It got worse as she got older. In high school, she was nominated for the "Makeover Required" category in her high school in Islamabad, Pakistan. And in graduate school, fellow students would yell "let ...

The cosmetics industry has a long history of furthering the potentially dangerous and definitely racist notion that a person’s self-worth is tied to the color of their skin. And skin-whitening ...

Skin whitening is the use of cosmetic products or services to reduce the amount of melanin, or pigment, in the skin to make it appear lighter. It’s a big industry and predominantly targets women of ...

While many Americans often long for the perfect tan, a popular desire in Asia for many women and men is fair skin. Current skin-whitening products often contain mercury and the chemical hydroquinone, ...

Skin-whitening creams containing mercury pose a serious threat to kidney health. These products, often sold online and ...

Unilever’s “Fair & Lovely” brand is sold across Asia as a popular skin whitener. The company announced that it would change the name and remove the words “fair,” “whitening” and “lightening” from its ...

In addition to mercury, many skin whitening products also contain hydroquinone, a bleaching agent described as “the ...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are fending off backlash for a partnership they engaged in with a beauty care line that peddles skin-whitening creams – which many have raised their eyebrows at ...

The Neutrogena and Clean & Clear products, which were advertised as dark-spot reducers and were sold in Asia and the Middle East, will soon come off the shelves, the manufacturer said. By Maria Cramer ...

“Light skin, white skin, is still considered the ambassador of beauty,” Lodhi said. A recent study found that more than half of 1,992 men and women surveyed about product use in India had tried skin ...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are facing criticism for their new partnership with a company that sells skin-whitening creams — with some questioning how the deal squares with their anti-racism ...

The ridicule started at age 6. Classmates would bully Fatima Lodhi, taunting her and other darker students with derogatory names. It got worse as she got older. In high school, she was nominated for ...