"Stretch marks, or striae, occur when our skin stretches and the collagen and elastin fibers that support the skin rupture," ...

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 ...

The first time Anderson used a skin whitening cream she was 12. Her stepmother gave it to her but didn't tell her what it was for. "She never explained it to me," she says. "I just felt it was a ...

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 ...

Doctors who first saw her said it looked as if she had first-degree burns. The first time Anderson used a skin whitening cream she was 12. Her stepmother gave it to her but didn't tell her what it was ...