In her quest for "fair skin", an Ivorian YouTuber recently visited a market stall in Abidjan to receive several injections promoted as containing whitening agents. The influencer, who asked to ...

“Despite the well-documented harmful effects, the use of skin bleaching products like creams, ointments, soap, pills and injections is common among non-white populations throughout the world.

Harish, a bank salesperson, experienced kidney damage after using an unlabelled skin-whitening cream containing heavy metals. Doctors revealed such creams can cause membranous nephropathy.

Glutathione, known as the 'master antioxidant', is praised for its benefits including detoxification, boosting immunity, ...

lamented the high prevalence of bleaching products on Nigerian market, including creams, ointments, soap, pills and injections. "Nigeria may have been called 'the world capital of skin bleaching' ...