Skin bleaching is a cosmetic practice that aims to lighten someone’s skin. Some individuals may use it to try lightening specific areas or dark spots, while others may want to lighten their overall ...

The skin lightening industry is filled with products containing ingredients that could literally kill you. Mercury, hydroquinone and other toxic chemicals promise brighter skin but deliver cancer, ...

Skin bleaching is a method of lightening skin by using products that reduce melanin production, a pigment that makes skin dark. Skin bleaching typically involves using skin-lightening creams to ...

CNN anchor Victor Blackwell took out an epic pair of Beyoncé tour shoes as he talked about her new film Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé and defended the superstar over claims she changed her skin color ...

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 ...

EcoWaste Coalition flags 13 imported skin whitening creams containing dangerous mercury levels, urging the FDA and BOC to act ...

Nelly Furtado claimed in a new interview that magazines used to “lighten” her skin and alter her body shape during the early days of her fame in the 2000s. “I have olive skin, and they’d kind of ...

Skin lightening is a popular topic, especially in places where lighter skin is seen as more desirable. So many want to lighten dark spots, even out their skin tone, or try to achieve a certain beauty ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Skin lightening agents are reportedly used in more than 20% of individuals with skin of color. Many individuals ...

Fashion maven and “Queer Eye” star Tan France is slamming a “disturbing” beauty trend in a new documentary, where he’s also joined by Kelly Rowland. Called “Beauty and the Bleach,” the documentary ...

British American fashion designer and TV personality Tan France addresses colorism and being left for dead after a racially motivated gang attack in the new BBC documentary, “Tan France: Beauty & the ...

Skin lightening might not be a familiar topic to many Americans, but it is an intensely popular subject globally and in some U.S. communities of color: The hashtag #whiteningcream has over 40 million ...