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The Pros And Cons Of Fairness Creams

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World is a place which different people live, which makes it beautiful. The secret hidden in this beauty is people’s different characteristics, which race is one of the important characteristics. Race cannot be in our control, it is god gifted. But in the last years some industries are trying to persuade racism among people specially the industries that promote racism by launching advertisements of fairness products in TVs. These ads can have both positive and negative impacts on the targeted and non-targeted group. Although many people believe that fairness creams are used only to make their skin lighter, without thinking about the side effects, it is important to know the pros and cons of these products to have safe society. Firstly, if …show more content…

Fortunately, for making these damages less, an Indian woman started a campaign by the name of “Dark is beautiful”, in this campaign she tried a lot to motivate the girls that have darker skin and make them feel that they are also beautiful. Besides, producing fairness products might create discrimination between people. The director of this campaign wrote a letter to the head of a fairness company to stop producing and advertising these types of products, but in reply head of the industry wrote to her that “there is a need in our society for fairness creams, so we are meeting that need”.(Tancy …show more content…

Skin’s color is determined by Melanin in skin cells it is produced protect our skin from UV rays of sun. However, chemicals that are used in these types of products can cause skin irritations and skin cancers for instance these fairness products has anti-melanin, hydroquinone, and mercury that can damage our healthy skin. So, we have to be careful if we are using it. Also, if we see it clearly it might create a public health crisis in the dominant countries. (Tancy Hoskins, 2014) To add more, these products can create many skin problems for its users. For example, it can cause severe acnes, hypersensitivity to sun, unwanted facial hair growth, and skin allergies.(TNN,2015) Therefore, if we use a fairness product to make our skin lighter we have to be aware that it will creates a lot of various problems for our skin, which can damage our budget too. So, instead of using a harmful chemical product, we have to take care of our skin and do not let our beauty become

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