Pinky Danger: How The Fad Of Bleaching Lips To Become Pink Is Getting Out Of Hand Among Lagos Boys

Eniola Adeniyi

A fad is getting out of hand in Lagos State – and with it looms dire consequences.

Young boys have turned the bleaching of lips till it becomes pink and shiny into a culture.

‘’It is akin to the case of drug abuse the society is still grappling with’’ societynow.ng learned.

Societynow.ng gathered that those who engage in the practice believe that ‘’pink lips’’ make them look ‘’better’’.

‘’And in this era of social media, they believe their pictures come out better’’ a source stated.

The information at hand revealed that the ‘’easy’’ access to the creams used has enormously boosted the practice.

‘’The easy access to the creams is one of the major dangers in the practice because all manners of people put together different mixtures in the name of lips bleaching creams and sell at give away prices’’ Societynow.ng gathered.

The prices for the creams are as low as N300 (Three Hundred Naira) and learning how to make them as cheap as N10,000 (Ten Thousand Naira) with all shades of labels.

‘’The implication of this is that there is no quality and production control and we are looking at major health hazards not limited to rashes and skin cancer sooner or later’’ a source pointed out.

Societynow.ng gathered that the bleaching creams are openly sold at bus stops and garages – with the Under Bridge in Ikeja fingered as a major sales point.

Societynow.ng learned that those that are caught in the web of this practice that is getting out of hand falls within the age bracket of 14 – 36 years.