When Nina Davuluri was crowned Miss America, becoming the first Indian Miss America, not everyone was celebrating her barrier-breaking win. In India, where Davuluri's family emigrated from, her ...

Bollywood actors posting against racism in the wake of George Floyd’s death and worldwide demonstrations have been called out on social media this week for their promotions of Indian skin lightening ...

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 ...

A skin lightening mask is applied to the face during a demonstration for the Associated Press Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at the Skin and Body International Centre in Lenasia, Johannesburg. For years, ...

Many women aren't aware that there's a vast difference between lightening, brightening, and whitening creams. So, how can you determine which cream is the perfect fit for your skin type? To start, you ...

These Bollywood celebrities are fair-skinned — and two-faced, critics say. “Wherever you live, whatever your circumstances, NO ONE deserves to die, especially at the hands of another because of their ...

MINNESOTA -- A woman in Minnesota lost part of her vision and inadvertently put her entire household at risk of mercury poisoning, most likely from using beauty creams containing high levels of the ...

Skin whitening products containing high levels of mercury continue to be sold on the world's biggest e-commerce platforms, including websites run by eBay, Amazon and Alibaba, a new report by the Zero ...

Skin-whitening creams containing mercury pose a serious threat to kidney health. These products, often sold online and unregulated, allow mercury to enter the bloodstream and damage vital organs. The ...

An investigation into skin-lightening products sold online found mercury in nearly half of products tested. Federal law and an international treaty restrict the use of mercury in cosmetics to 1 ppm.