Skin Lightening: What I didn't know about it - BBC Stories
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Published 2018-08-06
Some of the creams contain dangerous chemicals that could result in an increased risk of skin cancer.
BBC Stories investigates what’s actually in these illegal creams, what damage can they do and why its so easy to get your hands on these illegal products. “If you’re worried the cream you’re using may contain illegal chemicals, you can have a look at Southwark Council’s banned product list or contact your local citizen’s advice bureau.”
The link to Southwark council list is on this site below. If you scroll down to banned products and click on the PDF called “illegal skin lightening products”
(www.southwark.gov.uk/business/trading-standards-an…)
#skinglightening #skinwhitening #skinbleaching
All Comments (21)
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Here from Jackie's video 😆 Jackie Jackie Jackie Jackie Jackie Jackie Jackie JACKIE JACKIE JACKIE
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If it's dark in a room you really won't see anyone at all..
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Jackie brought me here.
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“Why should I date someone who I can’t see in the dark...” Me: You can’t see anyone in the dark WTH!!!
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Why am I seeing ads of skin bleaching products right below the video?
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I may not understand what it's like to be dark but please don't do this to your skin people.😣😣
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A distant relative died from taking bleaching or is it skin smoothening pills that were bought in South Africa. She eventually got lung, kidney, liver failure. Basically, all her organs failed. And the sad part is the husband din't know she was doing all this.
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From a back woman as a child I was taught If you really want to love yourself, start by wearing your own hair that grows out of your scalp and continue to embrace being naturally beautiful.
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I am from india, A relative of mine told me that i would be beautiful if i were fair skinned (inside my mind i thought that she is nuts and moved from that place)
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Wow they make a video against skin bleaching yet there’s an add for “shop skin bleaching” under the video wtf is wrong with this world ?!
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If they can't see your beauty in the dark, tell them to eat more carrots. Don't change yourself for the one you love, especially if they don't love you back.
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Being a middle eastern with light skin I have always thought black people are so beautiful, I would never understand why would they wanna go lighter
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I hate to sound patronising but these two ladies are beyond stunning. Like drop dead gorgeous! Wow, so we are really going to tell God that he made a mistake with us and believe in magazines/ society or others shallow brainwashed insecure thoughts about us instead...?¿ I’m so confused ¿ As WOC let’s fight & stand against this prejudice and ignorance once and for all, cause it has no place in our communities and future generations.
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Everyone has heard about the warnings of using a tanning bed but not the warnings of using skin whitening creams
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Meanwhile we have people like the Kardashians spending thousands to get black features lol
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Nooo :( I'm from a country where there is no dark skinned minority or majority.. And I always look at someone with a darker complexion with awe.. Its so beautiful! And as a matter of fact, in elementary school I was made fun of because I was too white.. They called me a vampire and teased me.. So the bullies always find a way to shame anyone into feeling not pretty.
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Black skin don't age fast that what I like about my dark skin... From Ghana....
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mariam looks better with her own skin than with the bleach
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These girls are so beautiful!!! They didn't need lighten their skin, just needed to learn to love themselves 💕 and stop hurting their bodies 🙏
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It’s such a funny world, usually people with dark skin want to lighten it and usually people with white skin want to darken it. Just be happy no matter how dark or light you are. ❤️
