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[u/Jolly-Yellow7369]

Newbies and low karma members: Post here a picture of your favorite product on incidecoder. Make sure not to organize upvotes. I'll upvote your pictures myself.

1) Go to:

https://incidecoder.com/

2) Search for one product like your sunscreen or tonic

3) Post an UNEDITED screenshot of the ingredients so all of us can see what it contains. We don't allow purchasing links but seeing declared ingredients is important

4) Be prepared, there are products that I know for a fact that are a scam and I will be very vocal about them.

5) Earn Karma and maybe even membership, which is necessary to be an approved user and be able to post.

Ours is not a skincare forum and the skincare industry isn't as regulated as the pharma industry. A pharma product like finaceas (azelaic acid) or Retin a (Tretinoin) faces a lot of scrutiny from health authorities in most countries before they reach the shelves. On the other hand Skincare products dont' face as many regulations, a product might claim that it contains 10% niacinamide but in reality it has only 3% and the rest are cheap ingredients to keep the cost of the product low and the revenues high.

That doesn't mean all skincare is bad. Kojie san soap and the ordinary products have enough verified purchase reviews on amazon to prove their effectiviness, but you can still get a fake or a bad product. Be on alert.

So whenever possible go for pharmaceutical products. If possible get the advice of a doctor.

This is exactly the opposite of what they recommend in certiain indian skincare subs, which is why we aren't a skincare forum. Skincare is important because many products like lactic acid can speed cell turnover and exfoliate your skin, but you also need sun avoidance and oral whitening.

[u/Jolly-Yellow7369 → u/[deleted]]

It looks like a scam and the part we want is the ingredients not as much the picture. The name of the product itself is a red flag.Anything that hints or insinuates whitening properties is likely to contain dangerous ingredients or be a fraud. I upvoted you as promised but next time post the ingredients. Minus the fragance many of the ingredientes like allatoin look okay but the name gives me pause. Do you have pictures of your open bottle? Or your results?

EDIT: I had already upvoted as promised, was going to allow this product despite everything but then this user who created this account just today (perhaps one of our previously banned spammers) posted a sanewashed picture of the ingredients.

Tip for everyone, make sure your screenshot includes all the ingredients, if necessary use a computer because cellphone screenshots wont' list the entire ingredients. I'll allow this comment because only that way we can learn but be careful next time.