FDA Warning on Skin Creams: Some products did not even provide essential information, such as manufacturing and expiration ...

The government in Nigeria is warning about the health risks of skin lightening, where potent chemicals can thin and damage skin. It's a booming... Skin bleaching is terribly popular -- and takes a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Serena loves the skin she’s in and she’s made that crystal clear following recent accusations of lightening her complexion. After ...

Every few months, social media stirs up the same tired conversation: Skin bleaching. Someone’s glow-up or flawless look has the internet in a frenzy, and the accusations start flying. This time, ...

Cardi B called out “dumb” speculations about her complexion while pregnant with her and estranged husband Offset’s third child together. The “Bodak Yellow” singer clapped back at an X user Wednesday ...

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 ...

In these cultures, pale skin was associated with wealth and status, as it signified that one did not have to work outdoors in the sun. During the colonial era, the preference for pale skin spread to ...

Serena Williams went viral after a video from her daughter’s school play sparked speculation that she might be bleaching her skin. Serena Williams has responded after a recent video sparked claims the ...

Skin bleaching in Africa is gaining popularity despite many health risks. In spite of the danger, people use toxic creams and injections and pills to become more fair, in the belief that lighter skin ...

A Performance Studies PhD candidate at Northwestern University in the United States, Olabanke Goriola, has said skin bleaching among Nigerian women is driven by childhood conditioning that equates ...

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 ...