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Kenya: Quest for Beauty Exposes Unborn Babies to Poison
Nation, 21 November 2017
Happiness* and Leone* a lovely West African couple came to me for antenatal care a few years ago. Read more »
Ever Thought How Skin Bleaching Can Affect Your Unborn Baby?
Many of the skin bleaching agents sold in Kenya are not approved for use by the Kenya Bureau of Standards and are sold on the black market. This means that their content is not known but common agents include hydroquinone, mercury, salicylic acid, retinoic acid and steroids.
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Cameroon: When a Beauty Technique Is Cancerous!
Cameroon Tribune, 10 November 2017
Some of the products used in bleaching the skin are said to be potential cause to skin cancer. Read more »
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Nigeria: Mixed Reactions Over Call for Ban of Skin Bleaching Creams
Premium Times, 3 September 2017
Over the years, bleaching creams also known as skin lighteners, whiteners, brighteners or fading creams were used for the purpose of treating skin problems such as freckles, age… Read more »
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Nigeria: Ban Importation of Skin Bleaching Creams, Don Tells Nigerian Govt
Premium Times, 16 August 2017
An immunologist and Head, Department of Chemical Pathology, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Ganiyu Arinola, has called for a ban on the importation of bleaching creams. Read more »
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Africa: An Unfortunate Reminder That Dark Skin Is Still 'Not Beautiful'
allAfrica, 24 October 2017
"You are pretty for a dark-skinned girl" Read more »
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Africa: Self-Love - Not Bans - Will Bring an End to Africa's Bleaching Syndrome
The Conversation Africa, 12 June 2017
To be black in the world today is to be stigmatised for having dark skin. To be light-skinned, on the other hand, is to be celebrated in line with western beauty standards. Read more »
