A random search for “Skin Lightening Products in Kenya” on social media and other online platforms yields hundreds of results and thousands of comments from people who are desperate to change their ...

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 ...

The global skin-lightening market is worth over $10 billion and growing, but the unregulated products driving it contain ...

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We're tired of our dark skin not being considered worthy and beautiful. In the wake of the Black Lives Matter Movement, Eurocentric ideals of beauty have been brought to the world's attention. One ...

The skin lightening industry is filled with products containing ingredients that could literally kill you. Mercury, hydroquinone and other toxic chemicals promise brighter skin but deliver cancer, ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A Sacramento woman suffers permanent injuries and is unable to speak or care for herself after using a skin-lightening cream. The 47-year-old has the first case of mercury ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with any advertisers on this site. Skin lightening might not be a familiar topic to many Americans, but it is a popular subject globally and in some U.S.