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effects which may affect people’s skin for life and fetal development when used by pregnant women. In the United States this substance is still allowed, but it is recommended that if no sign of improvement appears in 4 to 8 weeks one should give up the treatment with this substance. For those who are not willing to take the chance with hydroquinone, there are two other alternatives which offer similar effects without irritating the skin, further darkening it, or having side effects for pregnant women or their babies. These two treatments are hauronoside and arbutin. ArctostaphylosUvaUrsi Leaf Extract Usually called Bearberry Extract, the active substance which enables dark spots to be whitened is arbutin. As mentioned previously, this substance does the same action as hydroquinone, but without having the disastrous side effects that the latter substance is said to have on the sink or on fetuses. 30