The exercise of voluntary depigmentation continues to be widespread in Africa, with a wide array of lightening cosmetics used. Our goal was to research and quantify three controlled and/or prohibited depigmenting ingredients current in lightening cosmetics sold in Ouagadougou. Twenty-nine lightening cosmetic samples were being collected from vendors and HPLC https://allhealthmarket.com/product/health-and-beauty-2/skin-care-health-and-beauty-2/face/makeup-cosmetics/it-cosmetics-your-skin-but-better-cc-full-coverage-cream-spf50-uva-color-correcting/