Skin lightening products-- also known as bleaching creams, whiteners, skin brighteners, or fading creams -- work by reducing a pigment called melanin in the skin. Most people who use lighteners do ...

Mercury is a neurotoxin used as a preservative in skin-lightening creams. It is commonly found in products generously applied to the skin, which increases the level of exposure, said Chris ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the over-the-counter sale of skin care products with mercury and hydroquinone in ...

Benson explains that she has had patients come in saying they have been using "all-natural" bleaching creams but have the "tell-tale signs" of stretch marks associated with steroid use.

I visited a popular market in Kano, where people who call themselves "mixologists" create skin-whitening creams from scratch. The market has a whole row of shops where thousands of these creams ...