A woman's skin has turned a bizarre blue-brown color after using skin-lightening cream. This condition, known as exogenous ochronosis, had been affecting the 55-year-old patient for a year before she ...

Illegal product containing hazardous chemicals still being sold across the country ...

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 ...

The illegal trade in mercury-laden cosmetics is still thriving in open markets in Kenya despite the adoption of the National Action Plan for the phase-out of products with added mercury. Even after ...

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 ...

80% of respondents’ children exposed to skin bleaching products were under 2 years old; Aesthetic preferences trumped knowledge of health risks, responses indicated A significant proportion of under ...