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Enduring taboos and the future of skin bleaching

Many condemn skin bleaching in public while secretly lightening their own complexions. To break away from these taboos, we need honest information and open conversation.

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When skin bleaching goes wrong

Warnings about permanent health damage don’t deter those using skin-bleaching products for years on end. Read the story of one woman who suffered from liver failure after years of striving to be paler.

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The desire for lighter skin

Discover why some Black people feel more attractive with lighter skin. Ngunan Adamu speaks to three women who explain how they got hooked on skin bleaching.

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The case for safe skin bleaching

Skin bleaching tends to attract a negative press for a whole host of reasons. But when used to treat medical problems, its positive side becomes clear.

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  • Hazeline Cream; Protects The Skin/ cBurroughs Wellcome and Co.
  • Rose & Lily Skin Cream: Keeps the skin soft, smooth and white in all seasons.
  • Advertisement for "Ozozo" skin cream
  • Tanacetum cinerariifolium Sch.Blp. Asteraceae Dalmation chrysanthemum, Pyrethrum, Pellitory, Tansy. Distribution: Balkans. Source of the insecticides called pyrethrins. The Physicians of Myddfai in the 13th century used it for toothache. Gerard called it Pyrethrum officinare, Pellitorie of Spain but mentions no insecticidal use, mostly for 'palsies', agues, epilepsy, headaches, to induce salivation, and applied to the skin, to induce sweating. He advised surgeons to use it to make a cream against the Morbum Neopolitanum [syphilis]. However he also describes Tanacetum or Tansy quite separately.. Quincy (1718) gave the same uses
  • Skin like velvet : Wellcome Toilet Lanoline : keeps the skin soft and supple.
  • Skin like velvet : Wellcome Toilet Lanoline : keeps the skin soft and supple.
  • Scabiplastine : pate colloïdale soufrée zwavelhoudende zalf.
  • Scabiplastine : pate colloïdale soufrée zwavelhoudende zalf.
  • Scabiplastine : pate colloïdale soufrée zwavelhoudende zalf.
  • Scabiplastine : pate colloïdale soufrée zwavelhoudende zalf.
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