Some people of color may be putting their skin and lives in danger by subscribing to what society defines as beauty. Experts say the use of some skin bleaching products are dangerous and people need ...

Watch out for elevated mercury levels in skin-lightening products. The warning from the New York City health department is raising alarm about 22 skin-lightening products, largely from Pakistan and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Soaps, moisturisers or serums—there is one thing that is common in all, and that is glycerin. Besides skincare products, it is also widely used in its pure form to reduce dark spots, acne scars, ...

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 ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with any advertisers on this site. Skin lightening might not be a familiar topic to many Americans, but it is a popular subject globally and in some U.S.

I’m rubbing and rubbing and rubbing in circular motions into my cheeks until the sunscreen feels stiff against my skin. It's absorbed into my pores as much as it possibly can, but the ghostly greyness ...

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 ...