Leading up to his first show in the U.S. in over 20 years, the “Worl Boss” appeared on Hot 97’s “Ebro In the Morning,” where he opened up about his past with skin bleaching. Just as he ...

“Potent topical corticosteroids are used in some parts of the world as a skin bleaching agent,” Henry W. Lim, MD, president of the International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS), told ...

Every few months, social media stirs up the same tired conversation: Skin bleaching. Someone’s glow-up or flawless look has the internet in a frenzy, and the accusations start flying.

Vybz Kartel refuses to skin bleach again. The dancehall icon, who was released from prison in July 2024 after spending thirteen years behind bars, visited Hot 97 on Wednesday (April 9).

Susan Anderson, age 52, sits in the corner of a sunlit waiting room at a dermatology clinic in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. Dark patches of skin, dotted with brighter pigments, surround her eyes and ...

"It's just so, so unfortunate because of the pitfalls, the hazards, not knowing that the steroids that are used in addition to the bleaching agents, once you put them on your skin, they're absorbed ...

"It's just so, so unfortunate because of the pitfalls, the hazards, not knowing that the steroids that are used in addition to the bleaching agents, once you put them on your skin, they're ...

Jamaican artist Vybz Kartel stopped by Hot 97 on April 9 to reflect on his skin bleaching and how his views on the controversial beauty trend have changed now that he’s “fully melanated” again.

“But they’re often sold over the counter or even used in salons, particularly for skin lightening.” The consequences can be serious. “Prolonged use leads to thinning of the skin ...

Skin bleaching continues to be an escalating public health crisis in Zimbabwe and across Africa, with new findings from the World Health Organisation (WHO) revealing that around 25 to 80 percent ...