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 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 ...

The Hidden Dangers of Skin Lightening Products | Oz Beauty & Skincare Dr. Oz investigates the dangerous and growing market of ...

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 ...

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, ...

Susan Anderson, age 52, sits in the corner of a sunlit waiting room at a dermatology clinic in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. Dark patches of skin, dotted with brighter pigments, surround her eyes and ...

Skin whitening is a major industry around the world, including in the U.S., but it is endemic in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country. It's rooted in colonial-era beauty standards that see brighter ...

Susan Anderson, age 52, sits in the corner of a sunlit waiting room at a dermatology clinic in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. Dark patches of skin, dotted with brighter pigments, surround her eyes and ...