Inna Samson was 15 when she finally gave in to the pressure to take pills to lighten her skin tone. “It’s definitely the biggest regret I have from high school,” she says. She’s been teased for most ...

Many bleaching creams contain harmful chemicals like steroids, which can lead to skin thinning and other long-term health issues. [Courtesy] Every time Caroline* (not her real name) looked in the ...

Susan Anderson, age 52, sits in the corner of a sunlit waiting room at a dermatology clinic in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. Dark patches of skin, dotted with brighter pigments, surround her eyes and ...

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

In 2020, the global skin whitening market was reportedly valued at $8.6bn. It is projected to grow to $13.7bn by 2025. If we live in a culture where market size is synonymous with societal importance, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study found skin lightening to be prevalent among people of color in the U.S. (Illustration by Victoria Ellis for Yahoo; ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised fresh concerns over the rising use of mercury-containing skin-lightening ...

In some African countries, more than 50% of women regularly use skin-lightening products. In South Africa, the rate is 32%, ...

As a result of the dangers associated with skin bleaching, the Nigerian Association of Dermatologists (NAD) recently raised the alarm over the rising skin bleaching epidemic in the country. Apart from ...