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Skin bleaching in Africa: An 'addiction' with risks

Aranmolate Ayobami, plastic surgeon at Grandville Medical and Laser clinic in Lagos, holds a tube of Skinlite a skin lightening product used at his clinic, on July 17, 2018, in Lagos. Africa is experiencing a massive trend of skin bleaching particularly in teenagers and young adults. AFP PHOTO | STEFAN HEUNIS

By  AFP

Dr Isima Sobande was in medical school when she first heard of mothers who bleached the skin of their babies.

She dismissed it as an urban myth. But it wasn't long before she saw it with her own eyes.

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