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Skin lightening creams, right or wrong?

29/09/2011

BBC Asian Network - Nihal, Skin lightening creams, right or wrong?

Are dark-skinned Asians made to feel unattractive?

Are dark-skinned Asians made to feel unattractive? Naresh Puri sits in for Nihal and wants you hear your view. Plus the last Guess the Story of the year.

Are dark skinned Asians made to feel ugly? 

L'Oreal has been accused of lightening the skin tone of Slumdog star Freda Pinto in advertisements for its cosmetic products, the company has denied the charge. Elsewhere in the trail of Michael Jackson's doctor its emerged that one of his aides was ordered to remove skin lightening cream from his bedroom after his death. 

Will we ever be rid of the skin lightening issue? Do you think people still care about having fair skin? Is the next generation not concerned about the issue? Would you want to marry someone who had fair skin? If so is there anything wrong with this attitude? Naresh would like to hear from you, so pick up the phone and get involved. 

Later in the show we play Guess the Story.

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