Men and women in South Africa are turning to highly dangerous skin bleaching creams, in a desperate bid to whiten their skin and become “more successful.” In an underground report ...

Dermatologists are treating more and more women who have used skin-lightening creams, which, while bought over the counter, contain prescription-strength levels of steroids that can cause ...

The first time Anderson used a skin whitening cream she was 12. Her stepmother gave it to her but didn't tell her what it was for. "She never explained it to me," she says. "I just felt it was a ...

MIAMI – Most of us have heard of skin tanning but what about skin bleaching? Bleaching creams can be used to correct the color pigments from scars or skin diseases like vitiligo. But according ...

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 ...

Bleaching is defined as the application of chemicals and steroid creams to the skin to obtain a fairer or whiter colour. In medicine we treat many diseases with steroid creams. One of the side ...

They have created a booming global business in bleach creams and injectables valued at $8.6 billion in 2020; $2.3 billion was spent in the U.S. alone. The market is projected to reach $12.3 ...