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From:Sister Namibia (Vol. 25, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedTuyeimo * came to Windhoek from the North to work two years ago. From day one she felt very inferior Even when walking in the town of Windhoek, she always would notice that she seemed too dark and raw while everyone was...
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From:Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology (Vol. 80, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedByline: Amit. Pandya Witness the grand quest for perfect complexion. We see it in advertisements for beauty products promising healthy, even skin with a lustrous glow noticed by all. The success of these efforts is...
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From:Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology (Vol. 76, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: Garehatty. Kanthraj Skin-lightening agents (SLA) are used to treat hyperpigmentation. Dermatologists, pharmacists, applied botanists, and allied health care researchers have discovered and undertaken various...
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From:Feminist Studies (Vol. 38, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedIn Indonesia, the fourth most populous nation in the world, skin-whitening products are ranked highest among all revenue-generating products in the cosmetics industry. (1) Unilever Indonesia spent IDR 97 billion ($10.4...
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From:Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology (Vol. 82, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedByline: Sidharth. Sonthalia, Deepashree. Daulatabad, Rashmi. Sarkar Glutathione is a low molecular weight thiol-tripeptide that plays a prominent role in maintaining intracellular redox balance. In addition to its...
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From:Anthropological Quarterly (Vol. 93, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedSkin lightening is a global industry that claims to transform skin as a way to transform persons. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and skincare advertisements in the Philippines, this paper considers how the skin is...
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From:Ahfad Journal (Vol. 32, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe study focuses on the common knowledge, perceptions, and practices of the reasons of the usage of some drugs and chemical mixtures for bleaching and gaining weight among the Sudanese women. Sudanese man's concern of...
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From:Social and Economic Studies (Vol. 62, Issue 1-2) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT This essay offers an interpretive textual analysis of newspaper articles, music lyrics and internet commentaries on skin bleaching in Jamaica, with a particular focus on dancehall artist Vybz Kartel. I argue...
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From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 130, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground: The Minamata Convention on Mercury (Article 4) prohibits the manufacture, import, or export of skin- lightening products containing mercury concentrations above 1 ppm. However, there is a lack of knowledge...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedThe melanosome is a specialized membrane-bound organelle that is involved in melanin synthesis, storage, and transportation. In contrast to melanosome biogenesis, the processes underlying melanosome degradation remain...
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From:Prairie Schooner (Vol. 89, Issue 2)Anything black nuh good. JAMAICAN PATOIS MAXIM White mirror of morning, the body is yours. Yours the face to anoint with Epsom salts, clean teaspoon of bleach aside in the decanter. What holy water. Approach the...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe growing interest in skin lightening has recently renewed attention on the esthetic applications of Chinese herbal medicine. Although Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi is used for antipyretic and antiinflammatory...
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From:Journal of Environmental and Public HealthPeer-ReviewedMany cases of dermatologic complication were reported with the use of skin lightening products. This study assessed the skin lightening practice and health symptoms among female students. Self-administered questionnaire...