Whitening creams highly unsafe for skin: Dr Osman Tahir

Plastic surgeon says local creams can do irreversible damage to the skin.


Ema Anis April 27, 2011

Dr. Osman Mushir Tahir, a plastic surgeon, talking on The Morning Show with Huma Amir Shah on Express 24/7 said that using various local creams to whiten your skin tone can be highly unsafe and can do irreversible damage to your skin.

Tahir who has qualified from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh said, “These creams have mercury and various other chemicals in them which damages the skin badly and makes it paper-thin.”

He stressed that it is not the whitening of skin that matters, rather it is the restoration of healthy skin and evening the tone of the skin which is important.

Commenting on the aesthetic medical procedure, he said, “aesthetic medicine includes procedures that take up to only 40-45 minutes to complete and it lasts for at least two years.”

He added that it is helpful for people who do not want to go through the strenuous process of surgeries.

Tahir also pointed out that as nothing works over-night, this process also requires a lot of homework and a few visits to be carried out successfully.

COMMENTS (9)

Zain Ali Raza Siyal | 13 years ago | Reply @ Maria: I've a Pathan friend from KPK. He is so white but still he uses such whitin' cream and feels proud of his whiteness. We have a White Chauvism in real as someone has already stated.
Andrea | 13 years ago | Reply @sameera: I am sure that the fair skin thing comes from before the British. I recall hearing from my grandmother that if you are dark skinned, it means that your ancestors were converted Hindus but if you are fair skinned, it meant your ancestors were likely Turks or other Central Asian Muslims who invaded and ruled. Just like pictures show the Mughals fair and the ruled people as being darker. But the Arabs who took over Sind under Bin Qasim were probably just as dark as the Sindi people. The British came along much later and didn't stay long enough to bring skin colour stereotype in Pakistan.
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