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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CountScrofula · 41-45, M

I'm happy with people to do what they need to in order to feel beautiful.

That said fairness cream is a really fucked up indicator of how colonialism messes up identity.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@CountScrofula These nations have not been anyone's colonies for a very long time, so I don't think we can hide behind that to excuse trying to bleach the skin.

If anything, living in what may still have been a colony in Great-Grandad's time would more likely encourage keeping one's natural colour.

Whatever is the motive, I think it's something else.