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Skin-lightening technologies continue to build profits for the cosmetics industry.

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PHA
BEAU

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.