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    Skin whitening, also known as skin lightening and skin bleaching, is the practice of using chemical substances in an attempt to lighten the skin or provide...
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    emergence of skin whitening products and cosmetics. Although skin tone differs based on a person's racial background, those with fair skin have difficulty...
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    missions. Mercury is effective as an active ingredient in skin whitening compounds used to depigment skin. The Minamata Convention on Mercury limits the concentration...
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    fair skin as more attractive and associates dark skin with lower class status; this results in a massive market for skin-whitening creams. Fairer skin-tones...
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    exposure resulting from the topical application of mercurial ointments or skin-whitening creams. Aromatase deficiency Nelson's syndrome Graves' disease Schimke...
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  • monobenzone and mequinol produce dramatic skin whitening, but react very differently. Mequinol leaves the skin looking extremely pale. However, tanning...
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    also make it easier to breathe. Face-whitening injections have also started becoming more popular as a pale skin fits within the Korean beauty standards...
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  • Tooth whitening or tooth bleaching is the process of lightening the color of human teeth. Whitening is often desirable when teeth become yellowed over...
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    Sun tanning (redirect from Skin darkening)
    top layer of the skin, resulting in a brown color.[citation needed] Sunburn Sunning Indoor tanning Perineum sunning Skin whitening Mead, MN (April 2008)...
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    chronic GVHD of the skin. Clobetasol propionate is used cosmetically for skin whitening, although this use is controversial. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
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    Blanqueamiento (category Light skin)
    Biologically, blanqueamiento is the process of whitening by marrying a lighter-skinned individual to produce lighter-skinned offspring. Peter Wade argues that blanqueamiento...
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  • depicted blonde women as envious of black-haired women. The practise of skin whitening is common amongst women in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa....
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  • offspring Signal whitening, decorrelation in signal processing Skin whitening, using chemical substances to lighten the skin Software whitening, an approach...
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  • of anti-aging products. The Japanese perceptions of excessively whitening their skin was changed by two events. The first one was the Food and Drugs Standards...
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    Light-coloured skin has been suspected to be one of the contributing factors that promote wrinkling. Dark skin Olive skin High yellow Skin whitening Blond Red...
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  • also an industry behind skin whitening products, which can be found from India to China to the United States. Because lighter skin is associated with desirable...
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  • metaphorically, such as a severe spanking which leaves clear marks Skin whitening Tan (color) Tan (disambiguation) Tannery (disambiguation) Tannin (disambiguation)...
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    they use skin whitening products."Skin lightening in Asia? A bright future?". Archived from the original on 2007-05-25. Bray M (2002-05-15). SKIN DEEP: Dying...
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  • "Achieve clear, translucent and radiant skin. Our skin whitening products work to fade dark spots and brighten skin to give you the fair, flawless complexion...
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    an oil-free moisturizer that acted like a skin bleach. However the use of hydroquinone for skin whitening has been banned in European countries due to...
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    men who work in the field, as a matter of course, generally have their skin stained red and burnt by the sun, and especially is this true of the back...
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    PEEK. Hydroquinone is used as a topical application in skin whitening to reduce the color of skin. It does not have the same predisposition to cause dermatitis...
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    BB cream (category Skin care)
    multiple shades for different skin colors, most formulae are designed to oxidize to match the user's skin tone. The skin-whitening properties of the cream as...
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    Thanigaimalai; Manickam, Manoj; Namasivayam, Vigneshwaran (2017-01-18). "Skin whitening agents: medicinal chemistry perspective of tyrosinase inhibitors". Journal...
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  • preference for lighter skin is prevalent. However, East Asian countries tend to embrace their natural skin tone. The history of skin whitening in East Asia dates...
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    Skin treatment including face whitening agent and dark eye circles serum can also incorporated in MNPs. Its localized property enhance skin whitening...
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    ascorbic acid, show antiscorbutic effects. It is also sometimes used in skin whitening products. Ascorbyl glucoside is synthesized through a glycosylation...
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    Nail polish Pedicure Body Cold cream Lotion Peeling Plastic surgery Skin whitening Sunless tanning Related Cosmetic electrotherapy Cosmetic ingredients...
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  • Wayback Machine, Thaindian News, 6 May 2008 Criticism in India over skin-whitening trend Archived 1 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, The Daily Telegraph...
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    parent company Procter & Gamble (P&G) and is sold and marketed as a premium skin care solution in East Asia as well as North America, Europe and Australia...
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