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Skin lightening, also called whitening or bleaching, is a multibillion-dollar industry with products that can damage the skin and that, researchers say, promote a dangerous message about beauty and ...

It is 8.30am at a skin clinic in Mvita, Mombasa. A young, modest Swahili woman wearing a long, flowing traditional black buibui enters the clinic. She is visibly distressed; trembling, restless, and ...

A new study found skin lightening to be prevalent among people of color in the U.S. (Illustration by Victoria Ellis for Yahoo; Photo: Getty Images) The use of topical skin-lightening — also referred ...

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