More recently, it has become the home of illegal skin bleaching products thanks to the belief among women that Kenyan men love women with ‘whiter' skin. “Plus, nowadays I can easily get things done my way.”Today, both Achieng and Wambui run businesses selling skin lightening creams. She stopped using skin lightening products from River Road because “they are harmful; they contain mercury". Skin lightening, known in street lingo as "kutoa tint", is now an undeniable practice in Kenya. While on a mission to find out how easy it is to access skin lightening products from a chemist in Nairobi’s central business district, this writer asked for an injection.

Source: Standard Digital August 01, 2017 06:33 UTC