Department of Dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
J Cosmet Dermatol. 2022 May;21(5):1931-1935. doi: 10.1111/jocd.14919. Epub 2022 Apr 5.
Skin lightening is a popular practice across the world, especially in India, the Philippines and other Asian countries, and some Caribbean nations. It is a dangerous trend, as some of the products used to achieve a lighter skin tone have been shown to often contain unsafe chemicals. In this article, we examine trends in consumer interest in skin lightening using a Google Trends query of 4 search terms: "skin lightening," "skin brightening," "skin whitening," and "skin bleaching," across the United States from 2015 to 2020, and demonstrated that it is most popular in states with diverse populations, including a high percentage of black and Asian Americans.
皮肤美白在世界各地都很流行，尤其是在印度、菲律宾和其他亚洲国家，以及一些加勒比国家。这是一种危险的趋势，因为一些用于达到更浅肤色的产品已被证明常常含有不安全的化学物质。在本文中，我们使用谷歌趋势查询了 2015 年至 2020 年美国的 4 个搜索词：“skin lightening”（皮肤美白）、“skin brightening”（皮肤增亮）、“skin whitening”（皮肤美白）和“skin bleaching”（皮肤漂白），研究了消费者对皮肤美白的兴趣趋势，结果表明，它在美国人口多样化的州最为流行，包括高比例的黑人和亚裔美国人。
