Skin-lightening technologies continue to build profits for the cosmetics industry.
Date: 2000
L'Oreal is the largest cosmetic pharmaceutical company in the world. Three L'Oreal subsidiaries produce the best-known skin-lightening lines marketed around the world, which are especially big in India, China, Japan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines: Lancome Blanc Expert with Melo-No Complex, La Roche-Posay Mela-D White skin lightening daily lotion, and Vichy Bi-White.