If you have a keen eye for ingredients lists you might've seen hydroquinone popping up in your serums and night creams. But what does it actually do? For today's episode of Ask An Expert, Shazzy chats to Cara McDonald, Director at Complete Skin Specialists in Melbourne to chat what it does, how to use it and why it's not for everyone. END BITS Subscribe to Mamamia CREDITS Host: Sharon 'Shazzy' Hunt With Thanks To: Cara McDonald, Director Complete Skin Specialists Producer: Mikayla Floriano Audio Production: Leah Porges GET IN TOUCH: Got a beauty question you want answered? Email us at [email protected] or call the podphone on 02 8999 9386. Join our You Beauty Facebook Group here. Want this and other podcasts delivered straight to your inbox? Subscribe to our podcast newsletter. You Beauty is a podcast by Mamamia. Listen to more Mamamia podcasts here. Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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