Yeboah started using skin whitening creams at 14 years old. "I started lightening my skin because I thought, well, if I can alleviate one of the things that makes me have no privilege, ...

Testing also revealed that her skin-lightening cream that she had obtained from Mexico contained 12,000 ppm of mercury. Chelation therapy did not reverse her symptoms, ...

Consumers should be wary of high levels of mercury in certain skin-lightening creams imported from other countries, the California Department of Public Health warned Thursday. The state agency ...

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 ...

Skin-lightening products are popular throughout the world, and the market is projected to grow to $31.2 billion by 2024, according to Global Industry Analysts, a publisher of market research.

City health officials on Friday warned people not to use certain skin-lightening creams from Pakistan and a pair of soaps from Spain — saying they contained as much as 14,000 times the level ...

Some creams promising to lighten skin, eliminate age spots and zap freckles contain high levels of mercury, a toxic metal that can cause severe health problems, a Tribune investigation has found.

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 ...

But Gokani says he believes most of the young Indian men who show up for those auditions are using skin-lightening creams. "Out of 500, I think at least 300 of them, definitely," he says.

Though Chyna’s cream claims to preserve the complexion and “lighten without bleaching skin out,” many on social media have called the product a “bleaching cream” and are also criticizing ...

Unilever PLCUL0.10%increase; green up pointing triangle is facing fresh backlash against a skin-lightening cream that is one of its better-selling products, as scrutiny mounts for brands that some ...

The market for skin-lightening creams in Nigeria is big — according to a 2011 report by the World Health Organization, 77 percent of Nigerian women use skin-lightening products.