Create a 8 page essay paper that discusses The Effects of Off Label Use of Glutathione as a Skin Lightening Treatment in Adult Filipino Women.Download file to see previous pages... Background of the s

Create a 8 page essay paper that discusses The Effects of Off Label Use of Glutathione as a Skin Lightening Treatment in Adult Filipino Women.

Background of the study A. Introduction Description of the problem As a secret ingredient in lotion, oral tablets and injectable for skin whitening, Glutathione finds its way in Asia as antioxidant that is especially formulated to achieve a healthy glowing white skin. In the Philippines for instance, many people consult their doctors and other health experts and practitioners related to skin in order to keep it lighter. Most of them are entertainers in the show business industry. These people are very influential in the society because they tend to give some relevant fashion trends and these include how they achieve a healthy glowing skin and an excellent complexion through the use of glutathione (Belo Medical Group, 2008). They invest in their skin as the ultimate Philippine standard for beauty. In the Philippines, white simply enhances what is called as beauty. In India, people believed that one should have a fair complexion in order to find a partner successfully. Therefore, there is a great value placed on being fair skinned. This is a specific market opportunity for whitening products. Melanin protects the skin from harmful damage that may cause by being exposed to the ultraviolet from the sun. An individual losing melanin therefore decreases its chance to be protected from sun’s harmful radiance and increases its chance to acquire skin damage such as cancer. A study from Synovate in 2004, 40 percent of women in Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia and Philippines used skin whitening and lightening products. In fact, an estimate of $18 billion a year goes to expenses on whitening products in Asia. Male in Asia wants women with fair complexion or appear to be pale. Furthermore, it is associated with success which predominantly flooded the media and ads. However, in the United States, glutathione finds its use apart from being a skin whitener. It can be used to help improve the memory (Perlmutter and Colman, 2004). It has also protective effect or as antidote of toxicity (Goldfrank and Flomenbaum, 2006). It helps in enhancing human nutrition and metabolism (Gropper, Smith and Groff, 2008). Furthermore, it was also found that glutathione is said to help fight problematic health conditions such as infertility, human immunodeficiency virus, cancers, cataracts, thyroid problems, liver problems, chronic fatigue, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer disease, Parkinson’s disease, arteriosclerosis and more (Skin-Whitening-Product.com, 2011). These are just among of the many medical uses of glutathione in the United States. Compared it in Asia particularly in the Philippines, the importance of glutathione in the US is not limited or confined to only as skin whitening agent. Importance of the problem and its consequences By understanding the remarkable health benefits of glutathione, there is a need to understand deeply some of its potential side effects when used as skin whitening ingredient. Study shows based on the findings of Food and Drug Administration that glutathione can potentially cause serious health problems like kidney failure and blood poisoning (Presse, 2011). Aside from these, glutathione is also found associated with simple skin rashes up to potentially fatal diseases like Steven Johnsons Syndrome and Toxic Epdiermal Necrolysis (Malaya, 2009).