Ivory Coast African Women are Hookd on Lightening Their Skin Tones!!! OMG!!! Just Like Michael Jackson!!!

Look people, light is not always right!!! However, many people on the Ivory Coast of Africa believe differently. The women say that it is the man who want them to lighten their skin so that is why they  must do it. Really, gurl? Just find a man who is not fucked up in the head then! LOL This situation is so bad, that the Ivory Coast Government just passed a law banning the depigmentation products this past April. But the women say, it's too little too late and they will do anything to get their hands on those products. One woman named Fatou stated; "I love light skin," "I can't stop." At just 26, Fatou's skin is marbled from layer on layer of whitening cream. Some even call her a "salamander" woman after the little reptile with light spots and translucent skin.

If applied liberally, the cosmetics can also cause high blood pressure and diabetes, according to Professor Elidje Ekra, a dermatologist at Abidjan's Treichville university hospital.

The banned products include creams containing mercury, certain steroids, vitamin A, or with hydroquinone levels above two percent.

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A large billboard advertises skin-lightening products in Abidjan, Ivory Coast (AFP Photo/Sia Kambou)

Hydroquinone is often used in black and white photography and is banned as a skin-lightening ingredient in Europe as it is considered a potential carcinogen.

The dangers don't seem to deter consumers. They never stopped Michael Jackson either. Nor my Aunt Rosa. She used to be dark skinned like me, my mother had a picture of Rosa holding me when I was like 2 yrs old and we were the same skin tone. But then Rosa started using Nada Nola a skin lightening cream and after many years of it, she lightened her skin enough so that she now looks Mexican. And with the help of her green colored contacts, her illusion is in tact. LOL At least Michael Jackson never wore colored contacts.