Skin bleaching: The risks behind the beauty craze│DW The 77 Percent
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Skin bleaching, lightening, or spot removal - the pursuit for a 'fairer' complexion has become popular in Africa. With an industry worth over 8 billion USD, this isn't just about colorism. It's also linked to harmful substances like hydroquinone and mercury, posing risks to the health of individuals. In South Africa, we examined its impact.
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77 percent of Africans are younger than 35. Africa's youth holds the key to shaping the continent’s future. On our platforms we share their stories, their dreams and their challenges. Are you part of the 77 percent? Join the debate here on UA-cam, and on the following platforms:
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I am not supporting skin bleaching at all. but as a dark skinned woman who lives in Africa the treatment I get a a dark skinned woman is honestly sometimes very hurtful and disrespectful. it's only because my mother taught me to love my skin but not everyone can be that strong. especially if you're not rich or that educated. until we can learn to TRULLY APPRECIATE ALL COLOURS . this well never stop.
Absolutely. Sorry you have to go through this, it shouldn't be like that, especially on our continent! Unfortunately the notion of having lighter skin is still so deeply rooted in colonial histories, which perpetuates the notion that lighter skin equates to privilege and beauty; which creates mental and social anguish for you and other darker skin beauties. By creating a space to talk about the pain you experience and also educating us all concerning bleaching and questioning it, is important. It is all our responsibility to change the narrative!
In Africa??? I thought dark skin and black pride was celebrated and appreciated! I heard Vera Sidika mention that on Nairobi Diaries! I was floored and shocked to hear how Africans are becoming delusional like black Americans! It’s scary and sad. 🥺
How tho ain't everyone blk as hell over there like u are in Africa u are supposed to be dark n beautiful
Very true. As a dark skinned woman, I understand why people bleach their skin. You need to be strong to be in this skin.
You are beautiful in your skin. Keep your chin up...f"*k dem haters😊
"Beautiful, like a white lady" May the generation we raise speak no such blasphemies.
That's the perfect word to describe what she said. It is BLASPHEMY
Cause they are the standard
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Stop trying to bring other women down because some of you are insecure and people don’t wanna fw you.
@@mmakotal4388they shouldn’t be.
She didn't even look white. Lighter but not white
Can never be white. More like Hispanic or Asian skintone
Her being 35 and looking 55 is crazy to me. She looks like my Grandma … it’s crazy to think that we are only 6 years apart.
Right 😮😅
I missed that 😮😮😮😮😮
Yeah it's crazy
@@zazilicious4:22 it was said on this part
I've seen better 55
I love how the twin doctors advocate so passionately against skin bleaching products. And their sibling dynamic is adorable
And they have divine skin! They glow!
They are smart and beautiful.
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They are gorgeous, for real
Literally such lovely ladies, I wish nothing but the best for them and their careers ❤❤
I am a dark skin woman in America and truly love my skin color🤎🤎🤎🤎I can’t imagine having any other complexion this video is so sad🙏🏾🙏🏾
❤same to me
I love my white skin colour..love it..
I have a white skin colour. I dont love it, i dont hate, it is just my skin color. I do have rosacea and this is i believe a typical skin condition for white skin color and i not happy with it. I also like my skin color better when i have a tan. Whatever skin color you have, it should not be an issue. This video makes me sad.
Do u show your natural hair ? No chemicals to look loose curly, wavy or straight?
I’m dark skinned but was born to a light skin mom so early in my teenage years I tried using bleaching creams to look just like her, but my mom found them and quickly put a stop to it and I’m so glad she did.
Yay, for Mom.🎉
Mine was the opposite. It's funny how the perpetrators of dark skin shaming are often dark people themselves. I'm so glad my dad stopped me from listening to my mom's bs
Thats so great for you. My mom used to buy me the creams & soaps I wanted to get lighter
Genuine question, because I guess you get to see your mom's light skin every day. Did you think white or light skinned people really looked like the models on the packaging of these creams? Isn't the cosmetics industry part of the problem? The first time I ever saw these creams for sale was in Singapore maybe 20 years ago. I'm white, btw, but I'm not used to seeing people wearing any makeup. It was shocking to me because white people don't actually look like this.
Mine called me ugly and was abusive but is now trying to be nice but it’s too late… I love myself and my color now and she is dead to me. All glory to God for protecting me and healing me to love myself unconditionally ❤💯🫳🏽🌟😎
The irony is they don’t look better. It just looks unnatural.
But you still get treated better
@@gatestimonymiracle1302 Who treats you better? Stop this foolishness.
Exactly’. They look crazy!
@fsmith3692 that's not an irony its just unnatural and unappealing and desirable
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Natural skin is always the best. There is beauty in all shades. The first step on the road to happiness is acceptance of oneself as god made you.
also all skin colors whether light or dark are meant to suit a certain kind of environment, not some outdated classist societal or beauty ideal which are based on people's nonsense opinions.
That’s crazy, growing up in Poland I was bullied for my extra pale skin, people said I looked white and sick. So I became addicted to tanning later on. Which was really bad for my skin. Now I’ve learned to accept my complexion, but it’s interesting to see the opposite of that in SA.
Poland is white. No one would make fun of you for looking like everyone else lol. I call bull
Its all low self esteem. Not being happy eith whatever you are. Everyone wants to change or to change others! It's not good.
Her words…”I was very beautiful…Light like a white woman”.. your skin may change but your DNA does not.
I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT 😢😢😢
I caught that. The self hate is real. 😔
Poor thang. Her idea of beauty is a white woman
If she reads that, she will definitely get hurt 100x 😂🤣
They believe only white people or lighter skinned black people are beautiful. Shameful👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾
The way my skin glistens when the sun bakes it in the summertime...The way it glows when I wear certain colors...I could never bleach my skin...I love being pretty brown. This is sad
Your BEAUTIFUL YES I WISH EVERYONE HAD THIS MENTALITY. NEVER CHANGE BLESSED CHILD
Yes! Me too! I love my complexion.
Same
Same. I love getting darker
baking your skin in the sun is as dangerous you can get skin cancer
I'm a female carrier of ocular albinism. I'm about as pale as you get. I know this won't mean much to others, but your dark skin so SO BEAUTIFUL. Please, please learn your own beauty!! There is nothing more beautiful than beautiful warm, dark skin. When you use bleaching it hurts your skin, and makes you look sick and ashy. Please please please don't listen to anyone talking about "dark skin isn't beautiful" because they are sick lies, your skin is SO beautiful 😥🤎🖤
I wished I had your skin and ginger hair my skin is too dark and too shiny.
@Sonieta03. Not at all. Stop.
@@jbone9900You've got one body. It houses your mind and spirit. It should be respected. It is hard to accept when you seek external approvals from society standards, but you are more than your skin and flesh. Always be thankful that you are healthy.
Your comment is strange ,like albinism is ugly???why compliment others and put yourself down
@@Rinsukihe’s a white man trolling, he wishes he could save his wife and daughter from aging like bananas from lack of melanin 😉
I was born in Liverpool England a very Caucasian city. Born to Jamaican parents and blessed with beautiful chesnut skintones. I'll never forget after the summer holidays my Caucasian friends at school would be so excited to have a tan. This made me realise that my skin color was beautiful. I never understood how people in predominantly melanted countries would bleach their gorgeous skin. 🤦🏾♀️
Absolutely! It's understandable how different environments can shape perceptions. Embracing our natural skin tones is important, and it's unfortunate that some feel the need to alter their appearance! So glad that you appreciate and embrace your complexion! ❤️
@@DWThe77Percentyes!🎉🎉🎉🎉💯💯💯💯💯💯
Just like whites likes to get tan ...we always want what we don't have ...
Bleaching is rampant in Jamaican communities in the UK and in Jamaica.
@thepinkwarrior1803 It is a common problem amongst communities and races that have been colonised by Europeans.
In India and Philippines, Bleaching products are openly advertised. No shame in their game. 😅😂😅😂
She looks waaaaaayyyyy better with her naturally darker skin.
i agree 100%, people look best with their natural features.
My late mother told me that when her skin developed the sore red patches on her cheeks, she realised she had to treat it like the wound that it was. She used Gemoline until the skin healed. She never touched the stuff again...called me Black Beauty as a child to get my head right.
Thanks Amama😊...I have passed it on to your grand baby.
What is gemoline?
@@komalzia6566 If you Google search Germolene ointment you will see it. It is an antiseptic skin cream.
This is lovely
I am dark skinned woman born to a very light skin mother. I look like my father. My Sisters and brothers were all light skinned. Growing up, I was told by ppl that my sisters are more beautiful than me and that it was a shame I was born dark.
One day, I think when I was about 8 yrs old, I went to my father and told him what my aunties were saying to me.
He put me on his lap and said to me....listen daughter, look at all your siblings and then look at yourself. You are literally the only one I can say for sure is my child 😂😂.
It was this type of humour /serious reassurance from my father and my mother that also always told me I was beautiful growing up I never once thought to lighten my skin.
I thank god every day for my melanin. God never makes mistakes. I wish my fellow brothers and sisters could appreciate the gift God gave us as African ppl.
Lots of love to all my dark skinned Queens and Kings. ❤
what the actual FUCK did your father just say? i mean hahaha and glad he taught you to love yourself but, MAN that was out of left fiedl LOL
great that your father instilled that in you with his very loving sense of humour!
Let’s see some pictures of your light skin, family, and you
Lol at your father! 😂
The way I just hollered 😂😂😂😂😂😂❤, your Father is a Savage 😂😂😂..
twin doctors is such a flex
I give up on our society. Thanks to my mom (who is very fair naturally) to teach me how to love my dark skin ❤️
Self hate is real
It's the effects of colonization.
White is seen as beautiful
It’s not self hate it’s the long term effects of colonialism.
This thinking is in the DNA of self hate…
So is mental health🤨🤐
@@NubianPrince85 everything is mental and we mentally sick
It's not just in Africa. I'm filipino, and there are tons of skin whitening lotions, soaps, and creams on the market. They have large billboards promoting skin whitening. All across Asia, people want to be as white as snow.
Et moi qui suis blanche je trouve cela très laid, j’ai l’air d’être malade ! Et ma peau ne supporte pas les U.V., je dois toujours porter un chapeau, des lunettes solaires et un masque.... Alors je reste enfermée !
I'm of Sierra Leonean background. My dad did this a few years ago. My mum has mixed race heritage (Sierra Leonean with Chinese, Vietnamese and Finnish heritage), so her and my sisters are naturally lighter in complexion. I'm the only dark skin in my immediate family, and proud! As I've gotten older, I had to learn to love my dark skin. If you don't love yourself, how the hell are you meant to love those around you?
Absolutely!!
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Wow, Finnish too? Just curious how did Finland get 'thrown into the mix'? (I'm a pale Finnish gal and trying to protect my skin from sunburn in the summer... thank God, tanning no longer is a big trend here)
@@NarnianLady I was shocked too. I was told by my great aunt that there was a community of Christian Finnish missionaries that lived in Sierra Leone about 100-200 years ago. Some of them had children with the locals ;)
Sierra Leone 😮? That is an education
She's 35 years old, y'all. Let that sink in. This right here, is the aging effects of destroying your melanin.
Having a 60 year old face when 35, just to be happy lightskin is outrageous.
She’s not 35 this has been set up by this channel . She is saying that to change the narrative to say if you are 35 and white you will look 55 so she’s helping whoever do this to get views
Looks like mid 40s
@@vicious99 No, she looks like she's in her mid 50's
Jesus ... that was a point that I missed 😢
Two sets of twins on one video?? That’s awesome! ❤
Hahaha thanks it was awesome though coincidentally so
It's really interesting how this documentary showed men who are skin bleaching. In my experience I've only heard of women skin bleaching. It's good that this documentary highlighted the fact that this issue affects both genders.
A lot of men bleach.
These twin doctors are amazing, they need their own show! They have the rizz and the it factor while relaying key information ❤️
Thank you Dr Tanakadune. What sort of show would you like to see them on perhaps?
@@DWThe77PercentSkin, women's health. Frankly anything medical that affects black women 😊😊😊😊
Fr, I'd watch that
Me too! I'd love a show targeted towards and serving melanated skin.
Twin doctors are so beautiful❤love their smooth, chocolate skin tone😍
Self hate is awful. Love my dark skin. Cant imagine doing that to my skin
Not self hatred, it is insanity.
@Lovely-wy4fo That's the same way I feel about Scando-Celtic skin that never darkens beyond light peach. 👏👏👏
i never understood why many people in general don't find very dark skin attractive.
@Degu405 yeah the social media influence and lack of confidence are probably the #1 reasons why. also the light brown skinned celebs are overrepresented in the media while the very dark skin tones dont get much presentation unfortunately maybe thats why too. i also noticed the ppl who make judgemental comments are the most insecure or unhappy w/ themselves too.
@@fheuexve
It started with Africa men’s lust for ⚪️ women.
The two doctors/sisters have amazing skin. It's heartbreaking that so many women use bleaching creams out of a feeling of social pressure to be lighter and harming their skin permanently in the process 😢
We must teach our children to be comfortable in their own skin❤
Absolutely! Self-love is everything!
Yes!!!❤❤❤
Tell people stop bullying their children
Ppl must teach their children just because someone is light don’t make them more beautiful
North African woman here , it's really shocking and sad , how people don't get an insight on the harm they're causing themselves when they do this ( even though i think that they DO know and choose to ignore it ) , it's so upsetting that people realize it when it's the point of no return...
Also , the twin doctors are so gorgeous on a side note!
Congolese men are on the lead about skin bleaching
You can say that again
@@akasidina1708That is what I have heard...
Yes, remember that Pastor who claimed to raise people from the dead, lol🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Exactly, even women, but men leads. Also West African countries is worse in using skin lightening, Nigeria, Sierra Leon etc.
Looool
Some Asian has white/ light skin but I, myself, has colored one, brown or whatever, am so proud of having it 👍🏻 especially when I visited some European countries.
They are amazed by my skin, hair color, etc. Even there are some who tried to touch to feel the smooth healthy skin.
Look, no matter what color your skin is, the most important thing is it has a healthy one. And be proud of how you are.
Xx
We have to teach our kids to love their shade of melanin. Our community has to stop using skin color as insults. In learn this anti black mindset.
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Absolutely! 💓
Frfr..... Because at the end of day, we all bleed the same color of RED 🤗.
This skin bleaching is absolutely ridiculous just love your skin!
Damn she looks old and messed her skin up..smh
Wanting to be light is a thing for many ethnicity. I'm asian and if you're not light skin you're not pretty. Many people have died from wanting to be light skin. They used external products to lighten their skin and they have also ingested or injected things into their body. They think its worth it if they can be lighter. They view light skin with being beautiful and being righ whereas if you're dark you're ugly and poor. I'm fine with my skin color. I live in the US and I've had many strangers come up to me to tell me how much they love my skin color, whereas i would never have been told that in asia.
Thanks for sharing this story. It's very unfortuante that people of different backgrounds go through such experiences.
Asian girls are stick thin
Asians are already so light naturally lol
the twins are so friendly intelligent and helpful. glad they get to do their job with their best friend and they bounce off each other so well.
I'm a dark skinned somali and my people think that being dark skinned is ugly but i know I'm beautiful the way God created me.
U are beautiful.
Agree!👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
RACE LOYAL SOMALI
LOVE IT ❤️ 🇸🇴
Same sis, Alhamdulillah for my dad that taught me to love my brown skin vs my Diana wearing mom.
@@hotmess9640 GOOD SOMALI
RACE LOYALITY ON TOP
❤️🇸🇴
This is not a “beauty craze”, it’s self hatred!!!
A colonized mind and mental illness. 😢
Nah. Why is it self hatred? People get plastic surgeries all the time.🤷🏾♀️ it’s skin surgery technically.
@@mesalouis8976no this is something why deeper
Self hate caused by excessive bullying & being ostracized by society.
@Yawn54 I agree with you 💯%. I think as people, we should learn never to criticise what God made. Period.
Let's remember that we are not all strong. Some people can easily go over the edge when their looks are questioned. Let's learn to be nice to each other
Melanin has protective qualities. It's like gold
Bit truth even studies say as such 😊😊😊
That’s not true because Asian have great skin too and they are all the shades from the fairest white to the medium to the dark
@@Lexi_gemNo one is saying one shade is better my dear. This documentary is about the dark skinned women and what they go through which leads to them bleaching their beautiful skin to sort of 'fit' into society standards.
Lexi_gem Asians age the best that's why I don't understand why blk people keep saying they do.
Truth 🥇🥇🥇
I have never found women who bleached their skin attractive. I love my women natural with dark skin. Our African women need to love themselves
Self hate, lack of self-esteem and, inferiority complex lead people to self harm.
There are people with dark skin and black that have inferiority complexes men and women and they hate people of all
Races that are pretty including if they are black black but are cute like Meghan thee stallion I met someone that is a black womans ideal at least she’s choosing a black woman but she doesn’t find herself attractive but she finds Megan to be . So don’t start you may be confident but that inferiority complex runs deep
Effects of colonialism.
@@breadbrown7708 not only that, but also stupid unrealistic beauty standards and classism.
Agreed. I love my pale skin
@@breadbrown7708
African men chasing ⬜️ness started before colonialism.
She is aging faster!
It's because she bleached the top layer( dermis) of her skin off. Now the second layer(epidermis) is exposed to the sun and will age rapidly. God knows why he made us dark. Black is Beautiful.
Aging like bananas & milk!
35?!😢
@@queentinadoire6931God didn't create anything 😂😂😂 so why do we have white people?
@@Min-zk2rdlies 😮😮😮😮 no way am older than her
The Twin Doctors are so beautiful
They apparently don’t think so, since they are clearly covering their crown. 😢
Yess😍
@@MsKimLorrainebecause people like you mock their natural texture unless it’s big and curly “good hair”.
They are so beautiful and flawless...
I wonder if they have a UA-cam channel if not they really should 😅
I love those doctors' energy!
long time recovered person who bleached their skin as a teen. It does get better. had to do some soul searching and therapy. I'm better now and love my skin. haven't touched a bleaching cream since.
That's incredibly inspiring to hear. Your journey of self-discovery and acceptance is a testament to the resilience of your human spirit. Your courage to confront past struggles and embrace your natural skin tone is truly admirable. Keep shining in your authentic beauty!
You are beautiful without skin bleach.
So heart breaking.. Please understand how beautiful the colour of your skin already is 💘
The twin doctors are beautiful
Darker skin is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! Don't get it twisted. Its a blessing & for a higher purpose than vanity; it's protection against certain cancers & diseases & from damaging sun rays. Everyone wasn't born blessed with this brown skin magic but we were. So love the darker skin. And live happy
I am a super bright white woman, WITH LOTS OF FRECKLES!
I remember when I was little, I loved how ladies like yourself had such beautiful skin!!!
I remember the first time I saw a woman who had skin so dark, it looked like satin mixed with silk. --JUST LOVELY!!!!
99% of the world is a regular person.
Beyonce- and the rest of them spend soooo much money on their looks- yet they are still nasty individuals.
I wish ladies like yourself wouldn't do this to yourselves. I've learned to embrace my freckled skin.. I learned to love them!❤❤
Always remember- ❤❤❤
BEAUTY IS SKIN DEEP-
ITS WHATS IN YOUR HEART THAT MAKES YOU TRULY BEAUTIFUL ❤❤❤
preach ❤, and it hurts how many people generally find very dark skin, as well as very white skin unattractive. i will never understand the hate of a certain skin color. 😢
Why’s Beyoncé catching strays!?
Why bring Beyoncé into it? She is a naturally light skinned woman minding her business. She even has a song praising darker skin, and she doesn’t make colorist comments. No need to bring black women down to lift others up. Especially being white, it’s messed up. We tear each other down enough, please stop.
The poor woman was being very nice but of course you had to critisize her. One doesn't even know how to speak anymore. Everything is wrong. Aghhhh@2013lovemy
The poor woman was being very nice but of course you had to critisize her. One doesn't even know how to speak anymore. Everything is wrong. Aghhhh@2013lovemy
I’m white and I have a lot of Indian and African friends and I hear this dark skin discrimination all the time especially in the Indian culture I mean you can’t change your genetics they need to just except people for whom they are.
They shouldn't want to change their genetics/ skill color it's beautiful as it is. People need to wake up.
It's due to the British conolizing India
Yet they claim it’s white pekple who have an issue with their skin. NO it’s their own. The only people talking about black skin and hair texture are BLACK people. White people are busy getting on with their lives.
@@danielleburke87that ended long long ago. Take accountability and stop blaming other people for everything. It’s 2024, they know that bleaching causes damage.
@@danielleburke87: British colonization ended a long time ago. Also: Perhaps you haven't noticed that in African TRADITIONAL fairy tales, the beautiful princess is always lighter skinned.
I'm 49 years old, and this lady looks older than me...Love the Skin you in..
Those Drs are just lovely. Beautiful healthy skin!
Madness. Love the skin you are in
As a pasty pale, translucent person, who was called Casper, Wednesday and windex in school. I was made to feel anything but beautiful. I wasn’t the “right” light skin tone. It took me a long time to be okay with my skin. I can relate to wanting to change it and this video shows how so many are insecure about skin tone regardless of the color.
you don't really look translucent pale in your profile pic.
There is a difference. The people who look like you have a barbaric history with most of the world, and they’re the perpetrators.
The victor sets the standard. You may have been teased by other people who look like you, but you wouldn’t be discriminated by any societal structure or system for having pale skin, anywhere in the world.
Aww im.so sorry you had to go through that. Your skin is beautiful
And here I am all my life thinking the deep dark colors that mostly only certain African tribes posses was the most beautiful shade in the world. The light is beautiful has always confounded me. I guess I'm a medium brown with a lot of red. Guess a true copper penny. But dark 🟤 brown has always been so gorgeous to me. 🤷🏽♀️. Beyond that attractive is attractive no matter your shade.
And when that Highly melanated Dark Brown glistens in the Sunlight Omgg 😍😌 It shines bby
Glows like God 🤎🖤
When I told Americans that brown, even light brown women like Beyonce in Nigeria want to, and still to this day bleach to white/ high yellow, they didn't believe, bleaching in Africa isn't a dark skinned person thing.
Women here literally want to be white/very lightskinned, even already lighter skinned women like the one in the video.
I can give multiple successful IG bleaching cream pages as context but I don't want people to flood over. I'm talking PALE.
Yes! Every shade and tone should be celebrated and cherished! ❤️
@@EmpressAsheglowing & glistening like pixie dust OK!✨✨✨😃
@iidentifyasaPSLGoddess
Only in the south but in the North we don't bleach like this 😊
Oh my, at 0:40, she said, “First I was very beautiful, light like a white woman. SMH!
She sounds mentally ill. God help us.
The self hatred is real,
to compare beauty to a white woman SMH
That was so bad
Great content, and a fresh perspective. Conversations like these need to be had, and the advocacy in loving the skin you're in needs to be paramount.
Thank you. And we love that you are watching too!
People are trying to bleach their skin, and I’m over here trying to get darker because my melanin isn’t doing what it’s supposed to 😩
My body is lighter than my face and it’s so hard to find the correct foundation to match my neck 🤦🏾♀️
I would have LOVED to just be dark skin ❤
Same
Spend more time on beachs or swiming pools. Expose more your body to direct sun light.
I am not African but I love dark skin. I believe it gives uniqueness and beauty to African women! I have seen one model with the darkest skin - she is very famous, and she is absolutely gorgeous!!!!!!
My heart goes out to those that have faced the horrible, many time abusive behavior due to colorism. Especially for those who feel their only choice is skin bleaching. I knew skin bleaching was potentially harmful. But to actually see this type of damage! I am thankful more information is being made available. This is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!!!!!😮
Your skin is the largest organ of your body. If you don't bleach your other organs, then you shouldn't bleach your largest organ.
heeyy good point. what about not sun tanning all your other organs as well? yes it all adds up- good point
It damages your kidneys.
As a light skinned African American of West African descent, the brown to midnight complexion ARE SO BEAUTIFUL!
The most stunning men and women have dark skin. Come on, you people. Stop being foolish kai
They will never learn. The sad part is they eventually revert back to their original color or get a problem.
I have always thought so too 😍😍😍. Just pure magic 👌🏿!!
But you had to describe yourself as light skinned. Who cares.
@@deboraha4908because she IS. Grow up.
We're Americans, period.
Stupidity - Be proud of your black skin it’s beautiful! 💯🖤🖤
This saddens me 😢
White Supremacy is real !
This saddens me too black and brown on down is beautiful.
It's just what they do to "look better," so they think.
Just like Americans dye their hair yellow, and orange, and purple.
They straighten and curl their hair, streak it.
There's really no difference.
@@BORN-to-Run It's called white supremacy
Yes, the cream is easy to get, but note how the man in the shop says (at 1:43) that he is against those creams. He's not giving a scientific explanation of the harmful substances, but he is trying to warn the customer.
There is a camera right in hes face so there’s no guarantee that he always says that. 😅
The lady narrating the video is NOT South African. The lady in the video (Lebogang) and the twin doctors, the hip hop duo are South African. I want people to know what South Africans sound like.
Ps; you can also get rid of the damage done by these creams by using vitamin C serums, Gylcolic acid, gentle magic lotion and sunscreen. My aunt damaged her skin using skin lightening creams and she now looks much better by using the serums I mentioned
Shes not South African because she's a reporter working for an international German news channel.
@@cc35506 then why is her content all about South Africa? She's a foreigner living in SA, reporting on SA issues. I want people to know what real South Africans sound like. Nothing wrong with that
@@IamBarati Typical SA xenophobic mindset. Thats her job. Even SA reporters come to my country to report on local issues. Journalism is a without borders job. DW is a German based international news channel with correspondendants all over the globe.
@@cc35506 well whoever those SA reporters are who report on your country, I can tell you their episodes don't play on SA tv news channels. Sabc has foreign correspondents that report on foreign countries. So I know you're lying. She's a foreigner living in SA reporting on SA issues and all I want is for people to know what a true South African sounds like. If you don't like that then TOUGH LUCK
@@IamBarati Exactly she is a working for DW as a foreign correspondent. Check all the other reports on thay channel. All are foreign correspondents working in various countries. So why in particular does she have to be South African. She didn't claim to be South African but simply did a report showing something that is happening in the society. You are just xenophobic. I watch all sorts of reports on South Africa by foreign journalists.
I was once advised to Bleach my skin cos I was too dark as they said.
Thank God i didn't listen to them.
Now I am particular about what I use on my skin.
I read up the ingredients to ensure that there are no bleaching agents in my Creams and Soaps.
Embrace your beautiful dark skin, please forget this bleaching nonsense.
Preachhhhh
Michael Jackson did it, and so can I! And everyone loved him. 🙁
@@Shelby52690 Do you like in general what he did to his face? It was a ghastly mask at the end. It's his music that people loved. They loved him in spite of his botched face. He was a beautiful black kid when he was young.
@@giovanna722he looked nive for a while until he did too much facial stuff
@@giovanna722he really was a handsome BM until he turned into a WW.
She's a year younger than me, but look as old as someone's grandmother.
Those twin doctors are beautiful 🖤🖤
People with dark skin want lighter skin, those with light skin want darker tones. The beauty industry supports both groups with all sort of crazy products.
The devil has confused them .
Behold you are wonderful and beautifully created . There is nothing wrong with your skin unless you have been burnt.
The corporate doesn't care about race or religion, only pure profit
@@Rose-p7y4idevil? 😂😂😂
@@vicious99do U care about Ur religion wen U watch porn?
this is SO TRUE. I am very light skinned myself (German and Scottish decent) and I live in the southeastern USA. I have had people tell me that I need to get a tan on several occasions...like strangers just shouting it at me. it's hurtful and mean. people need to just accept others the way they were made. all skintones are beautiful!
I can’t pay attention fully from ADMIRING the BEAUTIFUL TWIN DOCTORS! OMG! The irony is a day will come when people will BEG for MELANIN!
They already do in a way. Tanning and tanning until the skin is like leather just to be as brown as possible
There is a white woman on the jar because it was developed to fade dark spots caused by sun damage, not to try to appear to be another race.
😂😂 staring at the jar being delusional is crazy work! Smh😮
I am a dark skinned lady. Thankfully I have never wished for brighter skin. Yes, I am a unique gift . A rare beauty designed from the Creator himself.
Yes!
Effects of colonization. Black people you are beautiful
Africans must using colonialism as excuse for all of the ills of society. This lady is from a country with an almost entire black demographic. This craze happens far more often in majority black countries than it does in countries in which black people only make up a small percentage of the population. Perhaps we need to look to another root cause.
Most countries that's been colonised has this issue. Asian countries like India and Korea to African countries like Nigeria, RSA and Congo
Don't blame colonisation. If you can't love your own natural skin then the problem is with you or your insecurity.
Just as they tell American blacks they cannot blame everything on racism, Africans can’t blame everything on colonialism. At some point in time you have to take responsibility for your own hearts and minds. This is mainly occurring in majority black countries. It is nowhere near as prolific in countries where black is the minority.
Well, it is the black folk that are upholding this nonsense. White folk aren’t running around berating people for their dark skin - it is black people who are doing that.
Wait...35 or 53? She looks insanely older. In Nigeria, South Africa and India, bleaching of the skin is a big deal.
Even in Nigeria it's a big deal we know of Bob Risky 😅 and we see the videos he promotes of removing melanin from those spa salons and there are many videos too on Instagram of mostly women and a few men doing them....this is a problem in most African countries that subscribe to euro ocentric beauty standards 💔💔💔
Im South African bleaching is not a big thing im my country most of us we are lighter skin only few people & start by people from other countries who are coming in this country natural looks is a big thing in my country
Jamaica too
Im 35 she looks 55😅
We know. Yall want to be like white people so bad.
I love this content! It is so relevant because skin bleaching is still very prevalent in our modern society.
"Dripped in chocolate, bronzed in elegance, enameled with grace, toasted with beauty. My lord, she's a BLACK WOMAN. "
I love being black.
Be happy with your skin. I think dark skin is so beautiful. Too bad these people don't believe it too.
Look how beautiful these doctors are 😍
My Vietnamese sister in law bleached her skin until she came to Australia and we explained the dangers. Plus here most Aussies want tanned skin. I’m just glad she stopped ❤🇦🇺
It always end in tears for those who cannot accept the way God created them.
Those twins are beautiful and intelligent queens ❤❤❤❤
Everyone is beautiful in their God given skin tone and complexion. Love the God inside you, please God only 💜🙏
Brown, black, and mocha skin is so beautiful, it’s such good quality skin too, soft and velvety, has a silky sheen to it when healthy. We have to stop idolizing one color only.
I'm so proud to be Muslim Ethiopian love yourself always the way Allah he creates us we are the best
The 2 physicians are beautiful
They really are
❤❤
What about their wigs
I am a european 73 year old woman, living in South Africa. I can only say: Ladies look after your natural skin, regardless how light or dark it is. When I compare the texture of any brown skin, being so smooth, plump and soft, to a white skin, your skin wins. Our white skin is as soft like yours, only in children. We age quicker, our skin wrinkles earlier. We women are crazy, brown girls want to have a lighter skin, white girls are tanning like crazy to get darker. If you could see my body today, after all those hours tanning, you would be shocked. I have scales like a lizard, memories of frying in the sun. Accept the colour you are, regardless what the fashion dictates.
Great advice!❤
Exactly. I've never tanned or used makeup, except for some moisturiser since my 40s. I'm white European and I've never looked like a porcelain doll. I don't know any white people who look like that and natural skin is all kinds of colours, but it should be healthy.
its the higher melanin that protects. BUT your first problem is your a European in Africa. Your skin wasn't created for that much sun exposure. white skin ages very well when not exposed to the sun .
Cool but we all know it's about visual privilege not age or health.
@@thefelipevaldes age and health are visual. If you look at Malaysia and Indonesia, these creams are for sale to anyone who can afford them, but most people can't. Many Indonesians cover their faces with corn starch to keep the skin lighter. Indonesians will say that the Javanese get the best opportunities. The Javanese aren't European, but they tend to be lighter skinned and taller.
You do not want aging fast YT skin that gets cancer so easy. Stay brown beautiful and protected 🥇🥇🙂
White skin is beautiful too. Stop being racist
Beauty is not skin color.It is facial features.If you are not pretty changing your color will not help you.
@@patriciahercules6852😂😂😂
@@patriciahercules6852to them it s skin color and the color they desire aged like cheese and gets cancer😂😂
@@patriciahercules6852 to them it s skin color...a color that puts them at risk of skin cancer
This happens in Asia as well! I am from Singapore originally but moved to Australia, then to the U.S. but back in the day, the fairer you are, the more beautiful you are….supposedly! I think from the old days you are considered a “lady” and not a farm girl! But when I moved to Australia when I was young and hung out at the beaches, everyone loved a dark tan! So that’s what I did! Now I’m in my 70’s and lived in Arizona where the sun is brutal and I avoided the heat for the least 30 years! I am the color I am..not trying to be lighter or darker!
Colorism is also common thing in Europe. Darker people viewed like poor and asossiated with hard physic work just like in Asia
Say no to bleaching creams and no for wigs. Embrace your natural skin & natural hair.
Wigs help protect our hair.
My sister are you talking to African ladies 😂? they will never appreciate their beauty. Instead, they want to look white with India hair😂. Jesus pls have mercy on us. Have you ever seen a white woman trying to look African or even wearing African hair? Guys, let's appreciate our beauty bathong.
about the bleaching creams part, i pray to god that this trend will stop :(
Wigs/weaves help with protecting your hair if you use properly.
Don’t lump skin bleaching with wigs. Men need to be leaders and stop chasing ⬜️ness.
A great VT- I just wished the doctors spoke about, the damge of stripping away the Melanin on the skin, the armour of protection for so many diseases. Love thy self! ❤❤😊😊😊
Absolutely! Educating the patients should be a must!
Light skin don’t mean beautiful, it’s the melanin for me. My beautiful melanin brothers and sisters stop self hating killing your natural beauty
Tell them f@@lish women! Kelly Rowland is far more beautiful than Beyoncé even though Kelly is not lightskinned
Thanks
It breaks my heart that my people, and our home continent are still feeling the reverb of colonialism. There are so many colors to the rainbow, and they're all beautiful.
Exactly. As a white person, I always admire glowing dark skin in the sunlight. The Arabs also had hate towards Africans in the north. Nobody should change their appearance. God created each of us this way.
As a dark skinned teenager my realatives often made fun of me for my colour because my mother is fair and I am dark skinned , people used to tell my mother to apply fairness cream and told me to eat saffron etc , I became very insecure because of my own skin , I used to cry alot I don't know why we can't accept someone for their own colour .. Black is everyone's fav colour until it comes to skin , I have realised this but I am never going to bleach my skin ...
One of the most popular and beautiful models in the world is from Senegal, and has the most beautiful, black skin… In the US, everybody works to be darker. People used to be jealous of my red skin. They would be jealous of my dark tone in how easily I tanned. I believe the problems in South Africa definitely due to the colonization and media control as well.😢 Black skin is beautiful, and the melanin is protection from the damaging rays of the sun.🙏🏾❤
No one in the US work to be darker lol. Literally not a real thing you are spewing propoganda stop it. No.ome in the US is jealous or ever has been of African skin tone. We love ourselves the way we are as we have no reason not to . Africans simply need to do the same
I have a lighter complexion to my kids. I always reinforce a sense of pride in them because many times they get comments about being darker than I am. Dark skin is so beautiful. It' glows so beautifully against the sun. I wish every dark skinned person can understand just how amazing it is to be rich in melanin. I hope they can stop listening to he lies and actually see their natural beauty ❤
the twin doctors being a perfect example of black is beautiful😊❤
Melanin is like Gold it never ages and just like Gold it becomes valuable. We've been blessed, embrace it🙏🏾❤
I've seen plenty of black women that look very old and wrinkled. Your body also doesn't absorb vitamin d from the Sun
It's like comparing a flower to a cactus. The flower looks better, but the cactus will fare better if it has to be all day under the sun 🤷
@@phoque121you do know a cactus also blooms beautiful flowers.
The twin doctors have amazingly beautiful skin tone. I just love black skin, the darker the better, it’s like diamond.
We Africans really have a big battle to fight.
All colors are beautiful! I hate that we are in a world where skin color even matters to anyone.
I love you no matter what color you are.