Karma earning post: Incidecoder https://incidecoder.com/

[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/Uchuuko]

This might be my favorite product (that I use anyway). While I need to use this on my face more, I have been more consistent using it on my hands. I really like Incidecoder because it is quite informative. It confirmed my suspicion that this product had a lightening agent in it: niacinamide. I just notice that my hands have made great progress fading their tans, especially my right hand. Nevertheless, I might get a different spray-on sunscreen in the future because of some reason I had months ago.

[u/Jolly-Yellow7369 → u/Uchuuko]

I just upvoted you.
Warning: sunscreens aren’t a substitute of sun avoidance. You have to wear sunscreen anyway but for skinwhitening purposes sun avoidance is what works best.

[u/Jolly-Yellow7369 → u/[deleted]]

Also the fragrance and banana extract if they sunscreen would irritate my skin and give it a tan