Get Rid off Smokers Dark Lips

Getting rid of smokers lips isn't easy. Since he will be smoking, every time he smokes lips becomes darker on regular basis each time he smokes and he had to constantly take care of his lips and use treatment continuously in order to get rid of smoker lips and turn them into rosy lips.Every time we smoke, our lips will get dehydrated. It's because nicotine, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, arsenic, etc....stash will have that effect on our lips. Nicotine we inhale goes to lungs thereby blood, and this blood circulated to lips will get turns to black. When Nicotine gets into blood our blood becomes darker which in turn this color will be shown by lips, and the skin on our lips becomes darker due to that stash inhaled into our lungs from cigarette.

Note: If you want to continue smoking and you have no intention of stopping it but still you want to get rid of smokers black lips, then every time you wanna smoke, before lighting a cigarette you have to apply Himalaya herbals strawberry shine lip balm or Vaseline lip care rosy glow or Vaseline Lip Therapy on your lips and then do. Its because by doing so will prevent your lips from dehydrated and turning to dark color due to that bad stash from cigarette.

1) Clearz, Clearz plus from Dr.Reddys

Clearz contains                                                                    Clearz Plus contains
Kojic acid -0.75%                                                                 Kojic acid - 2%
Vitamin C - 2.5%                                                                  Vitamin C - 2.5%

About Ingredients

Kojic acid: Kojic is used on cut fruits to prevent oxidative browning, in seafood to preserve pink and red colors, and in cosmetics to lighten skin, skin diseases like melasma, cholasma. Kojic acid also has antibacterial and antifungal properties. Kojic aicd stops the production of melanin. Not necessarily stop, but inhibits enzymes that stimulate the production of melanin. Unlike hydroquinone that kills melanin-producing cells, kojic acid works by inhibiting the production of melanin – which is a safer process than that of hydroquinone. Kojic acid is able to remove pigmentation, melasma, age spots, acne scars, sun spots, and many more. With prolong use, the skin will continue to become lighter until desired.Your skin might peel during the duration and it is very important to protect your new skin against direct heat, pollution, and harmful chemicals. After exfoliation, kojic acid works by going deeper into the pores and enhancing cellular turnover. This heightens the cells’ ability to form new skin cells. New cells, on the other hand, are whiter and much better than the previous skin color. Moreover, new skin cells are flawless, blemish-free, and with a youthful glow Kojic acid is an all-natural compound derived from fungi – sort of like mushrooms. That means that kojic acid is completely natural and not something that’s man-made in a laboratory by a group of scientists and dermatologists.
           
Vitamin C: Vitamin C inhibits enzyme tyrosinase which is used by melanocytes to form the melanin pigmnent which is responsible for skin  dark color. It is also a potent antioxidant. It fights free radicals that cause skin aging.and darkening. Vitamin C is also called Ascorbic acid is water soluble vitamin and is needed by our body for producing collagen,  cartilage, muscle, etc.The most abundant forms of free-radical damage are environmental factors we can’t escape—think sun damage, pollution and oxygen—that assault skin on a daily basis. Vitamin C acts as a mild exfoliant. By getting rid of dead skin cells which contain melanin, the skin becomes smoother and lighter

2) Melalite XL

This is a pharmaceutical dermatological  product. It contains

Hydoquinone - 2%
Tretinoin - 0.025%
Mometasone Furoate - 0.1%
Price of it will be around Rs 150 or so for 15 gm



About Constituents

Hydroquinone: Hydroquinone is a skin-bleaching agent that is used to lighten areas of darkened skin such as freckles, chloasma, melasma, age spots, and acne scars. In medical literature, hydroquinone is considered the primary topical ingredient for inhibiting melanin production. It is used as a topical application in skin whitening to reduce the color of skin. Its components have potent antioxidant abilities. Hydroquinone works by decreasing the production and increasing the breakdown of melanosomes (melanin pigment granules) in the skin's pigment cells (melanocytes). It does this by inhibiting the activity of tyrosinase, the enzyme needed to make melanin.         

Tretinoin: Tretinoin is a derivative of vitamin A. Topical tretinoin is used for treating mild to moderate acne, fine wrinkles and hyperpigmentation. Tretinoin is the main topical retinoid that has been used in skin lightening products. Tretinoin acts on different levels: it facilitates the removal of pigment by accelerating the keratinocytes' turnover; it enhances hydroquinone penetration through the stratum corneum; and, it protects hydroquinone from oxidation.

Mometasone furoate: It is a topical glucocorticoid agent used in adjunct to tretinoin which is aimed to reduce inflammation as a side effect of both hydroquinone and tretinoin, but it also inhibits melanocyte metabolism.used in adjunct to tretinoin to reverse the side effects of tretinoin, and which also causes a mild depigmenting agent.

Application: Just apply a thin layer over the lips before going to bed and wash it off morning. Don't swallow it. Swallowing it by accidentally small amount during sleep a few times wouldn't be a problem, but just because it isn't a problem it doesn't mean don't be careless..
     
I had used to follow all kinds of tips and techniques, that i had used to see in news papers, books etc to get rid of darker lips. No one worked for me well. Then i consulted a dermatologist and he prescribed this for short term application. This worked for me like a magic. with in two weeks you see results. I don't know exactly for how long regularly you ca use it or how many months you can use regularly for daily application but i didn't used this daily, regularly not more than 3 weeks and it worked for me with no extra side effects.

But keep in mind that if you are a chain smoker, you had to use this regularly and using this product regularly means, i don't know what side effects it would do. But i just know that using it in long term might be risk taking because, since this product(Melalite XL) contains corticosteroidal agent which cuase thinning of your skin which is a common side effect of all corticosteroidal creams known and tretinoin would cause your skin more sensitive to sun in long term use, so you would have to avoid sun light directly falling on your lips and similarly hydroquinone also decreases skin sensitivity to withstand sun thereby causing sunburns in long term application

The following products  also had to be used frequently during day time to keep your lips moisturizing, hydrated, give healthy glow and color. Not all of them had to be used but any one of them which works best for you is sufficient  

In day time some times i used Himalaya herbals strawberry shine lip balm, and some times i used Vaseline lip care rosy glow, and some time Vaseline Lip Therapy + SPF 15.

3) Double Combination: Clearz + Melalite XL

You can also use Melalite XL along with Clearz by applying it on alternate nights, and vice versa. By doing like this you will have an advantage of using melalite xl use in low quantity there by low risk of side effects, and since clearz contains natural ingredients it give be a benefit to you. Medscape explored the effects of kojic acid combined with hydroquinone and it has been noted that the kojic acid combined with hydroquinone stabilizes the effects of hydroquinone alone

4) Using Henna Paste

Yes i am saying it right, you can apply henna paste over your lips and left it for 10 minutes or so and then wash off with water. Because naturally henna has effect of turning into red this thing really works. But this is only a temporary and the color on the lips will be for a week to 15 days or so. Don't apply much cuz it will be very odd to see it. Just apply a little bit of henna paste on lips and left it off for 5- 10 min but not too much time cuz the color effect produced by henna will become too dark with amount of time we left it on our skin. I had tried this henna technique successfully. Don't swallow it cuz it will be disgusting......