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Curcumin lightens skin, can it lighten eyes too?

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#1 YOLF

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Posted 08 April 2015 - 02:56 AM


I'm using Meriva which says it's good for eyes as well as others. I see more contrast in my eyes too. some of the darker areas have remained darker and others have turned almost grey, even maybe blue around the outer most inside rim.

 

When I was studying my eye for hours on end for a slow shaded drawing back in a drawing class of some sort, I became very familiar with my eyes. Overall, I'd say my vision has improved. I'm cycling between pycogenol and grape seed extract as well as taking things to boost testosterone, all of which raise bloodflow to the eyes and optic nerve. Also taking very low doses of DHEA which has effects on the eyes, though it usually makes the eyes burn if anything. My eyes had been dry and burning prior to taking the eyecare supplements and I may have even made things worse when I used visine somewhat regularly. Was recently taking 40mgs of lutein too. Genome suggests I was more likely to have had blue eyes. 

 

Just wondering if anyone else has seen this and if I need to be worried about the change in color. I wouldn't mind if my eyes turned blue or grey. Been using the eye care stuff for around 4 months.



#2 hamishm00

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Posted 08 April 2015 - 01:18 PM

Definitely haven't noticed anything like that, after a decade or so of use of curcumin supplements like Meriva and "Super Bio-Curcumin".

 

 



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#3 Darryl

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Posted 08 April 2015 - 08:14 PM

Like many dietary polyphenols, curcumin and desmethoxycurcumin are tyrosinase inhibitors which potentially reduce melanogenesis in skin, hair and eyes. I wouldn't be surprised if hair graying was another effect. Sadly, skin bleaching herbs are an important issue in East Asia, given the association of darker skin with manual field labor, social class and modern day prejudices.

 

Du, Z. Y., Xu, X. T., Pan, W. L., Wei, X. C., & Zhang, K. (2008). Study of inhibition of curcuminoids and curcumin derivatives on tyrosinase [J]. China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics, 3, 012.

Lee, J. H., Jang, J. Y., Park, C., Kim, B. W., Choi, Y. H., & Choi, B. T. (2010). Curcumin suppresses α-melanocyte stimulating hormone-stimulated melanogenesis in B16F10 cellsInternational journal of molecular medicine,26(1), 101-106.

Du, Z. Y., Jiang, Y. F., Tang, Z. K., Mo, R. Q., Xue, G. H., Lu, Y. J., ... & Zhang, K. (2011). Antioxidation and tyrosinase inhibition of polyphenolic curcumin analogsBioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry75(12), 2351-2358.

Tu, C. X., Lin, M., Lu, S. S., Qi, X. Y., Zhang, R. X., & Zhang, Y. Y. (2012). Curcumin inhibits melanogenesis in human melanocytesPhytotherapy Research26(2), 174-179.

Nguyen, M. H., Nguyen, H. X., Nguyen, M. T., & Nguyen, N. T. (2012). Phenolic constituents from the heartwood of Artocapus altilis and their tyrosinase inhibitory activityNatural product communications7(2), 185-186.


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#4 Kalliste

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Posted 17 April 2015 - 07:48 PM

Like many dietary polyphenols, curcumin and desmethoxycurcumin are tyrosinase inhibitors which potentially reduce melanogenesis in skin, hair and eyes. I wouldn't be surprised if hair graying was another effect. Sadly, skin bleaching herbs are an important issue in East Asia, given the association of darker skin with manual field labor, social class and modern day prejudices.

 

Du, Z. Y., Xu, X. T., Pan, W. L., Wei, X. C., & Zhang, K. (2008). Study of inhibition of curcuminoids and curcumin derivatives on tyrosinase [J]. China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics, 3, 012.

Lee, J. H., Jang, J. Y., Park, C., Kim, B. W., Choi, Y. H., & Choi, B. T. (2010). Curcumin suppresses α-melanocyte stimulating hormone-stimulated melanogenesis in B16F10 cellsInternational journal of molecular medicine,26(1), 101-106.

Du, Z. Y., Jiang, Y. F., Tang, Z. K., Mo, R. Q., Xue, G. H., Lu, Y. J., ... & Zhang, K. (2011). Antioxidation and tyrosinase inhibition of polyphenolic curcumin analogsBioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry75(12), 2351-2358.

Tu, C. X., Lin, M., Lu, S. S., Qi, X. Y., Zhang, R. X., & Zhang, Y. Y. (2012). Curcumin inhibits melanogenesis in human melanocytesPhytotherapy Research26(2), 174-179.

Nguyen, M. H., Nguyen, H. X., Nguyen, M. T., & Nguyen, N. T. (2012). Phenolic constituents from the heartwood of Artocapus altilis and their tyrosinase inhibitory activityNatural product communications7(2), 185-186.

 

It would be interesting to hear what you think of curcumin, have you posted some kind of "review" on that subject here on Longecity Darryl?







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