One of the most disturbing legacies that plagues the African American community is the light skin/dark skin issue. Whether we like it or not, many dark-skinned women still find that, in some cases, ...

Skin lightening, already a troubling cosmetic trend, can also be hazardous to your health depending on the product being used Suggested Reading After 12-year-old Girl Dies Following School Bus Fight, ...

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, is aimed ...

An investigation into skin-lightening products sold online found mercury in nearly half of products tested. Federal law and an international treaty restrict the use of mercury in cosmetics to 1 ppm.

Skin bleaching is a method of lightening skin by using products that reduce melanin production, a pigment that makes skin dark. Skin bleaching typically involves using skin-lightening creams to ...

Amazon has agreed to block sales of skin-lightening creams containing dangerous amounts of mercury. The agreement settles a decadelong lawsuit brought by the shareholder advocacy group As You Sow.

Illegal skin-lightening creams were found on sale in the UK, but they are far from the only place where colorism is driving the trend to this day. While it’s nowhere near its early 20th-century peak, ...

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 physically ...

Illegal skin-lightening products are still on sale in a wide range of UK outlets, including grocery stores, specialist food shops and even butcher’s, say trading standards officers. The Chartered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Creams marketed to lighten skin tone are being sold illegally on British high streets, including in butchers and specialist food ...

While it’s nowhere near its early 20th-century peak, the dangerous practice of skin bleaching — using creams, injections, or other products to lighten one’s complexion — has never truly disappeared.

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Creams marketed to lighten skin tone are being sold illegally on British high streets, including in butchers and specialist food shops. It is an unsettling discovery, but ...