Skin whitening creams with mercury make their way all over the world, and sellers are able to get away with it due to poor government safety controls in many places. Online sales also make it easy to completely avoid detection and checks.
Watch this riveting documentary about how Asians and Africans living in the UK are seeking to change their facial appearance to look more Caucasian.
Smoking is especially bad for people with dark skin because melanin hangs onto nicotine. Stronger addiction means it’s harder for those who are darker-skinned to kick the habit. In fact, white smokers are 15% better at quitting than blacks even though they smoke more cigarettes a day.
During the Renaissance period, an ideal beauty meant a white face with reddened lips and cheeks. But as a pure white complexion is impossible for a healthy person to attain naturally, women then used creams and other methods to whiten their skin.
Rice powder contains para aminobenzoic acid, ferulic acid and allantoin. When applied as a paste on the skin, rice powder has been shown to inhibit tyrosinase (responsible for starting melanin production).
Rice powder contains para aminobenzoic acid, ferulic acid and allantoin. When applied as a paste on the skin, rice powder has been shown to inhibit tyrosinase (responsible for starting melanin production).