Anal bleaching

Anal bleaching is the practice of bleaching the darker pigmentation of the skin of light-skinned people, around the anus. It is used for cosmetic purposes. A cream is used containing around 20% hydroquinone (a suspected carcinogen banned by several countries including France and the UK)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] as an active ingredient.

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External links

Village Voice article: Pucker Up: Britesmile for Bungholes: Investigating the latest craze in bodily beautification: anal bleaching by Tristan Taormino, July 11th, 2005
ninemsn Health: Ask the experts: Dr Richard Day — Skin Bleaching

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[2] “http://www.ofspirit.com/judivance1.htm”. External link in |title= (help)

[3] “http://www.islington.gov.uk/Business/SupportAndAdvice/TradingStandardsAdvice/SkinLightening.asp”. External link in |title= (help)

[4] “http://www.whiterskin.com/banned.html”. External link in |title= (help)

[5] “http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol71/volume71.pdf” (PDF). External link in |title= (help)

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