The pros and cons of Kojic Acid Soap and how to use it!

Do you suffer from hyperpigmentation and pigmentation spots? And are you looking for products that will help you reduce pigmentation spots? Then you may very well have heard of Kojic Acid Soap. Kojic Acid Soap has become an increasingly well-known product for lightening pigmentation spots in recent years. However, there are still many misconceptions about the product and far from everyone knows the pros and cons of using it. In this blog, we explain exactly what Kojic Acid Soap does for your skin and how to use it properly.

What is Kojic Acid Soap?

First of all, it is important to know exactly what Kojic Acid Soap is. Kojic Acid is a particular type of amino acid made from natural fungi or fermented rice wine. This may not sound entirely appetising, but this soap is not dirty or unhealthy! Now we hear you thinking: why does Kojic Acid soap help reduce hyperpigmentation? It has everything to do with tyrosinase. Never heard of it? Understandable.

Tyrosinase is a particular substance that makes melanin, or pigmentation. Kojic Acid helps break down this substance that causes your pigmentation spots. As a result, your hyperpigmentation becomes less and less. Kojic Acid Soap can therefore be used not only for hyperpigmentation, but also for relieving scars and burnt skin.

The benefits of Kojic Acid Soap

Using Kojic Acid Soap brings a lot of benefits. It can be used anyway for various purposes such as scars, pigmentation spots and burnt skin. It is also recommended by several dermatologists to help with age spots. Therefore, the biggest benefits of Kojic Acid Soap are:

• Helps and reduces pigmentation, scars, burnt skin and age spots
• It softens and conditions the skin
• It helps against infections
• It helps and supports acne and acne scars

Kojic Acid Soap is a cosmetic product that you can either use on its own or incorporate into your daily skin routine. For example, Kojic Acid Soap is perfect to use in conjunction with a lovely body lotion or body shower gel.

What should you pay attention to when using Kojic Acid Soap?

Kojic Acid Soap is a safe and good way to reduce your hyperpigmentation. However, there are some important points to watch out for while using Kojic Acid Soap.

Risk of irritated skin

The first thing to check when you want to start using Kojic Acid Soap is whether your skin can stand it. Generally, people do not get an irritated reaction to the substances, but as with other cosmetics, it is important to always check whether you can stand it. Do you get irritated skin from Kojic Acid Soap? Not to worry. In our webshop, we have several other products that help against pigmentation spots, such as the Makari Glycolic & Rice Water Toner.

Your skin becomes more sensitive to UV rays

Another important thing to consider when using soap is your skin's sensitivity to the sun. Kojic acid actually makes your skin more sensitive to the sun because it blocks melanin. Melanin protects you from the sun when UV rays from the sun or tanning beds hit your skin. Melanin is therefore the reason your skin gets darker. Kojic Acid causes this melanin to be ''turned off''. We recommend leaving a few hours between use and contact with the sun. To strengthen your skin, you can also always use a body oil.

Beware of allergies

As with any kind of cosmetic product, it is always good to look at the full ingredient list if you have allergies. This also applies to Kojic Acid soap. Now, if it turns out that our Kojic Acid soap contains ingredients you can't tolerate, we still have a huge range of products that also help reduce hyperpigmentation and pigmentation spots. For example, you can look at B.B. Clear Lightening Lotion or the Caratone brightening oil serum.

How do you use Kojic Acid Soap?

The most important thing when using Kojic Acid Soap is to apply it regularly. It can sometimes take months before you see results, but believe in the process! The soap is also very easy to incorporate into your daily skincare routine. The substances in the soap are known to create dry skin. Therefore, it is important to use a lovely moisturiser anyway to keep your skin nourished and moisturised like the Clear Essence Sensitive Moisturising Body Oil.

Kojic Acid Soap can be used in two different ways. You can use it daily like a real soap bar or lather yourself with the soap every other day. You can also use it as a spot treatment. By just rubbing the soap on the pigmentation daily or every other day. This reduces your risk of irritation and dry skin.

Kojic Acid Soap at A&F Cosmetics

As we told you earlier, it is not wise to expose your treated areas directly to sunlight. Therefore, we recommend applying the Kojic Acid soap mainly in the evening or at night. This will minimise your risk of irritation or sunburn. Would you prefer to find out more about Kojic Acid Soap or our other products? Then please get in touch!