Could almond oil beat a Skin-Lightening cream?

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Premenopausal women of Fitzpatrick skin types 3 to 6 Exclusion Criteria: * Those with a nut allergy * Smoking is an independent risk factor and serves as a confounder for the development of facial aging \[18\]. Therefore current smokers, those that have smoked within the past year, and former smokers with greater than a 20 pack year history of smoking will be excluded. * Those with an autoimmune photosensitive condition or a known genetic condition with a deficiency in collagen production (such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome) will be excluded as this can be a confounder for facial photoaging. * Hormonal medications or therapies will not be allowed unless they have been stable on their medications for at least 2 months. Examples include oral contraceptives, progesterone-based injections, and estrogen based hormonal replacement therapy. * Those who have undergone any cosmetic procedures to the face in the 4 months prior to enrollment in the opinion of the investigator. People that have undergone deeper chemical peels (TCA based peels) within 1 year prior to enrollment will also not be eligible. * Individuals who are unwilling to discontinue vitamin E containing supplements and food sources during the washout and intervention. * Individual who are unwilling to discontinue topical cosmetic products during the duration of the study. * Individuals who are not willing to engage in a two-week washout on topical treatments known to affect facial pigmentation and these agents will be restricted during the study period as well. These include topicals that contain: * Retinoids such as tretinoin, adapalene, retinol. * Antioxidant ingredients such as vitamin C or vitamin E. * Pigment-reducing agents such as hydroquinone, azelaic acid, kojic acid per the discretion of the investigator except for the hydroquinone that is provided in this study. * Topicals that contain a nut oil or nut extract as part of their ingredient list. * Furthermore, subjects will be asked to refrain from use of any other topical products for one week prior to each visit apart from the study agents supplied from this study.