Skin Bleaching Among African and Afro-Caribbean Women in New York City: Primary Findings from a P30 Pilot Study

• Main Authors: Emma K. T. Benn (Author), Richa Deshpande (Author), Ogonnaya Dotson-Newman (Author), Sharon Gordon (Author), Marian Scott (Author), Chitra Amarasiriwardena (Author), Ikhlas A. Khan (Author), Yan-Hong Wang (Author), Andrew Alexis (Author), Bridget Kaufman (Author), Hector Moran (Author), Chi Wen (Author), Christopher A. D. Charles (Author), Novie O. M. Younger (Author), Nihal Mohamed (Author), Bian Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Adis, Springer Healthcare, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction The application of skin bleaching products to inhibit melanogenesis is a common practice within the African diaspora. Despite the adverse health effects of skin bleaching, rigorous studies investigating skin bleaching behavior among these populations in the United States are li...