Hydroquinone 6% from Apostrophe. I've been using this to really help maintain those results along with other ingredients. It's like using the exfoliants that I was just talking about, those really help to make sure that that pigmentation doesn't come back. Hydroquinone is the gold standard when it comes to hyperpigmentation and melasma. I tend to only use like one pump of this because I'm really only focusing it on the areas where I need it the most and that's my cheeks, my nose. I also just really like the way theirs feels. There's a difference because if you're getting prescription treatments from your derm's office you might have noticed something, sometimes they use these compounding facilities and they give you these thick creams that feel like paste and it's terrible."

"This is from Apostrophe, available only by prescription, hydroquinone 6%. I've been using it for a few months now just because I've been getting treatments done. I've been trying to keep my melasma really at bay. Hydroquinone is that gold standard ingredient when it comes to discoloration for your skin, any hyperpigmentation, any melasma. If you want to use something topical, hydroquinone is the best one to use for your skin if you really want to see some results. And especially if you are getting treatments done like chemical peels, laser treatments, it's always great to pre-treat your skin with hydroquinone so you don't get more hyperpigmentation on your skin because that's like the worst. If you're getting a treatment done and then it turns into more hyperpigmentation, you want to pre-treat with a tyrosinase inhibitor and hydroquinone is the best one. But only available with a prescription. [...] The catch with hydroquinone is that you can't just continuously use it forever and ever and ever. You have to take breaks from it because you don't want it to have the reverse effect and you just don't want to have any complications with it. It's one of the reasons why it's only available via a prescription."

"I like to let that dry down just because it can deactivate some of your other skincare products. This is the hydroquinone 6% from Apostrophe. I mean, every three or four months I pick up another bottle of hydroquinone from them just because I think it's such a great ingredient. It's the gold standard when it comes to dark spots. I deal with melasma and I decided this was really important. I usually use it right before I'm going to do a treatment and then afterwards, especially if it's going to be a laser treatment. I went on a beach vacation over New Year's Eve and then I went skiing and I actually think it was the skiing that got me because I wore sunscreen the whole time but the reflection off of the snow it gets to your skin. So I'm putting on my hydroquinone 6%."

"This is hydroquinone 6% because this is prescription I tend to use it right before I'm going to get a treatment done like some kind of a laser or a chemical peel and also right after I've had that treatment done. Hydroquinone is the gold standard when it comes specifically to hyperpigmentation treatment. Hydroquinone works in a completely different way than tretinoin and that's because this is a tyrosinase inhibitor. Tyrosinase is an enzyme you need to produce melanin in your skin so you want to slow down that tyrosinase production so that you don't get the excess melanin production. Hydroquinone also decreases the amount of melanocytes present in your skin. Melanocytes are important because melanocytes produce melanin. I only need like a pump whenever I'm using it because I really focus it into the areas where I deal with my hyperpigmentation. It's very gentle and the best thing is when you're using these tyrosinase inhibiting ingredients like hydroquinone you can use it in conjunction with ingredients like your retinoids so then you get like this one two punch."

"Hydroquinone is just one of those ingredients that is unmatched if you want a tyrosinase inhibitor. This is the mama ingredient, this is the queen of all the tyrosinase inhibitors, this is the one that has the most studies behind it and that really shows the most impact when it comes to your hyperpigmentation. So if you really want to see results, hydroquinone is the ingredient that you have to go for. When it comes to prepping my skin for a laser treatment or a chemical peel and also a little bit after, not immediately after, I like to use my hydroquinone on my skin just to make sure I don't get any hyperpigmentation or PIH after my treatment was done on my skin. It's just so convenient that you can get online and get this prescription through Apostrophe. You do still need supervision from a professional from a dermatology team because hydroquinone is not an ingredient that you want to just use continuously. I've never had any issues with hydroquinone but that doesn't mean you won't, and sometimes people experience an issue called ochronosis where their skin gets worse."

"I actually decided to put on some hydroquinone from Apostrophe, this is the hydroquinone 6%. I want to do as much as I can to prevent any of the dark spots from coming back. It doesn't make my skin feel sensitive. It feels so good, my skin wanted this. I can feel my skin getting tighter as the day is going on, that feels good. That's what I needed in my life. This one's great for the face because it is not too heavy."

"This is 6% hydroquinone. I make sure to focus it on the areas where my melasma really stands out. I have had hydroquinone prescribed to me before from a compounding pharmacy and it's usually this really terrible cream that's hard to use and incorporate into your skincare routine. This one from Apostrophe is very nice. It's a really light and hydrating formula. I can use other products after this and it won't feel too heavy. The reason I've been using hydroquinone, I've been in between getting Clear and Brilliant treatments done and I might be getting a chemical peel done too. Whenever you've got something like melasma you're prone to getting hyperpigmentation, so it's really great to use a tyrosinase inhibitor to prevent those dark spots from forming, especially as you're getting these treatments done. It's reinforcing the treatment because that's helping to get rid of your dark spots as well, but then it's also helping to prevent in case your skin gets too irritated from those treatments. You can't be on it indefinitely. I'll probably stay on it just while I'm in this cycle of getting these treatments done and it's been really wonderful for my skin. I've seen a lot of people say my melasma is looking so much better. Hydroquinone is the gold standard ingredient when it comes to preventing and getting rid of your dark spots."