"The Heavy Cost of Light Skin" Response

The article "The Heavy Cost of Light Skin" was an enlightening article about the topic of women bleaching their skin in order to make themselves more pallid and "attractive", in their eyes. But, these treatments are not salubrious and end up causing a lot of harm to the women who use them. They use the products to embellish their beauty, and i think its a horrible idea. It's even worse that women who choose NOT to do this to themselves are considered second-class citizens and shunned by those who do use them. Although it may not mention it in the article, I bet the non-use of skin bleachers affects the dowry of the women, if men don't accept the women because they find them "unattractive".

I don't understand how men can find skin bleaching salacious, if all it does is destroy skin and cause major health problems such as skin cancer. It's as if we have returned to the middle ages, where white skin was the pinnacle of fashion, and women tried their hardest to be as pale as possible. Instead of progressing, we have in fact regressed.

While many women jovially explain how they believe lighter skin makes them more attractive, others disagree. Many doctors and specialists are commenting on the unhealthiness 0f this treatment, and warning against its use. Some men even disagree with the idea that whiter skin is more pleasing. And i must say, i don't think bleached-whiter skin is anything other than disturbing and terrible.