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 ...

The Nigerian government issues new warnings against the dangers involved in using skin whitening products, in a country that has often been called the " world capital of skin bleaching" ...

The Philippine Dermatological Society (PDS) again reminded the public on Monday that injectable glutathione is not approved by local authorities for skin whitening and can ...

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

Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, raised concerns over increasing use of skin-lightening products in Nigeria, citing health risks.

Amazon on Friday settled a decadelong legal battle by agreeing to block skin-lightening creams containing dangerous amounts of mercury from its website. The settlement requires that Amazon pay a ...

While on a mission to find out how easy it is to access skin lightening products from a chemist in Nairobi’s central business district, this writer asked for an injection. “We don’t have ...