Is skin bleaching common amongst western born ethnic women?

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When skin bleaching goes wrong

Warnings about permanent health damage don’t deter those using skin-bleaching products for years on end. Read the story of one woman who suffered from liver failure after years of striving to be paler.

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Ayan, 29: “The reason sounds really stupid now. I did it for the first time around six years ago. I was getting ready to get married to a man and he ended up leaving me for someone else. It’s stupid, but I thought he left because I wasn’t light enough.”

US study finds Somalians go to extremes to lighten skin

Scientists have found that Somalians living in the US feel compelled to use dangerous skin whitening products in order to live up to cultural beauty standards.

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[Desert Flower]

No.

 

[Nafiso Qalanjo]

I'm not sure about millennial but Gen-z Diaspora Somalis dont bleach their skin. We are lucky to be born in an era where the media we consume celebrates all types of skin tones. Colorism isn't that much of struggle for us compared to the older generations.

 

[486th President]

The ones raised in the west? No

 

[Karma]

No who would bleach their skin they really said skin cancer

 

[Amirah]

Only people bleaching their skin I’ve seen are fobs.

 

[Alluring]

Upbringing & Age is the biggest factor. I highly doubt anyone in their mid twenties or younger has ever considered skin bleaching. That's more of a middle aged mother thing, although I've seen considerable women in their 20s who wear makeup 4 shades lighter than them. They just aren't stupid enough to risk skin cancer.

 

[Villainess]

ew why do we let ajnabis make reports about us

 

[pirater]

it's not common but sometimes it happens because fo aunties who put skin bleaching thoughts into little girls heads.

I've only seen people in Somalia do skin bleaching and they look so bad

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[Angelina]

No.

Only fobs.

In the West, other Western Somali girls will judge you for it and rightly so.