The model, 20, speaks out against skin bleaching and says it's 'a very big problem' in her native Senegal Model Khoudia Diop is opening up about the pressure that exists for many women in Senegal to ...

American rapper Azealia Banks was blasted with negative comments last month after she admitted to loving a skin-whitening product. Now the 25-year-old has hit back at her haters in a Facebook Live ...

A new study found skin lightening to be prevalent among people of color in the U.S. (Illustration by Victoria Ellis for Yahoo; Photo: Getty Images) The use of topical skin-lightening — also referred ...

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 ...

Fans are outraged after Blac Chyna endorsed a skin bleaching product on Instagram. The 30-year-old partnered with Whitenicious by Dencia to produce a $250 skin brightening lotion, sold in a jar ...

Men and women in South Africa are turning to highly dangerous skin bleaching creams, in a desperate bid to whiten their skin and become “more successful.” In an underground report, correspondent Tania ...

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 ...

“What’s the difference between wearing a hair weave and changing your skin color? ... There really isn't a difference ... To say that it negates anything I've said about the blackness in America is ...

Facial bleaching is an instant method of lightening facial hair and enhancing the tone of your complexion, but it has the potential to unbalance your skin's pH and protective barrier temporarily. The ...

Serena Williams took to Instagram Live on Dec. 2 to slam social media bullies who accused her of bleaching her skin.The accusations began circulating after a video of the 43-year-old tennis star ...

Although the saying goes, “The darker the berry, the sweeter the juice,” society does tend to show favoritism to fairer-skinned people so it’s understandable for celebrities to feel pressure to ...