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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"skin-lightening"”.
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Assessment of Basotho women's perceptions of the health risks associated with skin-lightening in Lesotho using the Health Belief Model
The practice of skin lightening has existed for centuries and is still prevalent today despite globally coordinated legal efforts to ban harmful skin-lightening agents in cosmetic items. Exposure to toxic compounds such as mercury, hydroquinone, and corticosteroids commonly found in skin-lightening …
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Race, Gender, and Beauty in Late Colonial India c.1900-1950.
This doctoral thesis argues that skin-lightening defined femininity and modernity for emerging middle-class women in colonial India during a time of global transformation. Most contemporary scholarship to date focuses on the impacts of twenty-first-century skin-lightening markets and advertising …
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AN EXPLORATION OF SKIN TONE RELATED BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES AMONG ASIAN INDIAN WOMEN IN URBAN INDIA
This study explores how changes in skin tone surveillance predicted by: (a) skin tone satisfaction, (b) preference for lighter skin tone, (c) internalization of cultural standards of attractiveness, and (d) use of skin-lightening products among Asian Indian women. Exploratory analyses with …
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A thematic analysis of female University students' perception of idealised body image in Sudan and their experiences of performing common beauty practices: (Skin lightening, applying black henna dye and purposively induced weight)
… three beauty practices; purposeful weight gain, skin lightening and skin decoration with black henna. The study conducted in Sudan to explore behaviours associated with these three beauty practices in educated young Sudanese women. Nineteen female university students from different universities …
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Is fair lovely?: A cross-cultural comparison of the impact of colorism on mental health in South Asian women
Colorism, a preference for lighter skin tones within and between racial or ethnic groups, impacts many non-White communities, especially those with a history of colonization (Rondilla & Spickard, 2007). I aimed to extend upon perceptions of colorism by exploring the intensity and frequency of …
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The Globalization of Cosmetic Surgery: Examining BRIC and Beyond
… field include the industries of medical tourism, skin lightening products, and tissue harvesting, as well as an expanding market of cosmetic surgery for teens and children.</p>
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Determination of illegal and toxic ingredients in face creams
… of illegal and toxic ingredients in fifty-eight skin cosmetic creams marketed to reduce pigmentation. Samples that were selected were those labelled as ‘'Skin lightening'', Skin brightening'', Skin whitening,” or “even tone” creams, purchased from local vendors within the Cape Town Metropolis, …