Hydroquinone is a beauty active ingredient that is no longer too unfamiliar to many women. Among the current skin lightening ingredients, hydroquinone brings relatively high efficiency. However, there are still many questions about the effects and harms of this active ingredient, one of which is the skin darkening condition caused by using hydroquinone. So what is the actual effect of hydroquinone?

Darkened skin is a condition in which an area of skin is hyperpigmented, brown, gray-brown or blue-black. When the skin is darkened, it often makes women lose confidence in their appearance due to the lack of radiance of the skin.