Saturday, 13 February 2016

The plague of skin bleaching in Africa

File photo of bleaching
When Sharon (not real name) took to bleaching her ebony skin, she never expected a burnt face, shrunk skin, and green veins all over her body at a young age of 27.

All she wanted as a result is to look prettier and more attractive to enable the men folks to find her more delectable and acceptable than her peers as well as oppress them with her new found radiance.
Little did she know that the components of the cream she bought to give her a foreign beauty were not only fake but also harmful to the skin. She had been using it for about four years before she started getting the wrong results.
This however became the cause of her sleepless nights. She no longer feel the height of attracting, but depressed and sad.
“I am not happy, I don’t know what to do sometime it feels as if anywhere I go, I am the one people are looking at even when they stare or laugh it feels like its me, I tried to wear socks everyday and as it is now, I wear heavy powder all the time to cover up, I now wear apparels with long sleeves,” She said
Rania a Moroccan, on her own part is bleaching and there is nothing wrong with it. She said bleaching is more of a toning to her to make her skin brighter and more acceptable and she will not stop, although it has given her loads of stretch marks.
“I am not a dark woman, naturally, I am light skinned I am only rubbing the cream that will make me brighter and enhance my skin.” She said

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