In the world today, specifically in third world countries like Nigeria and India, beauty is often ascribed to light skin tones. girls are told to use all sorts of beauty products to either maintain their naturally light skin tone or enhance it, so you see a lot of advice out there like adding lemon to the skin, tumeric and many others. today you hear people taking injections and drugs for skin lightening because like we have been told; "mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all" yeah?
The beauty industry is a lucrative one in Africa, most advertisers call it skin toning so it doesn't look bad. If you use any of these products or know any one that does, this article is for you. people used to call it skin bleaching but has over the years gotten more neutral terms like skin brightening, or skin lightening. in fact there are even forums where people discuss how to lighten their skin tone. If skin lightening makes you feel beautiful, I'm not here to cast a stone, but here are a few things to look out for when buying a skin lightening product.
1 read the label thoroughly to know what the product is made up of. ensure harmful ingredients like Hydroquinone, Kojic acid, and Mercury are not included.
2 Verify safety by looking for approval from FDA or NAFDAC. when a product is fully registered with NAFDAC or the regulatory body of your country, you are assured that the product is safe to be used on your skin
Using harmful skin products exposes the skin to diseases and infections as the skin is no longer thick or strong enough to keep germs away. If you can, I recommend avoiding these products entirely and focus on moisturisers for a supple and soft skin.
To avoid skin discoloration, you can avoid exposure to sunlight by using either creams or staying away from sunlight of you can.
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