Its skin care magic lies in the ingredients.

Like all skin care products of magical proportions, it’s all about the ingredients. This Tosowoong cream contains a 7% concentration of arbutin, an antioxidant with brightening properties that works by inhibiting the over-production of melanin in the skin, which causes hyperpigmentation. It contains other well-trusted ingredients in the world of melasma care, one of which is 4% tranexamic acid, which is revered for its ability to reduce pigmentation associated with melasma, without causing any kind of irritation.

There’s also niacinamide, a workhorse antioxidant that you’re most likely already familiar with. If you’re not, just know that this all-skin-concerns ingredient can reduce redness, acne, and, most notably, brighten the complexion.

It goes on gentle and lightweight.

All of the above-named ingredients are packed into a gentle and light-textured cream that also promises to soothe and hydrate as it treats. For many Tosowoong users, this combination has yielded noticeable results, and in some cases, better results than anything else they’ve tried. Not only that, but one reviewer said they noticed a difference in their hyperpigmentation in as little as two to three weeks.