Mercury salts inhibit the formation of melanin, resulting in a lighter skin tone. Skin lightening soaps and creams are commonly used in certain African among dark-skinned populations. Skin lightening ...

Heather Nelson, from the Leeds-based Black Health Initiative community organisation, which aims to deliver equality in health and social care, said the scale of use of creams for skin lightening ...

Skin lightening - also referred to as skin whitening or bleaching – refers to the use of cosmetic products, mainly creams or soaps ... aimed particularly at African-Jamaican women. In 2004, it was ...

Rwanda has become the latest in a string of African countries to ban skin bleaching products, but Global Industry Analysts predict that the skin lightening industry will reach $31.2 billion by ...

Whitening and lightening creams are not only physically damaging, but also ethically wrong. "Empowerment is not too much to ask for. All black skin is beautiful, no exceptions. "Celebrate us as we ...

As previously reported by theGrio, skin-lightening products are unfortunately prevalent in Black communities, especially amongst Black women. While some opt to use products to lighten their skin ...

Bleached skin doesn’t look like that.” “I’m dark-skinned and I look lighter in the sun and under some good lights as well come on now every black person should know this,” a third ...