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  2. Use of skin-lightening products is still prevalent among ...

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    Why are some skin-lightening ingredients harmful, and what does using these products say about colorism in the U.S.? Use of skin-lightening products is still prevalent among people of color, new ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Colorism is driving women of color to use harmful skin ...

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    A majority of Black women reported using skin lightening products, with some admitting that they didn’t know the products contained harmful ingredients like hydroquinone, according to a survey ...

  5. EBay vendor gets suspended sentence for selling dangerous ...

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    Campaigners are calling for tighter restrictions on the sale of toxic skin-lightening products as an eBay seller has been jailed for selling over 20,000 bottles of the illegal goods.. South London ...

  6. Skin lightening in Ghana - Wikipedia

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    The heavy demand for skin lightening products resulted in manufactures producing body creams, hair dyes, shampoos/conditioners, and moisturizers all containing Mercury. [2] Mercurial preparations to the skin has become a lucrative industry in Ghana and other countries by advertising models that have a fair skin complexion on billboards and in ...

  7. Depigmentation - Wikipedia

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    Depigmentation is the lightening of the skin or loss of pigment. Depigmentation of the skin can be caused by a number of local and systemic conditions. The pigment loss can be partial (injury to the skin) or complete (caused by vitiligo). It can be temporary (from tinea versicolor) or permanent (from albinism). [1]

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