Tips for Skin Whitening
Having light skin in the Philippines is more of a social thing. Rich people don't need to go outside thus having lighter skin than the poorer farmers who have to be under the sun all day. This commercial tells what Filipino men's biggest turn-off is,dark underarms. I didn't even pay close attention to underarms till I saw that! Men also prefer 'Chinese-looking' girls since they have lighter skin tones.
But even in China skin whitening is all the rage. I would wake up early in the morning and in the local channels which they show Chinese or Taiwanese infomercials, if it wasn't about getting bigger boobs it was about having whiter skin. Women would be stopped in the streets and have an instant whitening cream slathered one side to their face to compare how white they become than before.
The thing that horrified me was that these women originally looked very fair skinned to me. If they stopped those women because they were obviously 'dark' then what would they think of me?
Generally I don't think it's a race thing but more about class. If you got a little bit darker from staying out too long in the sun and hung out with you lighter sister others might mistake you as a maid. Trust me it's happened a million times before.
Skin whitening is a big business. Even western business such as Avon, Loriel, and Garnier want in. Think about it Caucasians want to get tanner but compare it to the rest of the world, Africans, Hispanics, and Asians who want to have fairer skin.
There are some nasty side effects from these whitening. Underground markets as well as big cosmetic companies like to produce cheep and often dangerous products. Many have been confiscated because they contain thousand of amounts of mercury. One bad side affect is that it could mutilate your kidney.
There was a case in Thailand were a woman bought an illegal whitening product from the local grocery store and the product disfigured her skin making it a mix of albino pink and dark brown. You should see her picture. It's heartbreaking since the other villagers make fun of her when she was only trying to look more attractive to others.
It seems like these women will go to any lengths just to be fairer. It's also very much the same with girls who want a tan. They know the dangers of cancers (or at least they should) but they still go through those tanning saloons every week. If a Caucasian person wants to get darker then everyone else, if they want to should have the right to get fairer.
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Pale skin shouldn't be a sign of nobility. That's something that needs to change.
Also, "Caucasian woman" there are only social benefits to being pale. You still have a higher risk of skin cancer either way and may be deficient in vitamin D. Pale people look sickly and look like they live under a rock not unlike a troll.
Plus, Caucasian woman usually don't age well.
I think this is an issue that will never be resolved. I myself am dark, being of Indian origin and have been looked down by people who do not know any better.
We do not choose to be born a certain type or colour, being born white does not give you superiority, it is what is between the ears that counts. What we lack in one thing, we make up for elsewhere.
Scottish woman is lucky she was born pale,
imagine what she would do, if instead she
was born naturally dark, with her kind of mindset she would have been one of those
women always wanting to marry a white guy to validate herself.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE CONFIDENT, NO MATTER WHAT..IF I CAN DO IT, ANYONE ONE CAN
I totally understand how you feel. I've been through the same thing too. My grandfather is a Filipino. I do have Chinese and Irish blood but somehow I was born having darker skin compare to other family members. Kids in school used to make fun of me being dark. Calling me maid and stuff. My friends still do that. But I'm used to it. It does hurt still but hey, having darker skin means less worry about your skin exposed to harmful UV rays. We just got the natural protection against those harmful UV rays. I think it's a blessing! =)
"Think about it Caucasians want to get tanner". Well I for one do not want to get tanned. That is just what the cosmetics industry conveys. I am a scottish woman, I have always been pale and I like it contrasting with my dark hair. I find pale beautiful, just because getting a tan is popular in the U.K does not reflect the society as a whole, there are plenty of pale beauties in the Uk however the make up industry pressures us into getting tans because there's really a lack of pale make up here, and what is fashionable in magazines unfortunately a lot of women buy into. There are many benefits to being pale, it shows you haven't fried your skin in the sun and you avoid skin cancer and premature wrinkles. It is a sign of nobility, always has been and it will be a look I will want to maintain for the rest of my life, regardless of what is "fashionable" !
Very different point of view, I think my sister should move to China or someplace like that. She can't tan at all and she won't wear shorts because she's embarrassed about how white her legs are.
This is definitely a case of "the grass is always greener." I'm part Cherokee, so when I get out in the sun, once my skin gets used to the sun, I brown. But I can't because the Irish part of my family is prone to skin cancer, so I cover up and use lots of sunblock - essentially turning myself into a ghost! I'd LOVE to have darker skin! I didn't realize this was such a big business. Great article!