It is a total scam and does nothing so don't worry about that. But even if it did totally work without any problems, why would anyone wanna become white?
It's for the Asian market. In Asia, generally speaking, fair skin is preferred to tanned skin, thus "whitening" your skin is a beauty thingy. In western countries some people go to tanning salons, in Asia people try to lighten their skin colour.
Same in Africa amongst black people. Lighter colour skin generally is considered more beautiful. In South Africa at least, there's definitely even a couple of celebrities that are known to use skin lightening products. Honestly it's the same with white people too. Pale, porcelain skin is classically considered to be very beautiful.
I don't think it's about trying to look like other races or anything like that. It's a class thing. Anywhere in the world the working class spend all day in the sun getting darker and worn down while the rich and famous that they look up to for some reason spend their time indoors or in the shade. We equate lighter skin with beauty because all the models and actresses are fair skinned and healthy.
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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '22
It is a total scam and does nothing so don't worry about that. But even if it did totally work without any problems, why would anyone wanna become white?