Nothing will completely remove green.  None of the  recommended treatments work for extensive or dark green.  They usually change the color to olive or brown and sometimes cause the affected area to spread and enlarge.

If it's a very small amount of green and not very dark, some of the treatments may work.  Benzoyl peroxide will lighten the green.  Nothing will remove it completely.  Small areas can be covered by a post earring.

The product by Twin Pines (Removez-it?) that everyone used to use never worked that well and the jar contents used to dry up fairly quickly, so it had to be used up within a few months of purchase.  It is now greatly over priced and not worth buying when acne remedies that work better can be purchased at the drug/variety store for less, with no shipping charge.

legaletendre wrote:

Nothing will completely remove green.  None of the  recommended treatments work for extensive or dark green.  They usually change the color to olive or brown and sometimes cause the affected area to spread and enlarge.

 

If it's a very small amount of green and not very dark, some of the treatments may work.  Benzoyl peroxide will lighten the green.  Nothing will remove it completely.  Small areas can be covered by a post earring.

 

The product by Twin Pines (Removez-it?) that everyone used to use never worked that well and the jar contents used to dry up fairly quickly, so it had to be used up within a few months of purchase.  It is now greatly over priced and not worth buying when acne remedies that work better can be purchased at the drug/variety store for less, with no shipping charge.

In my experience, yes, you can completely remove green. I've seen dolls that had green spreading into the paint and hair and seen all the green removed. I've completely removed the green from a number of dolls. The only treatment I've seen that will turn the area brown is Tarn-X. But it is true that not every doll will degreen. Fashion Queens, for example, are notoriously difficult to degreen, as are some swirls.

If you've been using benzoyl peroxide to degreen, it's no wonder you haven't had great success. It works wonderfully well for ink stains but is not by any means the best treatment for green.

As for RemovZit, I used to use it for green ear. It worked pretty well, but after it destroyed the hair on a White Ginger bubblecut, I stopped using it.

I have never bought a doll w/ more than a dot of green. My son's prescription strength acne medication did in fact work. You have to carefully remove and re-apply several times and it also helps to put the doll next to a lamp that's on to aid in the bleaching.(some poeple place the dolls in the sun)..you also need to remember that no matter what you use to treat green it has to be applied to the INSide and the Outside of the doll's head....Be aware that the doll's other features may also fade from being exposed to the fumes as any of these substances evaporate and dry. Be careful not to get any bleaching substance on the hair as well!...I have not tried CLR but a Barbie friend said that it can cause the doll's head to sort of swell or bloat....once you treat for green ear, please be sure to make a note for that doll and disclose green treatment before re selling