I didn’t realize light people were obsessed with being even lighter…

So I'm Asian and considered to have light skin in the west. When I went to Korea I was considered tan, or definitely not bright/pale. Just looking at their foundation shade range, I often have to wear the darkest or close to the darkest shade available there and they usually label it "tan" or describe it to be for "dark" skin. Then in America I buy shades called warm ivory/vanilla, light sand, light beige, etc. Like, no wonder koreans want to get these injections. Their society is telling them they are dark even if they are not. And even if you are tan, there is nothing wrong with that.

As a Chinese person (with stereotypical yellow skin) I went to Korea and was shocked that the foundation that was my skin tone was in the dark category shelf. There was a black woman asking for her shade and I remember the clerk telling her they don’t have her shade. I felt so sorry for her 😭 edit: i never compared anything to china? i’m just talking about my personal experiences. I’ve never seen a black person ask for foundation in china, this story is relevant to this scenario ffs

It's interesting that Koreans born and living in Korea have way lighter skin shade than koreans in other countries. You can see that it's their beauty standards that makes them go the extra mile to look lighter than they actually are Edit: I agree that some environmental situations affect the way you look, but that doesn't change the fact that in korean standards the lighter = the better There are tons of tone up creams and products even surgeries for skin lightening in korea. Even their base makeup products are marketed to fair to light/medium shades and only a few brands include medium shades in their range.

As a brown Indian I just feel incredibly sad

Dark skinned girl with golden undertones here... when the sun hits my skin, I look like the love child of gold and the sun's reflection on the ocean, on a warm summer's day. I'm happy with this👌🏾There is more to beauty than paleness.

A lots of Asians want to be paper white. I’m Asian and my relatives used to brought up how my skin isn’t beautiful bc I was born with a darker skin tone than them. This happened almost every family gathering when I was young.

Even if kpop idols don't do plastic surgery, they have intense skincare routines and facials and makeup done by professionals. No Kpop idol is a natural beauty. There is no natural beauty for someone who lives for the camera. Its not possible. Do not compare yourself to idols.

Colorism is a big thing in Asia, everyone wants to have a light skin so bad.

I find it so interesting that some cultures want to tan and have bronzed complexions and others want to lighten them

Honestly I would do this because wanna get rid of my hyperpigmentation . I’d probably look a bit lighter but it’s rather look lighter than patchy the way I am now

damn I really forgot IU used to have slightly tan skin when she was younger because now she has snow white-like skin to the point i thought she was naturally very pale

Michael jackson had vitiligo, idk why everyone says he bleached his skin 😭😭

This is what Blackpink Lisa got done and her stans today still refuse to be believe it. Sis has gotten lighter over the years. I been noticed it. I don’t know why ppl believe this BS that YG doesn’t allow PS or cosmetic work. Yes I’m mentioning Lisa as an example obviously some other naturally tanner idols, actors probably did the same.

I feel so bad for Korean celebrities or celebrities in general. Being a darkskin girl, I’ve been told I was too dark. But my skin was one of the things I’ve always been proud of. Getting procedures to get lighter when their already pale? I feel so horrible for them

Yall need to calm down just like so many people use fake tan lotions and sunbathe to get darker skin tone ,on the other hand so many people want a brighter skin complexion, stop judging people and let people do whatever makes them feel comfortable.

yall be like "it's the culture!" like there's some unspoken rule that you must accept the toxic parts of culture. Racism is racism, colorism is colorism. Stop framing it as tradition and culture.

Everyone says that IU is super natural, and everything, but this proves that pretty much every celeb has stuff done to them- whether it’s a k-pop idol, or a Hollywood actress/actor or models etc. It is portrayed as though they were born with it all, but in actuality, it isn’t so. So many people suffer from poor body image because of this. (P.S: no hate to IU, or any other celeb, it’s just that several of the fans or supporters just say stuff like this so, that’s y)

growing up in the us, tan skin is the standard here. it’s so interesting how every country has different standards

We should be careful not to be biased on darker skintone compared to pale ones. It is exactly the same discrimination but just opposite way. Everyone has beauty in their own. We need to learn to respect each other more. Westernized beauty emphasizes on tanned skin and does not manufacture much pale foundation for palest people. Eastern beauty prefers pale skin that contrasts to their jet black sleek hair and black eyes. To Each Their Own.

When I was a kid I was born tan. I used to get insecure in my skin complexion. As i get older. I'm loving my skin. After my US internship. I realized, I looked better in my tan skin. My skin is lightened a little now, not bc i applied some other stuff. I'ts bc i dont exposed my skin in the sun. I dont like UV rays bc its bad for the skin, tho i always use sunscreen. But still i want my tan skin back.

"Brighten", the corporate word for "wighten"

Just to bring up, my sister was rushed to the ICU from glutathione use. Her body did not react well and she could barely breathe. It's also sad, because her skin wasn't even that dark, but Asian beauty standards is so brutal.

Brighten or tanning just let ppl do what they want. Some of y’all seem salty that they want the opportunity of what u have

As an Korean back up dancer, I was actually required to get this at least once.

Listen, to the person reading this. Your natural skin complexion is beautiful the way it is. Please don't consider changing it and putting yourself at risk just because of certain beauty standards and colorism. It's really not worth it. You are too precious!

This is why i like hwasa she not just an idol she's a role model.

I used to hate my skin colour and want to be more lighter because of society and all that stuffs but later I realised that every skin colour are beautiful and i accepted my skin colour and I love it so much!! I'm tan btw

Thanks but I don't need to fit in these beauty standards, I'm pretty with my natural skin tone💆🏻‍♀️.and so are you who are reading this✨

Nope no thanks, I love my melanin. ❤️ My family is a mix of every colour. One of the benefits of being an Indian 😂

Omg Korean beauty standard are so scary.... Iam so happy that i don't born in Korea 😮‍💨

It’s weird that Koreans do this to get lighter, but what’s even weirder is people getting hurt over the choice of a complete stranger… I didn’t look at this post and think, “ oh darn, in Korea they wanna get lighter, so I better do the same.” I also didn’t think, “Oh, Korea hates all POC because they wanna get lighter.” I mean people in the US tend to follow the lead of celebrities and influencers, and while I don’t live in Korea, this could be some beauty standard that has nothing to do with you as an individual.

I just want a uniform skin all throughout, don't really care about the colour

As a dark skinned person living in india I don't blame anyone who do these things to get lighter complexion. Its really hard when people around you constantly look down on you just because you have dark skin ... I've cried every night because of this. And you think people don't actually do anything horrible, but my Arts teacher kicked me out from a group act without any reason and said to my friend that I'm too ugly to be on stage. It's just one horrible incident and stopped dancing after that. Imagine living in korea where beauty is considered as everything and also a celebrity...the pressure must be inevitable.

I don’t understand why it is “sad” and “racist” to want pure white skin, but completely acceptable to burn yourself in the sun in effort to be tanned? Some people including myself look much nicer with pale skin and there’s nothing wrong with having a preference. Injecting oneself with an antioxidant sounds much healthier than sun damage too.

good thing I'm lazy to be too concerned about my appearance but rather love what i already have..

When I started junior high, i used to spend half of my money to buy bleaching products. I hated how my tanned skin looks like. It's been 5 years from now, I stopped it finally and accepted my true skin color. Lucky to have it

I’m a Korean American that gets tan really easily and I’m naturally darker and it sucks. Becuase Koreans are mostly pale/being pale is the beauty standard, no one thinks I’m Korean and when Korean ajummas get surprised when I speak to them, it kinda sucks haha Edit: I’m not hating on any other race?? I’m just saying that because of the unrealistic Asian beauty standards people just assume I’m not Korean because I’m not pale

Watching old Kdrama of IU from Dream High you can tell that, light tan is her natural skin color. I have always wondering why or how did she gotten so white lately. She looks good in tan skin color.

Gluta injection is so common in the Philippines. You can see too many cosmetic shops offering diff drips depending on the budget you have 😆 like 95% of the people who get theirs are only after the side effect (skin brightening/lightening) and not its actual use.

The original korean tan is way more attractive actually !!!!(based on old kdramas ppl.. they looked so attractive).

Nope I am good as I am. Does having not a acquired and accepted level of fair skin makes me not an Asian or not me? Love yourself more. Society doesn't really matter you happiness 😊 comes first.

But I think this isn't the same as getting an artificial tan in the west. In asia it is more of a social standard than beauty. It has deep roots in history

Since i have a liver disease I learn about this n thought Oh Yessss my liver eill be forever healthy and brighten my skin...why not.

I’m a very dark skinned American and I use it for cleaning my liver and blood. In conjunction with Vitamin C. Then I take B12 shot the next week. It brightens but doesn’t lighten my skin.

Anything related to skin fairness brings back old, horrible memories.

As someone from Ireland and regularly visits Scandinavia where the fairest people are. This is so bizarre to me. Asians have a yellowish tinge to their skin while us Europeans have a whitish pink tinge.

In parts of the world it call the Cinderella drip but it's ban in Australia due to the fact it inhabitants the melanin production and make your skin more at risk for skincancer even with the use of sunblock and it may help your liver but it also puts stress on it because it pumping up the amount instead it occurring the right amount naturally

It’s pretty crazy how in different places in the world, beauty is defined so differently. Over in the US, naturally I have super pale skin, and I remember being a kid and getting so burnt- but happy about it because it would fade to a tan. If I don’t have a tan, people think I’m sick, or I’ve been told I’m “more attractive” with a tan, and it’s ok to get a “little sun.” I fought with my pale skin for years, using fake tanners, the wrong shades of foundation, and thought my paleness made me ugly- that because other people pointed it out and made me feel inferior, there’s something wrong. And then some people in the world are bleaching their skin to be their version of conventionally beautiful? We have to start to love and accept ourselves for who we are... this is so sad.

It always surprises me how racist against dark skin most cultures are, even when they demand other cultures don’t discriminate against them, while they themselves discriminate their very own people.

Certainly a very popular trend in Asia. I have friends in Manila (Philippines ) and have house calls for the gluthathione infusion. RN’s come to their home and get the infusions done.

This is heartbreaking. Society and culture play a huge role when it comes to lightening/bleaching skin. As a brown hispanic, I was told that marrying white people is bettering the race. Have light skinned children, to improve the quality of our people. It really does damage the way people grow up, it's becoming a beauty standard that just doesn't seem healthy.

I appreciate her using her makeup brush as a microphone

Mj had vitiligo and used make up to cover up the dark spots to even his skin tone out

I get that this can be considered colourism but also people shouldn’t be shaming others just because they would prefer to be lighter too like it works both ways

Wish everyone would stop trying to change their skin colour. Aside from the fact that lightening usually makes people look ashy or sick, it’s just sad people feel they have to do this to be considered beautiful :(

🙋🏻korean here :) a big reason light skin is a beauty standard goes back to our history. Higher socioeconomic classes did less physical work outside, and therfore tanned less. So the light skin standard originally was rooted in wanting to appear in a high econonic status. Edit: ig i wasnt clear. Im not trying to agree with classism or racism i was just sharing cultural history.

As a mozzarella white person I don't understand why anyone would have my skin, I get sunburns just by going out for 30min

Is this why when you see some idols pre debut they have naturally tan skin. But the moment they debut it looks as if they dipped themselves in flour?

I go to the med spa for IV drips when I feel a cold or flu coming on. I used to get sick for months but now it’s only days. I always add glutathione. It makes you feel amazing along with all the vitamins and hydration you get. I do have feel better and my skin feels healthy but I never noticed it “lightening” my skin.

Why don’t you guys get disgusted when people get fake tan or spend sooo much to get tan 🤷🏿‍♀️

I think Michael Jackson just had vitiligo instead

This proves to us that you shouldn’t be worried about your skin complexion is. It’s okay to love yourself and not be involved with what’s “trending”. Ppl in the west want to be dark and ppl on the east want to be pale. Love yourself 💞

I was born quite fair, exactly like my mom who is even fairer than me, I was praised a lot for being pretty because as you know Asians are obsessed with lighter skin and I thought because of that darker skinned people weren't as pretty and I used to laugh along with my family when my aunt was the butt of jokes because she had a darker complexion. I'm glad I matured pretty early and don't have the same thinking that our Asian society want us to have, it's honestly very dumb and outdated and I hope this kind of thinking is disregarded and left behind.

I am sure many Indian celebs have done it as well.. like Kajol. She has become so light skinned over the years.

I could’ve sworn the number one procedure was the Monolid to double eyelid surgery

That glutathione is huge in the PI ! Most brown pinoys have transitioned too pale skin , through out the years through glutathione injections. As a brown skinned natural tanned , Filipino . I am actually happy in my own skin . I never had any issues with skin color insecurities, even back when I was living in the mother land 16 yrs ago .

I am Kazakh and I have 2 skintones throughout the year. In one half of the year I am pale as paper, while in the other half I am really really tan, even if I don't go outside much. I have two foundations to fit my skintones. I can't say that I like my tan version, because my arms are much darker than the rest of my body no matter what I do and my face gets tan in wierd blobs, but this is my body and my skin, so I am dealing with this. Personally, I don't mind if idols or celebs are doing this procedure, but I definitely don't want to do it myself. Every celebrity on the TV has something done by PS and I don't see problem with it, cause this is what their industry demands them to do

In the cosmetic field their job is to make you feel self conscious about the way you look so you get more procedures. If it not broke don't fix it you may regret it later on.

Michael Jackson had vitiligo. I think he tried both darkening and eventually lightening to just even out his skin. I think he was mostly embarrassed about the obvious contrast.

I just want to even out my tone😭 why does it have to take so looongg

I wish dark skin came back in Asia... I loved how healthy people used to look

As a black dark skinned woman, everytime l see one of my african sisters who had her skin lightenned with this kind of products, l love my complexion even more .

Man, forget that. #MelaninPoppin and proud of it.

Ok, so I got these injections for over a year and it made very little difference in my complexion. Granted, I was only getting it done once a week (maybe IU gets it everyday) and it was bundled with vitamin C and something called a Cinderella shot all in one procedure. It was administered from a standard IV bag with a vitamin C solution and then they use a syringe to collect the gluthatione and Cinderella shot from their vials and inject them into the IV bag. All in all the procedure takes 20 min on average and costs about $60 a pop when bought it bulk of a dozen or more. But in the last 6 months I have been taking a liposomal gluthatione supplement instead with the daily dose being 1500mg and costs $50 for a month’s supply and I’ve been getting results that are finally noticeable by others. It doesn’t necessarily “whiten” your skin but almost gives you a radiant glow because it’s helping rid your liver of toxins. So I went from spending $240 a month for a weekly injection that hardly made a difference to a daily supplement at $50 a month with noticeable results. I’d call that a win for saving a ton of money and time as well. Those weekly trips to the clinic were not convenient. Oh and another thing: and this is from someone who only got it done once a week. Depending on the nurse who administered it, I could sometimes be left badly bruised at the injection site. My arms started to look like a heroin addict’s after a while.

As a super pale woman and growing up in the ghetto I wish I had darker skin. People never believed me when I said I was Hispanic. I was also targeted by classmates and looked at like an enemy by their darker parents. I was out casted for my skin tone and demonized as a child. Nobody offered me support, they assumed I had everything based on my skin alone. To hear it's a beauty standard is wild to me.

For me, It's actually effective. It lightens my skin. ☺️

Tanning doesn't get the same hate as lightening and nothing is more ducked up than that considering the fact u can get skin cancer and skin disease when years of exposure to sunlight plus ppl are okay darkening the skin but when they see videos about lightening the skin they be like "just love urself the way you are" loolz the hypocrisy is crazy!!!

I understand wanting to be a bit brighter, as bright skin has a youthful glow...but lighter? Why on earth would anyone want to be lighter? It's a personal choice, and I support that. Why not love all skin tones, shades, different ethnic traits? We are all uniquely beautiful ❤

Yeah in Asia the whiter the best, it's just their culture or that's what I read browsing around idk if it true

Idk why brighten up is used in such context. Why is our skin always considered dull? I always feel bad when people say it like that

I’m so distracted by the makeup brush she’s using as a mic 🤣

Love yourselves!!! Human skin and it’s shades are ALL beautiful!

i am having a horrendous day so ive just been binging all your chillas art videos thank u so much man 😢

The look of Dr. Youn’s facial expressions in these vids is priceless - cracks me up . So entertaining & hilarious. I guess it must be a great stress reliever from the work that he does. Thankyou. Dr. Y....💛✨

Okay. I know that the light skin trend in Asia (generally speaking) can get a bit toxic. But on the other hand, after growing up in a place where the norm is to be mildly tan and the objective is to get more tan, my confidence got a massive boost once I found out that there were places were pale skin like mine is valued.

I think this is not so famous in korea cuz most koreans have light skin to medium tan. I even ask my sister in law about this but she didnt know there's a glutathione injection.

Im happy with my fair skin snd dark hair dark eyes complexion,and I think everyone should rock what they got no matter what the shade.My mom is much darker than me but has amazing skin still no wrinkles at 68 and that’s what matters is the health of our skin.

Warning, I have a couple friends and family in Korea who have done this and a common side effect for women is that their periods come more often, about 2 times within a 4 week period. Just going to put this out there because it isn't talked about in many forums about K-Beauty that I have seen.

I’m naturally pale but,I just hate it whenever my mom would tell me “You should go get tanned, you look like sour cream” (honestly I feel insulted sometimes) what beauty standards I like and what beauty standards my mom likes are completely different...Seriously I generally like pale skin I find it beautiful meanwhile everyone surrounding me says the opposite. I understand it’s US,you know?(you probably don’t anyways) people in general like tan skin. But, I can’t stand how sometimes I would be made fun of,of my pale skin (I’m not even that pale)....Everyone has their own beauty standards and being fun of them is really disgusting and sad,ok? My bro would make fun of my weight and it’s painful being told in the face “Fatty” or “Ew,you’re fat”. I don’t think so we need beauty standards cause everyone is beautiful in their ways. And it’s quite sad how harsh beauty standards are in SK (South Korea) or in Asia in general. I hope people will come to terms that beauty is not as important as the person herself. Ain’t no body need no beautiful face with an ugly personality-

As a southeast asian, the people here are OBSESSED with lightening their skin. Which js so weird cause yall will do anything for a tan, but we just wanna look like porcelain dolls. 😂😂😂

I am a kpop stan and it irks me so much when fans are like, "my idol is so natural". No they are getting stuff done. Please don't worship these idols and their looks as natural as in most cases its not.

i could never imagine hating my skin to the point of altering it that drastically. i’m white, so i know i’d already be considered “desirable” in some places, but damn that’s so heartbreaking

I remember my childhood when I was actually genuinely tanned because of school and I hated putting anything on my skin and just magically, my sister and mom never applied sunscreen and still never got tanned but I always did even when the Sun wasn't even there. My mom and sister used to tease me saying I am dark and it was purely out of teasing because every time I said oh I am not pretty maybe because I am darker than people and my mom would say, "I think you have lost your mind because first, you aren't dark. Second, it's the features that matter and not the tone of your skin." So eventually as I grew up, it all got clearer in my mind that wait a second! I am not dark it's just that other people in the world are just obsessed with white skin. And then I found myself loathing up in bronzers because brown made me feel so pretty. Now that wasn't right either and I understood that I don't know how to do makeup so I should stay away from it.

Even that lady seeing no problem with it😭I’m not Asian, I’m Hispanic so I have tan skin, but there’s nothing wrong with dark/tan skin!!

Trust me almost every countries in asia (and especially SEA because I'm from SEA) glorifies being fair/white 💀 imo I'm considered medium fair (my shade would usually be somewhere between #21 to #23) and my skin became dull once because of hormonal acne and my family members were being very judgy and annoying about it saying "what did u do to your face" "do u no longer use skincare?" bruh my skin is just skinning 💀 and i think the stress is not even helping with my acne

Seems a bit extreme. But Koreans do have really pretty skin. Not because it's pale but because it's very clear.

This girl here is holding a makeup brush for a ✨microphone✨, I- 😭✋

Back in the day women walked around with parasols especially rich women. To have a sunburn/tan meant you were poor and had to work outside in the hot sun. A lighter skin tone meant you were rich enough not to HAVE to go out in the sun. It was only after rich women going on vacations came back with a tan that it was then considered "rich" to have a tan especially in winter.

As a black person I feel like she is calling me ugly