Some skin care products containing harmful ingredients are for sale online and in South Florida stores. Many local beauty supply stores have aisles filled with products advertised to “lighten,” “fade, ...

Skin discoloration happens to all of us. Everything from sun exposure and friction to hormones and past breakouts can leave ...

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 ...

Skin lightening is a popular topic, especially in places where lighter skin is seen as more desirable. So many want to lighten dark spots, even out their skin tone, or try to achieve a certain beauty ...

Dark spots, sun spots, melasma — whatever form it takes, hyperpigmentation can be one of the hardest skin concerns to address. Left alone, it can take months to fade (if that) and be difficult to ...

The skin lightening industry is filled with products containing ingredients that could literally kill you. Mercury, hydroquinone and other toxic chemicals promise brighter skin but deliver cancer, ...

State Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday ordered three Long Island companies to stop selling skin-lightening creams and other cosmetics containing mercury. "Mercury is poison, not a beauty ...

In many parts of the world skin whitening is a major industry, but women in Nigeria have a particular fondness for creams and lotions that promise to lighten their skin. By one estimate, over 77% of ...

Skin lightening products from three Long Island-based companies are being forced off the market after an investigation found dangerously high — and illegal — levels of mercury in the cosmetics, ...

Viral discourse around skin bleaching has ensued on TikTok. Consumers have been discussing everything from promoting hydroquinone in facials to bleaching creams turning the skin yellow. Black women ...