Skin lightening products-- also known as bleaching creams, whiteners, skin brighteners, or fading creams -- work by reducing a pigment called melanin in the skin. Most people who use lighteners do ...

The FDA has launched an initiative warning about over-the-counter skin lightening products after receiving reports of side effects. The agency's Skin Facts! Initiative, announced last week ...

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 ...

A spokesperson added that the company is "committed and focused on removing the term 'whitening' as fast as possible in ... whose high-end skin products are now widely available in Europe and ...

Consumers have been discussing everything from promoting hydroquinone in facials to bleaching creams turning the skin yellow ... that have lightweight, fast-absorbing, non-chalky formulas that ...

Skin lightening – using cosmetic products to make the skin appear paler by reducing the amount of pigmentation – is a multibillion-dollar industry. According to market researchers Global ...

fast-rising Nigerian artist Shoday is back with another hit. Lightening creams are formulated to reduce the appearance of hyperpigmentation, dark spots, and uneven skin tone. They are often used ...

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The global skin-lightening products market is expanding due to several factors, including the growing popularity of high-end skin care products, an increase in people’s self-consciousness ...

In an interview with Geo News, the minister said that several beauty parlours have developed their own skin-lightening creams that are not certified by the authorities concerned. “Many beauty ...

The 32-year-old used skin-whitening products on all six of her children, under pressure from her family, with results that she now deeply regrets. Fatima, whose name has been changed to protect ...