{"id":3845,"date":"2021-10-07T10:04:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T10:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2021-10-07T10:04:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T10:04:30","slug":"skin-lightening-bleaching-and-its-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/07\/skin-lightening-bleaching-and-its-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"Skin lightening (bleaching) and its consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was called to advise on a new technique adopted by people to hasten the lightening of their skin. In Ghana, it is alleged people are using drugs by infusion to attain fast and uniform bleached skin and that is dangerous.<\/p>\n

The aesthetic approach uses the mechanism to minimize the production of melanin by the melanocytes, a protein responsible for the colouring of the skin, hair and eyes.<\/p>\n

As research has shown that individuals with dark skin have fewer cases of skin cancer, it presupposes that while under sunlight, melanin has a great protective effect.<\/p>\n

Bleaching in the name of enhancing beauty may have dire and irreparable consequences. It is better to halt that activity than to wait and be visited with skin cancers predominantly in the future.<\/p>\n

Read more as summarized well by WebMD.<\/p>\n

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What Is Melanin?<\/h1>\n
By\u00a0Mary Jo DiLonardo<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n

Medically Reviewed by\u00a0Melinda Ratini,\u00a0DO,\u00a0MS\u00a0<\/a>on July 22, 2021<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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