Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study found skin lightening to be prevalent among people of color in the U.S. (Illustration by Victoria Ellis for Yahoo; ...

The skin lightening products market is growing steadily due to increasing consumer preference for effective brightening solutions, rising demand for natural and premium skincare products, and ...

Skin lightening products-- also known as bleaching creams, whiteners, skin brighteners, or fading creams -- work by reducing a pigment called melanin in the skin. Most people who use lighteners do so ...

Skin lightening is prevalent in the U.S. among skin of color individuals—particularly women—but the people who use those products don't know the risks, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

Creams, pills and injections that promise to lighten skin colour are increasingly popular, despite many being illegal. What drives so many people to ignore the risks? On a crisp, sunny morning a ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Karmel Square is a hub of the Somali community here, a colorful, cheerfully noisy hodgepodge of vendors and restaurants unofficially known as the Somali Mall. Amira Adawe stops by often ...

I was 9 when I received my first—and last—skin-lightening product. It was a black bar of soap gifted to me by an aunt who was visiting from the Philippines at the time. On the label, it promised to ...

Despite ongoing warnings from health experts about the associated risks, the use of skin-lightening products remains prevalent in South Africa.