A report out of Minnesota indicates a woman saw multiple doctors for non-specific symptoms, which progressed to the loss of her peripheral vision, apparently tied to skin-whitening products.

Skin whitening products containing high levels of mercury continue to be sold on the world’s biggest e-commerce platforms, including websites run by eBay, Amazon and Alibaba, a new report by the ...

It’s 2022 and people are ordering skin whitening creams and slathering them on their faces and bodies, perpetuating white supremacy and the Eurocentric ideals of beauty. These products are ...

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

According to the World Health Organization, 77% of Nigerian women use bleaching creams and skin lightening products. Recommended For You Celebrities 2025-04-16T11:16:09+00:00 ...

Founder of Rabito Clinic and renowned dermatologist, Naa Professor Edmund Nminyem Delle, has advised Ghanaians to stay away ...

According to NPR, Johnson & Johnson recently announced that they are halting the production of two of their most popular skin lightening products that are sold overseas. “Conversations over the ...

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 ...

However, the use of hazardous materials in bleaching creams, including corticosteroids, hydroquinone, and mercury, ... Mercury is used in skin bleaching products to inhibit melanin production; ...

Ads shown across Africa, Asia and the Middle East help fuel a demand for skin-lightening products like White Perfect, ... Yeboah started using skin whitening creams at 14 years old.

Many bleaching creams contain harmful chemicals like steroids, which can lead to skin thinning and other long-term health issues. [Courtesy] Every time Caroline* (not her real name) looked in the ...