Which country has the most skin bleaching?

Nigeria
Nigeria leads the purchasing trend with 77\% of women using skin bleaching products (cream and non-cream based), followed by 59\% in Togo, 27\% in Senegal and 25\% in Mali.

What is the purpose of skin bleaching?

Skin bleaching is a cosmetic treatment to reduce the prominence of skin discolorations and even out the color of the skin. You can buy bleaching creams over the counter and by prescription. Some people apply skin lightener to their entire body to change their complexion, but this can be very risky.

How do you know if someone is bleaching their skin?

Look at their before and after pictures, you will notice a change in skin tone and texture. A naturally light skinned black person has healthy, glowing skin with a finely and uniformly distributed texture. A person who has been bleaching has a dull and dry looking skin texture.

Why is skin whitening popular in the Philippines?

For Filipinos, having a lighter complexion is desirable because it signifies social status, noble ancestry, and most significant, economic status. Another reason why skin whitening products appeal to Filipinos is many people associate dark or brown skin with low economic status.

Are Filipinos mixed?

Filipinos of mixed ethnic origins are still referred today as mestizos. However, in common popular parlance, mestizos usually refer to Filipinos mixed with Spanish or any other European ancestry. Filipinos mixed with any other foreign ethnicities are named depending on the non-Filipino part.

Did Rihanna bleach her skin?

In two infamous pictures shot two years apart (2012 and 2013) she appears to have two completely different skin tones. The truth is nobody really knows whether Rihanna used skin bleaching products to get a lighter complexion or whether the photos were retouched by a photographer to match certain lighting conditions.