In June last year, Ghana took a bold decision to ban skin products containing over 2 percent of Hydroquinone – the active ingredient for skin bleaching or skin lightening.
This ingredient is also identified as a cancer causing agent. Seven months on, the ban is yet to take effect. Starr News explores the skin bleaching sensation which experts say is on the rise despite the damning consequences.
Naa Dedei Tettey of the Komla Dumor Newsroom reports:
