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 ...

Once primarily sold in markets and beauty stores, skin-lightening products have exploded in their availability online and today, they are pervasive on every major social media platform.

Many people using skin-lightening products are unaware of the harmful side effects, according to a new report. Skin bleaching in the US is an expanding — and unregulated — industry ...

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Those who rely on skin-lightening products are largely unaware of their potential harm and don’t consult a doctor before trying them, according to an analysis in the International Journal of ...

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 ...

Skin lightening, also called whitening or bleaching, is a multibillion-dollar industry with products that can damage the skin and that, researchers say, promote a dangerous message about beauty ...

The findings also reinforced the prevalence of skin lightening in the U.S. “The most surprising finding was the lack of awareness of ingredients in products being purchased over the counter and ...