Skin bleaching creams are becoming a popular and controversial especially in parts of Asia, Africa and the Carribean. These skin bleaching products include Fair and Lovely, White and Lovely, Olivia, etc and many of them very have celebrity endorsement. So now here are 4 simple and understandable reasons as to why skin bleaching is awful

1. It makes people who have darker skin feel awful about themselves.

Products like this make people who have darker skin feel like their not beautiful which is ABSOLUTLY false. No deserves to feel like that.

2. It can cause bullying, especially among children.

"A boy in my class in my 7th grade, who was at least 3 shades darker than I was, called me a crow. Which hurt. An awful lot. A few years later I understood that, people bully others because they want to feel better about themselves, but I didn't know that then."

3. It sends the message that you have to have light skin in order to be considered beautiful.

“All the articles about me begin with ‘the dark and dusky actress’ because being dark is considered such an aberration”, said Indian actress Nandita Das, who was asked to lighten up her skin to play upper caste roles in movies.

4. These creams can have harmful side effects.

These include dark grey spots, skin cancer, acne swelling of the skin, thinning of the skin, increase in appetite and weight gain, osteoporosis neurological and kidney damage due to high level of mercury used in the creams, psychiatric disorders, severe birth defects and liver damage.

Ladies and gentlemen listen, it doesn't matter if you are fair or dark. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. Beauty exists in all colors, shapes, sizes, etc. Don't let society tell you otherwise because they are horribly wrong