I have observed that the amount of Nigerian women
who bleach their skin has reached epidemic
proportions.
There has to be something that motivates these
women to bleach their skin, and one of the alleged
motivating reasons I have heard is that Nigerian
men prefer “light skinned women.”
To that end, I feel compelled to clear some
misconceptions that may be motivating our women
to bleach their skin.
1. Not all Nigerian men like light skinned
women.
In fact, many Nigerian men prefer beautiful, dark
skinned women who have that beautiful glow. There
is nothing as disappointing as seeing a beautiful
dark-skinned woman damage her skin by bleaching
it, thereby damaging that skin forever.
The beautiful dark-skinned woman now becomes an
ugly “light-skinned” woman. Beauty comes in all
shades, both dark and white. Even the Nigerian men who like light-skinned women prefer a natural light- skinned woman, not a bleached product.
If a man does not like your natural complexion, then
that man is not meant for you. What if you bleach
your skin white then you find the man of your
dreams who prefers your skin darker? You cannot
damage your skin to please those men, for in a bid
to please those men, you end up displeasing other
men.
2. Bleaching your skin makes you look ugly.
In fact, bleaching your skin makes you look ugly.
Yes! I said it. There is nothing more unattractive that having uneven skin tone as a result of bleaching; Or there is nothing more annoying than having a “white face” and black neck, or a “white” forehand with black knuckles.
Yes.
An observant eye like mine will notice your black
knuckles alongside your “white” fists. It looks
disgusting. Once I notice those inconsistencies I shy
away from women like that.
3. Bleaching your skin makes you stink.
In fact, any time a girl who bleaches her skin comes
around me, I run away because of the offensive odor
she effuses.
Although she would have attempted to mask the
offensive odor with strong and excessive use of
perfumes, the result is even worse, as the offensive
odor typically competes with the scent of the
excessive perfumes, and the offensive often prevails with a vengeance.
4. Bleaching your skin typically forces you to
wear heavy make-up, which makes you look
like a caricature.
In fact, the resultant imperfections caused by the
bleaching cream prompt many women to wear
heavy make-up to cover those imperfections.
Those women end up looking like a transvestite or a
clown who is appearing in a circus. End result? You
end up appearing as a joke, and no serious man will
take you seriously.
5. Bleaching your skin wipes away your
purity, natural beauty, and youthful exuberance!
Being pure means undiluted. Being natural means
something exists as nature made it.
Having a youthful exuberance means you have that
glow that radiates from within as a result of being
youthful. Regretfully and unfortunately, bleaching
your skin obliterates all these characteristics.
You are no longer a pure woman because you have
diluted your skin tone by bleaching it. You are no
longer natural because you no longer exist as God
made you, for you have bleached the natural skin
color that God gave you.
As to youthful exuberance, it is now long gone, for
you now look like a beat-up, used-up “Tokunboh”
engine that is being sold in Mushin. You no longer
have the “new car” look.
6. The heat and sunshine in Nigeria does not
foster an environment in which to bleach.
As you can tell, I vehemently oppose bleaching your
skin. Nevertheless, bleaching your skin in Nigeria’s
weather is like smoking a cigarette in a non-
ventilated room. You will gasp for air.
Nigerian weather is hot, sunny, and very humid. In
addition, the unstable power supply does not allow
many women who bleach their skin to power their
air-conditioners round the clock, save for the very
few who can afford the high cost of diesel to power
their diesel-thirsty generators.
The result is that you have to bleach your skin and
walk in the sun and in the heat. Since the melanin in your skin (which was meant to protect your skin) has been damaged, your skin therefore loses its
protection from the sun. Your skin is now highly
susceptible to being damaged by the sun (and most
times it gets damaged by that sun). Your skin now
has black patches and starts to effuse the offensive
odor I discussed in Paragraph 3.
When you include the heat factor I mentioned, the
odor that your bleached skin produces in that heat is often unbearable.
7. Bleaching your skin sends a message that
you have low self esteem.
Yes, it does. It tells me that you are not comfortable
in your own skin and there felt compelled to bleach
your skin in order feel better about yourself.
It says you do not like how God made you. Low self
esteem often dictates how you will act in other
circumstances; for example, how you will be able
handle herself in the midst of learned, sophisticated
people.
8. Bleaching your skin will make you look
terrible at an old age .
Once you become old, your damaged skin would look 100x worse than it would have looked had you not bleached it.
Your husband would be desperate to find a younger,
youthful woman to fill that void. Bleachers take
heed.
9. Take care of your skin, drink lots of water,
get plenty of rest, and your skin will glow.
Taking care of your skin is a precondition to making
your skin glow. You take care of your skin by having
a good skin regimen, having a proper diet, drinking
lots of water, and getting plenty of rest. You don’t
make your skin glow by bleaching it. To the contrary,
bleaching your skin damages your skin.
I am a concerned Nigerian man who is appalled by
the alarming rate of our women who bleach their
skin, and I have made it part of my life’s mission to
stop skin bleaching in Nigeria.

Written by Princek12

Ol our female yeyebritiez pls take note

i beg tel them.