Cing Cing cream for acne and blemishes

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I just bought some Cing Cing cream for acne and blemishes at the asian store. After getting it I did a little search online and this is what I found: Mercury is a dangerous skin lightening ingredient
Last updated on 25th April 2010
Some skin lightening ingredients work extremely well in the short-term but are dangerous to our well-being and the long-term health of our skin. Mercury is one of them.

History of mercury use in skin lightening creams
The use of mercury in commercial skin bleaching creams and soaps goes back to the early 1900s. Before 1970, commercial bleaching creams would normally use ammoniated mercury to produce a lightening effect on the skin. These bleaching creams were aggressively marketed to black people in the US.

In 1976, the use of mercury in cosmetic products was banned in the EU. The US banned the use of mercury in skin bleaching creams much later in 1990.

Mercury absorption into the body via the skin
Mercury and mercurial compounds can be absorbed into the body by inhalation of the vapors, ingestion, or skin contact. As a poison, the damaging effects of mercury are subtle and cumulative, building up over time.

When absorbed, mercury has been discovered in blood, urine, bile, sweat, saliva, milk, and in pus on the surface of ulcers. It has also been discovered in the solids after death, in the brain, the bones, the cellular tissue, in serous membranes, in the parts close to the joints, and in the lungs and liver.


Mercury’s effects on the skin and overall health (symptoms of mercury poisoning / excessive mercury)
Mercury can be extremely effective in lightening dark spots and stubborn pigmentation but has a high spontaneous remission rate (in a number of people, the original pigmentation returns once the treatment is stopped).

The symptoms of mercury poisoning include emotional disturbances, unsteadiness, inflammation of the mouth and gums, general fatigue, memory loss, forgetfulness and headaches. It may also lead to kidney damage. Excess mercury in the system has been known to cause kidney problems (membranous nephropathy)

Skin contact with mercury compounds can lead to irritation, including patches of inflammation and the appearance of tiny bumps close together. These bumps may burst and discharge matter, which later crusts over leading to soreness and discomfort.

Essential Reading: What to do if you’ve been poisoned by mercury




Current skin lightening creams containing dangerous levels of mercury
While the use of mercury in skin lightening creams have been banned for some time now, they are still produced and sold in lightly-regulated markets. Below is a list of known skin lightening creams that contain dangerous levels of mercury (more than 1 ppm).

Hua Ma ABC – Hua Ma Day Cream and Hua Ma Night Cream (link to article)
Jiaoli (link with more information and pictures)
Mui Lee Hiang – Cream for Acne & Blemishes (link with picture)
Natural 99 yellow cream – day cream, Natural 99 white cream – night cream (link with pictures)
Rose Super White Whitening Essence (link with picture)
Whitening Sunblock Cream – Day Cream (link with picture)
EMEL SKIN CARE CO. No. 8 (link with picture)
Dermaline (link to 2009 FDA Import Alert for creams containing mercury)
Miss Key Whitening Cream / Crema Bianqueadora Miss Key (link to 2009 FDA Import Alert for creams containing mercury)
Santa Cream / Crema Santa (link to 2009 FDA Import Alert for creams containing mercury)
Mannig Beauty Cream / Manning Cream De Belleza
Is 8% mercury by weight
Link to 2009 FDA Import Alert for creams containing mercury
Bioactive Facial Enlightening Activator
Day and Night UV Expert
Jin Sheng Mei (link with picture)
Ginseng (Extra Pearl Cream)
Orrefor (Extra Pearl Cream)
Pally (Nourishing Cream)
Bivong
Butae (Pearl Cream)
Silvana cream
Ly-NA (Nourish face cream)
ALFA (Extra Pearl cream)
Yin Fong (Extra Pearl cream)
Diana Cream
April 2009 – Import refusal report by FDA for Diana Cream and Acne Soap because of “unapproved new drug”, Refusal AC1-6395152-1/38/1/. Unfortunately, no lab sample analysis was done.

April 1997 – Article referencing Canada’s alert on Diana Cream’s mercury content
Civic (Nourishing cream)
Ideal cream
Melanax
Cing-Cing (Roon Petch)
Daifu (Herbal formula/pearl cream)
Cream Minerva
Stillmann’s Freckle Cream
Has 39,000 mg/kg of mercury!
Link to the EC’s Rapid Alert notification with picture
Fasco Herbal Cream
Has 440 mg/kg of mercury
Link to the EC’s Rapid Alert notification with picture
TOP-GEL MCA Cream
Link to the Hong Kong government’s press release
Most skin lightening creams containing mercury are either white or yellow in color. Unscrupulous manufacturers may also easily change their product names and packaging to evade the authorities. The packaging for skin whitening creams containing mercury would also usually not list mercury as one of its ingredients, although sometimes calomel is listed. Calomel is mercurous chloride, a type of mercury.

Creams containing dangerous levels of mercury Photos
Jiaoli Day and Night Cream
Mui Lee Hiang – Cream for Acne & Blemishes
Natural 99 yellow cream – Day cream
Natural 99 white cream – Night cream

Rose Super White Whitening Essence
Whitening Sunblock Cream – Day Cream
EMEL SKIN CARE CO. No. 8
Jin Sheng Mei
Stillmann’s Freckle cream
Fasco Herbal cream
TOP-GEL MCA
Top Gel MCA Medicated Cream
Top Gel MCA Extra Pearl Cream
Top Gel MCA Skin Creme
http://www.whiterskin.info/mercury-is-a-dangerous-skin-lightening-ingredient/

So i don't know if i should still use it? is it the same one? Can anyone give me more info on it? Or at least tell me more about C. M Cosmetics Co. Ltd.


Thank you.
 
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