Hydroquinone disguised and still added to our skin care products

Remember hydroquinone that was said to cause so many things including skin cancer? the deadly agent has been renamed in many forms



Unlike many countries that is strict about their Skin care markets, Nigeria happens to be less strict  on skin care products hence has become a dumping ground for the deadly skin care agent though in a disguised form.

Skin care Producers knowing that people will not buy skin care products with hydroquinone has decided to use other names for the agents.

Here are some of the names to look out for in your cream since the active ingredients in most of this agents are hydoquinone, so bring out your body cream and check for an of the names listed below:

*1,4-Benzendiol
*Dihydrobenzene
*Hydroxyphenol
*UN2662 (actual name is Hydroquinone UN2662)
*Arctuvin
*Derma-Blanch
*USAF-EK-356
*NCI-C55834
*Tequinol
*Solaquin forte
*Phiaquin
*Eldoquin forte
*Diak 5
*Benzoquinol
*Benzohydroquinone