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2. Skin whitening - Wikipedia

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   Skin whitening, also known as skin lightening and skin bleaching, is the practice of using chemical substances in an attempt to lighten the skin or provide an even skin color by reducing the melanin concentration in the skin. Several chemicals have been shown to be effective in skin whitening, while some have proven to be toxic or have ...

3. Skin lightening in Ghana - Wikipedia

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   The negative physical and mental impact skin bleaching has on individuals is what has caught the media and political officials attention in recent years. Kidney failure, neurological symptoms, kidney failure's, and skin cancers are a few negative physical effects from using skin lightening products. [3] Although in recent years researchers have ...

4. Discrimination based on skin tone - Wikipedia

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   [49] [50] Skin lightening cosmetics are shown to have significant side effects, which increase in frequency over time. [51] It is a burden on one's mental health in a societal setting; users of skin creams, on average, remain dissatisfied with their complexion even after using the product.

5. The skin lightening business is booming in Kenya—though no ...

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   Despite governmental bans on skin lightening products and a growing global movement to embrace one’s natural beauty, the covert business of lightening skin color thrives.

6. Blanqueamiento - Wikipedia

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   Blanqueamiento in Spanish, or branqueamento in Portuguese (both meaning whitening), is a social, political, and economic practice used in many post-colonial countries in the Americas and Oceania to "improve the race" (mejorar la raza) [1] towards a supposed ideal of whiteness. [2]

7. Serena Williams Opens Up About Regaining Her ‘Confidence ...

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   Serena Williams candidly opened up her postpartum body after welcoming her second daughter, Adira, in August 2023. Williams, 42, took to Instagram on Saturday, June 15, to share a clip of herself ...

8. Clobetasol propionate - Wikipedia

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   Clobetasol propionate is a corticosteroid that is used to treat skin conditions such as eczema, contact dermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis, steroid responsive dermatosis, and psoriasis (including scalp and plaque-type). [8] [9] It is applied to the skin as a cream, foam, gel, liquid, solution, ointment, or shampoo.

9. Human skin color - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 March 2025. "Skin pigmentation" redirects here. For animal skin pigmentation, see Biological pigment. Extended Coloured family from South Africa showing some spectrum of human skin coloration Human skin color ranges from the darkest brown to the lightest hues. Differences in skin color among ...