Doctors who first saw her said it looked as if she had first-degree burns. 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 ...

The International League of Dermatological Societies has released an updated position statement on the use of topical ...

Today, he's in search of contraband cosmetics: illegal skin bleaching creams British authorities say can be harmful to consumers. Within minutes, he's found almost a dozen bars of soap listing a ...

Shade bias revolves around the preferential treatment of people with a lighter skin tone - and writer ... than your natural skintone, using bleaching creams will seem like the only answer.

a friend told him about a cream that would make him look just like them. READ: Dermatologists warn skin bleaching could cause kidney failure, cancer “I just wanted to look like my siblings.

I visited a popular market in Kano, where people who call themselves "mixologists" create skin-whitening creams from scratch. The market has a whole row of shops where thousands of these creams ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Many bleaching creams contain harmful chemicals like steroids, which can lead to skin ...

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 ...