Ghana is putting a stop to products that contain a potentially harmful skin-lightening ingredient. (Photo: Getty Images) Skin bleaching is a popular practice in several countries, including parts of ...

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Face 2 Face Africa reports that come August, Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority will ban the sale of cosmetic products that contain the skin-bleaching ingredient hydroquinone, which has been ...

Ghana’s Food and ... market included skin lightening agents. Colorism has plagued the African American community for years. In 2012, the documentary “Dark Girls” examined skin tone ...

Many women across Africa use unregulated skin bleaching products in a bid to fit into perceived standards of beauty that put more value on fairer skin than dark. In Ghana, authorities have banned ...

In Ghana, skin whitening or lightening is as widespread as it is in parts of Africa due to unfettered access to various brands of bleaching creams, often blamed on the continent’s lax regulations.

Skin Bleaching in Ghana "When You Are Light-Skinned ... her hands that she has used bleaching products. Most people retain dark knuckles and elbows. Bleaching products can actually lighten ...

Women with dark skin are left under the pressure to meet these standards; it is why a country like Ghana, noted for its dark skinned beauties, is now gaining a sad reputation for being the West ...

In sum, while I wholeheartedly agree with Mrs. Oduro that skin-bleaching is a tragic reflection on Ghana's embarrassing ... as well as other dark-skinned peoples globally, have been endowed ...