Yini i-Arbutin?

I-Arbutin iyindawo eyenzeka ngokwemvelo etholakala ezitshalweni ezahlukahlukene, ikakhulukazi eBererry (Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi) isitshalo, ama-cranberry, ama-blueberries, namapheya. Kungokwesigaba sezinhlanganisela ezaziwa ngokuthi i-glycosides. Lezi zinhlobo ezimbili eziphambili ze-Arbutin ngu-Alfa-Arbutin noBeta-Arbutin.

I-Arbutin yaziwa ngezakhiwo zayo ezikhanyisa isikhumba, ngoba ivimbela umsebenzi weTyrosinase, i-enzyme ebandakanyeka ekwenziweni kukaMelanin. UMelanin ungumlingisi obhekele umbala wesikhumba, izinwele, namehlo. Ngokuvimbela i-tyrosinase, i-Arbutin isiza ukunciphisa ukukhiqizwa kuka-melanin, okuholele ethoni lesikhumba elilula.

Ngenxa yemiphumela yayo yokuqhakambisa isikhumba, i-Arbutin isithako esivamile kwimikhiqizo yezimonyo kanye ne-skincare. Imvamisa isetshenziswa ekwakhiweni okwenzelwe ukubhekana nezinkinga ezifana ne-hyperpigmentation, amabala amnyama, nethoni yokungalingani. Kubhekwa njengenye enye indlela abanye abasebenza ngezikhumba, njenge-hydroquinone, okungaba nokhahlo esikhunjeni.

Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi ngenkathi i-Arbutin ngokuvamile ibhekwa iphephile ngokusetshenziswa kwe-topical, abantu abanesikhumba esibucayi noma komzimba kufanele basebenzise ukuqaphela futhi benze isivivinyo se-patch ngaphambi kokusebenzisa imikhiqizo equkethe i-Arbutin. Njenganoma iyiphi i-skincare izithako, kungcono ukuthintana nodokotela wesikhumba noma ochwepheshe bezokunakekelwa kwempilo ngezeluleko ezenziwe ngezifiso.