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Kanebo widens skin product recall after 2,250 complaints

July 24, 2013 06:43 am JST 4 Comments

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Nessie
July 24, 2013 07:27 am JST

Wow, what a disaster for Kao.

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Spoony
July 24, 2013 09:14 am JST

"Depigmentation is the lightening of the skin, or loss of pigment." (Wiki)

Umm.... they were using whitening products, isn't this what they wanted??

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Dennis Bauer
July 24, 2013 09:17 am JST

@spoony evenly whitened, not spotted like freckles

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Patric Spohn
July 24, 2013 09:19 am JST

Exactly what I thought when reading the headline, Spoony. Asian upper class has white skin, while the west expresses wealth with tanned skin. Silly isn't it?!

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Kanebo widens skin product recall after 2,250 complaints