A billboard advertises clarifying body lotions clarifying soaps and others skinlightening products on Spintex Road in Accra on July 2 2018 Africa is...
{"Image ImageDescription": "A billboard advertises clarifying body lotions, clarifying soaps and others skin-lightening products on Spintex Road in Accra on July 2, 2018. - Africa is experiencing a massive trend of skin bleaching, also called lightening or whitening, particularly in teenagers and young adults. The widening phenomenon is laden with health risks. Since Government of Ghana banned hydroquinone in 2016, the main chemical component used in numerous skin-bleaching products, most of skin care brands have started to advertise products without hydroquinone or products to restore natural skin colour. (Photo by CRISTINA ALDEHUELA / AFP)        (Photo credit should read CRISTINA ALDEHUELA/AFP via Getty Images)"}