There are no FDA-approved over-the-counter skin-lightening products, the agency warns. Manufacturers and distributors of over ...

I also witnessed teenage girls buying bleaching creams for themselves and in bulk so that they could sell them to their peers. Market salesmen use powerful substances to mix skin-lightening creams ...

A mother in northern Nigeria is visibly upset as she clutches her two-year-old child, who has burns and discoloured skin ... the cream to be mixed in front of them. I noticed that many bleaching ...

A mother in northern Nigeria is visibly upset as she clutches her two-year-old child, who has burns and discoloured skin on his face ... ingredients and ask for the cream to be mixed in front of them.

Image caption, Fatima's toddler still has sores on his face from skin-lightening products that are taking time to heal The approved dosage of kojic acid in creams in Nigeria is 1%, according to ...

Billboards in the city of Kano, Nigeria, advertise skin bleaching products. The government has this year issued warnings about the potential harmful effects of these creams. Zainab Bashir Yau ...

Billboards in the city of Kano, Nigeria, advertise skin bleaching products. The government has this year issued warnings about the potential harmful effects of these creams. Zainab Bashir Yau, a ...

Another was left with darker skin than before - with a pale circle around her eyes, while a third has whitish scars on her lips and knees. Her toddler still has weeping wounds - his skin is taking ...