Vivier Advanced Skin Lightening Serum – 2% Hydroquinone

Medicinal ingredients: hydroquinone (1,4-benzenediol) 2.0%.

Non-medicinal ingredients: Citrus grandis (grapefruit) fruit extract, ethoxydiglycol, fragrance, L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C), propylene glycol, purified water.

Full ingredient list: see product packaging.

• Gradually lightens hyperpigmentation of the skin, such as age spots, liver spots and freckles.
• Also used for hyperpigmentation that can occur as a result of pregnancy or from the use of oral contraceptives.
• Applied once or twice a day to the affected areas only.
• Light serum texture that layers under moisturizer and sunscreen.

1. Adults only. Use only on the advice of a physician.
2. Before first use, test a small area for a few days.
3. Apply a thin layer (1 to 2 drops) to the affected areas only, once or twice a day. Treat a relatively small area at one time. Avoid the eyes, lips, mucous membranes and broken or irritated skin.
4. AM: sunscreen is an essential part of hydroquinone use. Follow with a broad-spectrum sunscreen such as Vivier Sheer SPF 30 Mineral and limit sun exposure.
5. Stop and contact your physician if you get irritation, a rash or a gradual blue-black darkening of the skin.
6. Ask your physician before combining it with retinol or acid exfoliants.

Suits: adults with age spots, liver spots or freckles who are using hydroquinone on the advice of a physician. Lightening may be less noticeable on very dark skin (licence).

Do not use if: you are under 18; you are pregnant, nursing or planning a pregnancy within three months; you have, or are at risk of, cancer; or you have reacted to this product or its ingredients before.

Choose instead:

• Vivier Corrector 2: the same 2% hydroquinone in a cream
• Vivier Skin Brightening Cream: hydroquinone-free