Colorism

African Men Skin Bleached Lips

TikTok song has some African men bleaching to have ‘pink’ lips

TikTok song ‘Fine Boy’ is popular in West Africa, there are hundreds of videos posted daily using the song as a backdrop. Unfortunately many of the men using this song are also using a filter to make their skin color lighter. In many cases men are even going as far as bleaching the lips to make them appear pink.

Very dangerous as the harmful chemicals come into close contact with the mouth area, mercury and…