Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
3188716 Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie 2009 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
Although illegal, the trade in skin whitening products continues to grow because it is profitable and takes full advantage of the success of ethnic cosmetics. In Mayotte, as in metropolitan France and Africa, the existence of SW is acknowledged but is still taboo. However, a number of specific characteristics are seen in Mayotte: SW is rarely performed on the whole body, salicylic acid is added to a topical corticosteroid, and the traditional Mahoran mask, the “mzindzano”, is still worn for photoprotection.
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