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!:)

This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »

DrWatson · 70-79, M

And here in the West, many people with light skin work at getting sun tans, or even have paid money to lie in tanning booths, in order to achieve darker skin!

helenS · 36-40, F

@DrWatson ... for "internal" reasons. In the past, the poor used to worked in the field, so they had brown skin and the upper class could afford a life inside of buildings; as a result, pale skin was a sign of wealth. At present, the poor work in factories, so their skin is pale, and the rich enjoy the sun. Lying in tanning booths means simulating the upper classes' skin color.