Health experts recommend being wary of skin-whitening creams after a Minnesota woman apparently developed peripheral visual loss that may be permanent — likely from exposure of excess levels of ...

As skin bleaching continues to take a terrible toll on individuals involved in it, dermatologists have raised the alarm over ...

Skin whitening products containing high levels of mercury continue to be sold on the world's biggest e-commerce platforms, including websites run by eBay, Amazon and Alibaba, a new report by the Zero ...

There is a growing awareness of the dangers of skin bleaching, as these products can cause serious skin problems like skin irritation, discolouration, and even cancer. In these cultures, pale skin was ...

Susan Anderson, age 52, sits in the corner of a sunlit waiting room at a dermatology clinic in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. Dark patches of skin, dotted with brighter pigments, surround her eyes and ...

MINNESOTA -- A woman in Minnesota lost part of her vision and inadvertently put her entire household at risk of mercury poisoning, most likely from using beauty creams containing high levels of the ...

A woman's skin has turned a bizarre blue-brown color after using skin-lightening cream. This condition, known as exogenous ochronosis, had been affecting the 55-year-old patient for a year before she ...

While it’s nowhere near its early 20th-century peak, the dangerous practice of skin bleaching — using creams, injections, or other products to lighten one’s complexion — has never truly disappeared.

The Associated Press reports that even after a “Don’t Kill the Skin” campaign by Jamaican health officials to educate people about the dangers of skin-bleaching cream, their use hasn’t decreased at ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of ‘White lies‘, a series by CNN’s As Equals investigating skin whitening practices worldwide to expose the underlying drivers of colorism, the industry that profits ...