Apart from the problematic messaging the skin cream companies sell to young girls with darker shades of skin there’s another ...

They are typically found in rocks and soil, and because of their antiseptic and antibacterial properties, fitkari is known ...

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Skin bleaching is a method of lightening skin by using products that reduce melanin production, a pigment that makes skin dark. Skin bleaching typically ...

Skin lightening might not be a familiar topic to many Americans, but it is a popular subject globally and in some U.S. communities of color: The hashtag #whiteningcream has over 40 million views ...

Skin bleaching in the US is an expanding — and unregulated — industry, according to a new study published on Thursday in the International Journal of Women’s Dermatology, adding that it "not ...

On the first visit she showed the team skin whitening beauty creams from abroad but said she was no longer using them. The agency found the amount of mercury in two of those products to be several ...

"Mercury poisoning from skin-whitening creams can be very serious, as it causes nervous system damage that can be permanent," Dr. Eric Lavonas, a toxicologist with Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug ...

Researchers from Northwestern University anonymously surveyed 455 people who said they were Black, Asian, Hispanic, Native or multiracial, and asked them about their use of skin-lightening products.

Skin whitening is the use of cosmetic products or services to reduce the amount of melanin, or pigment, in the skin to make it appear lighter. It’s a big industry and predominantly targets women ...

Skin lightening products represent a major global industry, with sales projected to nearly double to $15.7 billion by 2030. In Africa, nowhere is the practice more prevalent than in Nigeria.