Effects Of Bleaching

By Regina Williams and Namme zakariaya

Skin toning is the use of highly chemical cream for lighting skin by lessening the concentration of melanin,and it very common among young adult and the older generation who are dark in complexion and some light skinned people to lighten up and some people go extra mile by using piles and injection like hydrocorxan

Skin bleaching is very common in Nigeria about 90percent of the female population use toning creams .

Beauty they say lie in the eyes of the beholder, and black is beauty ,toning skin doesn't make us more beautiful but fade away the beauty in our skin and complexion by using artificial items to attract the opposite sex and is very common among ladies.

Most skin lighting cream contain hydroquinone ,a toning agent that suppresses the production of melanin and reduces the natural protection against ultraviolet radiation, causing hazardous effect to the skin. The cream also contain mercury which has toxin that causes cancer to the skin and theatre cannot be done cause it difficult to stitch

Although bleaching cream lighten the skin to make it attractive and beautiful but it also have it side effects which is more than its advantages . Some chronic bleaching cause stretch mark and spot over the body bruise that doesn't heal easily and make the body colour to be two colour like black and white is not attractive and sometimes irritate people and causes body odour.

It is advised, that people should try and maintain their natural colour and avoid bleaching cream and soap and any thing that might changes complexion.

By Regina Williams and Namme Zakariaya students of mass communication department university of Maiduguri.

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