The recent Thai Vogue cover with a lightened Naomi Campbell brings back an excellent article from Asian Correspondent by Kaewmala @thai_talks - for those unfamiliar a definite read quote: Why do Thai women want to be so ‘white’? Many Thai women shun sunlight like vampires and cover themselves with sun-blocking, whitening products, so much so that doctors complain about young Thai women’s vitamin D deficiency. They go to great length to make their skin lighter. Whitening lotion, whitening deodorant, whitening pills, whitening injection, whitening laser–all promised to make a woman skin ‘white’, bright and glowing. Many cosmetic products contain mercury and other harmful ingredients but that rarely stops Thai women wanting to be fair and beautiful. Is this craze for ‘white’ skin a relatively recent trend in Thai society, or has it long been around? I think it’s fair to say that there has long been a decided preference for fair complexion especially in women. By ‘long’ I mean ever since I can remember and have read in Thai literature dating back decades and a few centuries.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 05:33:15 +0000
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