How do proactiv and other acne treatments bleach your hair and skin?

alyssa♥ asked:


I am currently using a acne product and on the back is says that it may bleach your hair or eyebrows and other stuff. How does it bleach your skin and hair? Does it bleach it when you don’t wash it off completely or is it another reason?

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-Alyssa

Tags: Acne Product, Acne Skin, Acne Treatments, Hair Bleach, Proactiv Acne

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7 Responses to 'How do proactiv and other acne treatments bleach your hair and skin?'

1. Jess - June 2nd, 2009 at 7:20 pm

   They have peroxide in them.

   Peroxide bleaching works by oxidizing the color pigments.

   It doesn’t immediately bleach your hair but it will bleach your towels. I used proactiv all of last year and it never altered the color of my hair or eyebrows but it destroyed face cloths.

2. Diamond - June 4th, 2009 at 2:35 am

   peroxide

   it will make your cottons turn pink

3. sixx_ - June 6th, 2009 at 3:13 am

   They have benzoyl peroxide in them.
   It helps kill the acne.

   Trouble is, peroxide bleaches things.

4. Mark - June 8th, 2009 at 7:09 am

   i wondered the same thing i found out it was peroxide…

5. yellow_jelly - June 10th, 2009 at 11:35 am

   it makes your skin whiter because it acts against your melanin (dark skin pigmentation), so you wont ‘tan’ and your skin will be whiter (or redder since you get burnt because your skin is white).

   im guessing you get melanin in the hair that colours it and that is why it bleeches your hair also…

   hope thats what you were after

6. THATS* h0tt_<3 - June 11th, 2009 at 6:14 pm

   i use proactiv it doesnt bleach my hair or eyebrows, but it bleaches my towels, so i have 1 nasty towel i use just for that.

   its because there is peroxide in it, which is a bleaching agent.

7. soccer_guy_87 - June 13th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

   what product are you using? If your using the murad I suggested it shouldn’t say that I don’t think. It never bleached me. If your using proactiv and stuff then yes. Remember when I told you about how most acne treatments contain benzoyl peroxide? This ingredient can bleach your hair and is VERY harsh and over-drying to your skin. That’s why I suggest the Murad Acne Complex Kit. NOTHING in it contains benzoyl peroxide and unlike Proactiv and other acne treatments it cures ALL skin types, not just some.

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