Skin Absorption - UK's Skin Bleaching Trade Exposed

[Guest guest]

Howdy Kathy,

 

> > Read the last sentence .. correct it is and its in line with what many

> > of us have said for years on absorption .. RARE is the chemical that

> > can deeply penetrate HEALTHY skin.

> >

> > UK's Skin Bleaching Trade Exposed

> >

> > * Story Highlights

> > * Illegal skin bleaching products a " major problem " among ethnic

> > groups in UK

> > * Skin bleaching common practice in Americas, Africa, Asia and now Europe

> > * Psychologists blame " colorism " on media's focus on fair-skinned blacks

> > * Dermatologists say abusing products can be dangerous over time

> >

>

> Thanks for posting this, Butch. It is so sad on so many levels. Self

> acceptance is the secret of real beauty. The attempts to change

> skin color - whether by bleaching or staying in the sun to darken

> light skin - is a deadly endeavor. Having dealt with one instance of

> melanoma, I learned to accept the color of my skin quite quickly - no

> more sun bathing for me! I will never be tan and that is just the way

> my life is in this lifetime.

>

> ~Kathy

 

Welcome fer'shur and right you are. And its not just skin bleaching

... its the " nip and tuck mentality also. I knew dozens and dozens of

young ladies in Turkey who had operations because they didn't like the

shape of their noses. One thousand + years ago Turks were a pure

ethnic group but today, 99.9% of them are a nation .. as is the case

in the USA .. and many of them have enough Arabic blood to cause them

to have somewhat of a hooked nose. I reckon there are probably as

many plastic surgeons there as we have in the USA .. just a lot less

costly in Turkey. There is danger anytime one is subjected to

anesthetics .. I'll never forget the time when the wife of a Lt Col,

US Army, in Turkey died on the table while getting a nose job .. he

was left with 4 young ones and no mother for them. The Helluvit was

that she was a very pretty lady prior to deciding to get the

operation.

 

Unfortunately, in many countries external beauty is a major key to

success in business .. it gets the foot in the door. There is some

evidence of that in the USA too. In many countries I have worked in

external beauty was also important for marriage .. for financial

security .. marrying " Up " was usually preferable to staying where one

was, and those who had the big bucks wanted the finest looking home,

car and wife they could afford.

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch .. http://www.AV-AT.com

[Guest guest]

, " Butch Owen " <butchowen wrote:

>

> Howdy Kathy,

>

>There is danger anytime one is subjected to

> anesthetics .. I'll never forget the time when the wife of a Lt Col,

> US Army, in Turkey died on the table while getting a nose job .. he

> was left with 4 young ones and no mother for them. The Helluvit was

> that she was a very pretty lady prior to deciding to get the

> operation.

>

> Unfortunately, in many countries external beauty is a major key to

> success in business .. it gets the foot in the door. There is some

> evidence of that in the USA too. In many countries I have worked in

> external beauty was also important for marriage .. for financial

> security .. marrying " Up " was usually preferable to staying where one

> was, and those who had the big bucks wanted the finest looking home,

> car and wife they could afford.

>

> Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch .. http://www.AV-AT.com

>

 

Yes, nip and tuck - dangerous as we saw with Kanye West's mother who died

recently

while undergoing plastic surgery. I remember some years ago when liposuction

was all

the rage and thinking, " The lymph system is being invaded, destroyed - what

happens to

the body when an infection sets in and there is a very compromised lymph

system? "

 

That last sentence of yours - wanting the finest looking home, car and wife they

can afford

- really bothers me. Homes and cars are possessions - wives, no. It is the

dominant

paradigm in many countries where women are thought of as possessions - we see in

in

this country, too. When women feel that they are only possessions, can the nip

and tuck

mentality, the skin bleaching, the dangerous tanning be far behind - for, if

there is no

inherent worth other than external beauty (whatever that might mean - and who

defines

that?), then the " possession " must do all it can to be " desirable. "

 

~Kathy, stepping off the soap box