Skin whitening is the procedure of using chemicals to decrease the level of melanin in the skin, making it lighter or evening its color. Bleaching or skin lightening are also known as such. Besides variance, dark spots, and hyperpigmentation reduction, the process lightens the tone of the skin. It is preferably applied to freckles, melasma, and dark spots due to skin exposure, hormonal change, or acne scars. Melanin, the skin tone controlling pigment, is created less often after most whitening cream treatments.