A report out of Minnesota indicates a woman saw multiple doctors for non-specific symptoms, which progressed to the loss of her peripheral vision, apparently tied to skin-whitening products.

Mercury, when added to topical creams and lotions is meant to lighten the skin “as it works to inhibit the formation of melanin,” explains Marisa Garshick, M.D., a leading board-certified ...

According to an eye-opening article in The New York Times, over-the-counter skin lightening creams like Fair & White can cause disturbing side-effects.

To be fair, we have known for a long time that skin whitening products contain mercury and the FDA even issued a warning about it in 2016 — but the chemical blocks the production of melanin, so ...

Products that lighten the skin are designed to reduce melanin [RxRejuvenate] Is it safe? The safety of skin lightening products depends on what’s in them. Some ingredients found in popular skin ...

Skin lightening products can be dangerous for consumers when they contain harmful ingredients that are illegal for over-the-counter sales, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned.

For its research, ZMWG purchased and tested 271 skin lightening products from more than 40 e-commerce sites in 17 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

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.

There are no FDA-approved over-the-counter skin-lightening products, the agency warns. Manufacturers and distributors of over-the-counter skin-lightening creams have been ordered to remove their ...

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 ...