"Even though my hands are discoloured, I am here to buy creams for my kids so they can be light-skinned. I believe my hands ...

Conducted from January 2023 to January 2024 among people aged 18-29, the study said “a high frequency of SLP use is related ...

The New York City Health Department said 22 skin-lightening products, including 15 from Pakistan and two from Thailand, had dangerous levels of mercury.

"I almost died at that point." This phone photograph depicts Susan Anderson's skin after decades of using lightening products ...

There are no FDA-approved over-the-counter skin-lightening products, the agency warns. Manufacturers and distributors of over-the-counter skin-lightening creams have been ordered to remove their ...

The 32-year-old used skin-whitening products on all six of her children, under pressure from her family, with results that she now deeply regrets. Fatima, whose name has been changed to protect ...

Toxics and pollution watchdog BAN Toxics has warned the public about the continued sale of banned skin whitening products in ...

Skin bleaching continues to be an escalating public health crisis in Zimbabwe and across Africa, with new findings from the World Health Organisation (WHO) revealing that around 25 to 80 percent of ...

A woman's before-and-after video showing dramatic results from skin bleaching has sparked debate after she worried her ...

When a mother of six from Nigeria, began using skin-lightening creams on her children, she never imagined the consequences. Under pressure from her family, she believed she was giving her children ...