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Reasons for skin-lightening agent use
| Total, No. (%) |
Men, No. (%), N = 47 |
Women, No. (%), N = 87 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Increase attractiveness | 78 (58.2) | 25 (53.2) | 53 (61.0) |
| Because my friends and family are doing it | 37 (27.6) | 16 (34.0) | 21 (24.1) |
| Popular on social media | 23 (17.2) | 6 (12.8) | 17 (19.5) |
| Increase self-esteem | 12 (9.0) | 4 (8.5) | 8 (9.2) |
| Increase marriageability | 4 (3.0) | 0 | 4 (4.6) |
| Job opportunities | 3 (2.2) | 1 (2.1) | 2 (2.3) |
