Africans raced each other skin bleaching

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Nomasonto musicians "Mshoza" Mnisi, we have a slightly brighter skin, said new skin makes her feel beautiful and confident than before. Despite intense criticism from local media and socialnetworking sites, song songwriter age 30 still frankly declare skin bleaching is a personal choice and it is not other than the breast implant or raising the nose. In the past two years, Mnisi has undergone several bleached, with each ca spend most of about 5000 rand (about 590 USD). Unlike many others in South Africa, Mnisi use expensive branded products safer skin bleaching creams are sold on the black market. But, the doctor said the expensive products have no risk for the health of users. The dangers due to the use of some skin bleaching creams include blood cancers such as leukemia, cancer of the liver and kidneys as well as serious skin diseases – according to the warnings of doctors and researchers Lester Davids in University of Cape Town.

Nomasonto Mnisi before and after bleaching the skin

Dr. Davids said, there are very few people in South Africa and Africa in General to know what toxic chemicals contained in these products float rampant black market sales. According to Davids, for 6 years have a significant increase in skin bleaching products in the local market, in which some legal and some illegal. The local skin specialists, as Noora Moti-Joosub, also noted the growing number of cases of skin disease caused by use of skin bleaching products. In many parts of Africa, women who have brighter skin is considered beautiful, will reap more success than society as well as easy to earn more worthy husband. According to the report , 6/2012 of the World Health Organization (WHO): Nigeria captured the record for the number of people using the skin bleaching products accounted for 77% rate. Then to Togo (59%), South Africa (35%) and Mali (25%). The South African Government has now banned the circulation of products containing more than 2% hydroquinone-active substances that are used most commonly in the 80s last century. But, it is still easily caught the creams and cosmetics containing the chemicals sold everywhere in South Africa. Even some creams contain toxic steroids or sulfur. In addition to South Africa, recently people use skin bleaching cream growing daily in other African countries such as Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In a bustling market selling guys who buy in Yeoville in central Johannesburg of South Africa, skin bleaching creams are listed all over the stall dollar. This market is like a miniature Africa. If the attention will see those white faces an unusual way of mixing between the shiny black face! Even some people who suffered burns on the cheek by the user to products containing toxic chemicals. But, not only is there a new woman obsessed with white skin. A Barber who Congo named Jackson Marcelle said he had used the special shots to whiten the skin in 10 years. Each such injections have effectively extended to 6 months. Maecelle hate the color black and the people around him to be called "Michael Jackson of Africa". Marcelle honest young parents also often topical cream for you to have your skin "less black". Marcelle explained: "I prefer white. Black looks dangerous. That's why I don't like black water ".

A stall sold a variety of skin whitening cosmetics in markets in Yeoville, South Africa.

Before the wave of skin whitening like flock, the Government of the African countries had the official prohibition or conduct information campaign propaganda, the people should not abuse the skin bleaching products dangerous to health. A campaign advertising skin bleaching cream has fast results in the 1st round5 day aroused the intense debate on the social networking site in Senegal from September 2012. "Khess Petch"-according to common language Wolof in Senegal meant "completely White" or "Shining"-printed on the posters with the image of a woman "before" and "after," use a cream. In Senegal, there are nearly 2,000 people signed up on the Internet requires removing the posters advertising this and not long after that a campaign against so-called "Nuul Kuuk" deployed to protect black pride. After the conclusion of war noise, the report on the risk to health from the use of skin whitening products began appearing widely on radio and television in Senegal. Doctors hospital of Dermatology in the capital Dakar of Senegal said, each week the hospital receives an average of 20 women to treat due to abuse the skin bleaching products  =