Yeah I agree people are pretty messed up, I am a dark skinned black girl, who when I was a teenager I suffered from hyperpigmentation and brown spots on my skin, making it appear darker and unevened tone. With all of that people still told me I was cute. But anyway I went to a dermatologist , and she prescribed hydroliquinone, a skin tone bleaching creme that I was to appy to the dark spots and the skin discoloration. So I have used bleaching creme but only to even out the acne scars and brown hyperpigmentation spots. Every time I break out with a pimple IT LEAVES A BIG BROWN SPOT, so I have to use bleach to get rid of the spot, but what eventually happened is that the spot get lighter than the rest of my skin then I have to even out my skin with the cream to match the lighter spots. I hated using that cream. I do not like the idea of fooling with the color God gave me. So to solve the problem what I have done, is to wash and cleanse my face very good, so I do not have to break out and use that horrible skin bleaching cream. My skin is even toned now and it looks great. But I like my smooth even toned clear chocolate brown complexion.banana.gif