Side effects of skin whitening
applications
• Dermatitis with severe
drying, cracking of the skin
and itching
• Melasma and
hyperpigmentation of the
skin
• Mercury poisoning
• Fetal toxicity in pregnant
women
• Cushing’s syndrome
• Liver failure
• Skin cancer
The hypopigmentation (lack
of skin pigment) leaves the skin
prone to UV damage by sunlight.
This can predispose to skin cancers
like a melanoma. (Health i
Talk, 2010).