What are the effects of skin lightening agent and tranexamic acid? Which one should be used first?

Skin brightening factor, do you feel that this name is not so familiar, as if you have never seen it before? So what are the effects of this skin brightening factor? Which should I use first, skin lightening serum or tranexamic acid?

What are the effects of skin lightening

1. Moisturizing and hydrating

A lot of moisturizing ingredients are usually added to skin brightening agents. This type of moisturizer can increase the water content of the skin's stratum corneum. If you adhere to the correct usage method for a long time, it can enhance the skin's barrier function and prevent skin peeling due to dryness.

2. Whitening and spot removal

The ascorbic acid (also known as vitamin C) in Brightening Serum is a natural antioxidant used to prevent and treat sunburn. In cosmetics, vitamin C interferes with the production of melanin by interacting with copper ions at the active site of tyrosinase to reduce the multi-step melanin synthesis process such as dopaquinone, and has a good whitening and freckle removal effect. It also has anti-inflammatory effects. You can use skin brightener both during the day and at night. Skin brighteners from regular brands are generally not phototoxic; but you must pay attention to sun protection.

3. Antioxidant

Some big brands of skin-lightening agents will add panthenol, vitamin E and some antioxidant ingredients extracted from plants. The antioxidant ingredients are mainly used to protect the skin and mucous membranes from free radicals, prevent and treat small wrinkles, inflammation, sun exposure and other problems, and keep your skin fresh.

Which should I use first, skin lightening agent or tranexamic acid?

There is no clear order in which to use brightening agent and tranexamic acid, but you can use both of them in the essence step and only need to choose one when using them.

Skin brightening factor is a general term for essence and essence milk products, which are mainly composed of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), vitamin E and some moisturizers and antioxidants. Tranexamic acid is a skin conditioning agent in skin care products, which has certain moisturizing and whitening effects. The amount of tranexamic acid added in skin care products is between 2% and 3%, which can effectively prevent skin pigmentation and protect against dark spots caused by ultraviolet rays.

This is the end of the introduction to the effects of skin-lightening factor. There is no difference between it and tranexamic acid.