Warning on darker side of skin-lightener

07 August 2016 - 02:00
By ARON HYMAN

Khanyi Mbau may be risking her health for a lighter skin. University of Cape Town experts urged the Medicines Control Council to conduct an "urgent" investigation of intravenous skin-lightening treatment.They say there are no regulations to govern the treatment - praised by TV personality and actress Mbau for lightening "in between my toes, my knuckles, even my bum crack" - and no scientific tests of its safety.

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