U.S study finds Somalians go to extremes to lighten skin.
Scientists have found that Somalians living in the U.S feel compelled to use dangerous skin whitening products in order to live up to cultural beauty standards.
https://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/Art...inds-Somalians-go-to-extremes-to-lighten-skin
Somali woman researches health risks of skin-lightening practices.
For some Somali women, having lighter skin tone is the ultimate beauty goal and they use skin products containing dangerous chemicals to reach that goal, according to a new University of Minnesota study.
“To be a beautiful Somali woman, one has to have lighter skin color,” Amira Adawe, co-author of “
Skin-Lightening Practices and Mercury Exposure in the Somali Community,” said in a recent interview describing the attitude of some women.
Several Somali women who were interviewed for the study published in July said they mix products that include lemon herbal whitening cream, lulanjina, diana and dermovate — some of which have mercury, a poison that can damage the nervous system, according to the study.
“These chemicals are proven neurotoxins and have been linked to birth defects if used by women during the prenatal period,” stated the study. “Inorganic mercury exposure is associated with rashes, skin discoloration, scaring, secondary bacterial and fungal infections, and even renal impairment and damage to the nervous system.”
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We are infatuated with colourism and being light-skinned and this only encourages people to take risks with their physical and mental health and use such poisonous materials to look and feel "pretty". It is time to teach young kids that it is beautiful to be light, brown and black skinned. It is embedded within our culture and the sooner we ditch this mentality, the quicker we will avoid to be a time-bomb albinos.