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Skin pigmentation --- Drug effects --- Physiology

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Skin Diseases --- Ethnic Groups --- Skin Pigmentation --- Pigmentation disorders --- Dermatology --- Skin

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This text is about depigmentation in the black communities. It started in the 60s where depigmentation was used to lighten dark skin people voluntarily choosing to do 50. This voluntary depigmentation is practiced by the black race applying creams onto their skin, in order to lighten their skins colour; this is done on a daily basis. This subject was seen as a taboo for a long time and therefore not mush study and research was taken into it. Only recently, due to negative results, has it become a widely spoken about subject. The reasons for dipigmentation vary, but social factors play a great part in this dominated hugely by the fashion and the seduction of the opposite sex. The cream contains hydroquinone and corticoids, although the effects of those substance cause damage which is often irreversible. In order to avoid this damage to the skin, people tend to use natural products to lighten their skin colour. This has as a result opened a new cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry to produce depigmenting lotions specialised to enlighten the dark skin. Unfortunately the legalisation of these products has been obtained in Africa. But hydroquinone is not permitted for use in cosmetic products in Europe and corticoids are only to be obtained by prescription from pharmacies. Despite the reglementation in Europe, illegal cosmetic products are being sold on the European market. There are campaigns against the use of those products aimed to awaken awareness to the public on the dangerous impact and damage that it caused. Unlikely is not reaching the wide population of who are using those products Une pratique très répandue dans les populations de race noire a vu le jour dans les années 60: il s’agit de la dépigmentation volontaire encore appelée éclaircissement de la peau. La dépigmentation volontaire consiste en l’application quasi quotidienne de substances ou de médicaments détournés afin de s’éclaircir la peau à des fins esthétiques. Il n’existe que peu d’études sur le sujet car il a été longtemps tabou et c’est seulement ces dernières années, vu les effets indésirables rencontrés qu’il est réellement abordé. Les raisons invoquées sont diverses, d’une part la dimension sociale est un facteur prédominant et un véritable phénomène de « mode» et d’autre part la pratique est étroitement liée à la séduction pour le sexe opposé. Les principales substances actives utilisées sont l’hydroquinone et les corticoïdes malgré les effets indésirables parfois très graves. On décompte des atteintes cutanées souvent irréversibles mais aussi des atteintes systémiques. Afin d’éviter les désagréments de ces substances et vu la tendance aux produits naturels, les acides de fruits sont utilisés pour l’éclaircissement de la peau. Un véritable marché a donc vu le jour avec la fabrication par des industriels de cosmétiques destinés spécialement à la dépigmentation volontaire mais également des spécialités pharmaceutiques de corticoïdes détournées à cette fin. La législation est quasi inexistante en Afrique dans ce domaine mais par contre en Europe l’hydroquinone n’est plus autorisée dans les produits cosmétiques et les corticoïdes sont uniquement sur prescription. Malgré ces réglementations les mêmes produits que l’on trouve de façon illégale sur les marchés africains sont retrouvés dans des magasins cosmétiques en Europe. Même si elles sont timides, les campagnes de prévention sensibilisent un petit nombre d’utilisatrices mais qui en général prennent conscience de la dangerosité une fois les effets indésirables apparus

Skin Pigmentation --- Pigmentation --- Hydroquinones --- Adrenal Cortex Hormones --- Legislation, Drug --- African Continental Ancestry Group

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Offering a step-by-step, practical approach to increasingly requested cosmetic procedures, Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology: Cosmetic Treatment of Skin of Color, enables you to master the up-to-date cosmetic techniques that produce the superior results your patients expect. Edited by renowned dermatologist, Dr. Andrew F. Alexis, along with hand-selected experts in this rapidly growing field, it provides practical insights into safe and effective approaches to cosmetic procedures in skin of color that can be performed by dermatologists—all abundantly illustrated and evidence based. A substantial video library demonstrating preferred techniques and modalities helps you successfully incorporate the latest procedures into your practice.

Skin Diseases. --- Skin Diseases --- Skin Pigmentation. --- Cosmetic Techniques. --- Peau pigmentée --- ethnology. --- Maladies. --- Soins et hygiène.

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Offering a step-by-step, practical approach to increasingly requested cosmetic procedures, Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology: Cosmetic Treatment of Skin of Color, enables you to master the up-to-date cosmetic techniques that produce the superior results your patients expect. Edited by renowned dermatologist, Dr. Andrew F. Alexis, along with hand-selected experts in this rapidly growing field, it provides practical insights into safe and effective approaches to cosmetic procedures in skin of color that can be performed by dermatologists--all abundantly illustrated and evidence based. A substantial video library demonstrating preferred techniques and modalities helps you successfully incorporate the latest procedures into your practice.

Dermatology. --- Ethnic groups. --- Dermatologic Surgical Procedures --- Skin Pigmentation --- Cosmetic Techniques --- Ethnic and Racial Minorities --- Ethnicity --- Dermatology --- physiology --- Skin Diseases --- ethnology.