Skin Whitening Products And Treatments?

Coming from Singapore,there are plenty of skin whitening products.

For your information,Singapore is a majority Chinese country with a smaller percentage of Malays (that's my race),Indians and others such as Eurasians and Arabs.

Some of my friends are totally obsessed about having fairer skin and see it as a symbol of beauty. People with fair skin are envied.

I remember going into one shop here in Singapore which I believe comes from Korea that don't even cater products to people of darker skin tone.I was shocked!

During my travels,I met many white people saying how they wished they can have my skin colour.I remember saying I wish I have your skin colour!

I have olive skin.In my younger years,I too wished that I have fairer skin.Now,I can proudly say that I love my skin colour even if some people here don't agree!:)

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NickiHijab · F

Pretty common theme all throughout Asia tbh.
There's a product in Pakistan and India called fair and lovely and I saw so much of it in my home. I think we still have it although I don't use it.
I remember at one point the packaging having a brown skinned South Asian woman next to a fairer East Asian looking woman. But this was and is the most common packaging I see these days.

Pretty sad tbh.

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@NickiHijab In that picture, she's downcast when she's darker and smiling when she's lighter. 🤦‍♂️

IHTBY · 41-45, F

@NickiHijab I think we have 'Fair And Lovely' here too.

NickiHijab · F

@IHTBY Yeah, it's pretty popular. I think it's in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei and Sri Lanka too