THE LIGHT SKIN... The acceptable skin colour.

This is a struggle every lady is aware of,  'the light skin struggle'. Its safe to say every girl is aware and most are guilty of this struggle. I would call this a struggle because it requires time, effort and commitment, which also comes with the negative and the positive.
          First, note that good lightening, brightening and toning products don't come cheap, some even go as far as taking lightening injections which costs nothing less than 50.000 naira while the good and effective lightening creams range from Forty thousand naira to one hundred and fifty thousand naira and they carry names like Spanish white, half caste cream, Egyptian milk, queen Elizabeth serum, fine face cream e.t.c. The lightening injection is taken in shots and requires sessions and a constant visit to your cosmetologist, this injection is taken till you get your desired skin tone. Glutathione injection promises no side effect but anything that messes with your outsides like that is definitely going to mess your insides up as well, the side effects include:
Hairloss
White spot on nails
Numbness of extremities
Shivers and shakes
Depression and anxiety

      The complications include:
Systematic infections
Steven-Johnson's syndrome
Lyell's disease
Kidney failure
Thyroid dysfuction
Severe abdominal pain

woooooow!!! Scary stuff right? Yeah... I know.

Most of the users of this product are not told about the side effects of the product, they are told that it cures and prevents some certain diseases and the side effect of the drug is the lightening effect. Even when the drug is  googled, all you see is the wonders it does, claiming zero side effects and who wouldn't jump at that when your desire is to get a flawless bright skin. p.s this is not a review on the product.
I can hear some people saying"serves them right"
Trust me, most of these girls aren't to blame, some are pushed into doing this because of the society we live in, where the light skin is the acceptable skin colour and being light skinned gets you attention. I once asked a guy what he likes in a girl and he replied saying all he likes is a light skin girl and nothing more  and I once went for an ushering job interview where I was told I wasn't light nor fair enough. So would you argue with me when I say the light skin is the acceptable skin colour in the female world? In a room full of beautiful girls the light skinned girl is considered the most attractive and most beautiful leaving the dark and brown skinned girls feeling inferior and less beautiful leading them into the drastic bleaching decision they make. We live in a society where being told 'you are getting lighter or fairer' is considered a very nice compliment and being told 'you are getting really dark' keeps you up at night.

Like a friend said, something  must kill a man but its better to die beautiful.