435 distinct cosmetics brands have been banned by the Kenya Bureau of Statistics (KEBS) due to claims that they were tainted with mercury and medication components known as hydroquinones.
The aforementioned beauty products, which include soaps, skin-lightening creams, and lotions, have not been registered by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of the Ministry of Health for use in treating patients, and should only be used as prescribed by a doctor, according to a statement released by KEBS on Tuesday.
Therefore, KEBS forbids the sale of the brands mentioned, and further threatens legal action against any company found to be selling the products.
“KEBS aims to inform the public that the cosmetic brands listed below are prohibited and should not be sold. According to the statement, the items include hazardous materials like hydroquinone, mercury, and its derivatives.
“The prohibition or ban is intended to safeguard innocent customers and deter product dumping in the Kenyan market. Various medical disorders are treated using hydroquinone, mercury, oxidizing agents, and hormonal medicines.
They are considered medications and should only be used under a doctor’s advice and supervision, the statement continued. The Pharmacy and Poisons Board of the Ministry of Health should register all skincare products, including creams, lotions, gels, soaps, and others, that include hydroquinone, steroids, and hormonal preparations for medical use.
KEBS issues warnings about the products’ potential long-term side effects, including skin rashes, swelling, redness or peeling, exhaustion, weakness, discomfort in the bones, skin discoloration, kidney damage, digestive disorders, and neurological ailments.
Products like Betnovate, Mediven, Diprosone, Nerisone, Hydrocortisone, 0xy 5 and 0xy 10 have been determined to be fit for usage.
Here is the full list of banned products.
LIST OF BANNED SOAPS CONTAINING MERCURY AND ITS COMPOUNDS
1. Movate
2. Mekako
3. Jaribu
4. Tura
5. Acura
6. Rico
7. Fair lady
8. Elegance
9. Miki
10. Jambo
LIST OF BANNED SKIN LIGHTENING CREAMS
1. Pimplex medicated cream
2. Pimplex medicated cream
3. New shirley medicated cream
4. Cream preparations containing hydrogen peroxide(h2o2)
5. Hot movate gel
6. Tenovate
7. Soft and beautiful cream
8. Unic clear super cream
9. Peau claire gel plus
10. Peau claire cream
11. Jolen cream, skin preparations continting steroids
12. Movate cream, skin success gel
13. Amira –c
14. Neu clear gel
15. Body clear cream spot remover
16. Top gel plus
17. Lemonvate cream, secret gel
18. Tcb gel plus
19. Topifram cream
20. Skin balance lemon cream
21. Dermo -gel plus
22. Fashion fair gel plus
23. Visible difference gel
24. Sivoclair cream
25. Action demovate cream
26. Regge lemon gel
27. Ultimate lady gel
28. topifram gel plus
29. Age renewal cream
30. Fair & white gel plus
31. Peau clair gel plus
32. Fashion fair cream
33. First class lady cream
34. Skin success cream
35. Neu clear cream plus
36. Jaribu beta – β cream
37. Body treat cream spot remover
38. Clair & lovely gel, peau clair cream
39. Soft & beautiful gel
40. Action demovate gel plus
41. Prosone gel
42. Skin balance gel wrinkle remover
43. Ultra-gel plus
44. Pro-one gel mca
45. Betalemon cream
46. Skin balance cream wrinkle remover
SKIN-LIGHTENING LOTIONS, CREAMS AND GELS CONTAINING HYDROQUINONE
List of Banned Lotions
1. Jaribu skin lightening lotion
2. A3 lemon skin lightening lotion Princess lotion
3. Amira skin lightening lotion
4. Kiss lotion
5. Peau Claire beauty body lotion
6. A3 clear touch complexion lotion
7. Rico skin lightening lotion
8. Clear touch lotion
9. Fair white body clearing milk
10. Sivoclair lightening body lotion
11. Extra clair lightening body lotion
12. Precieux treatment beauty lotion
13. Clear essence skin beautifying milk
List of Banned Gels
1. Ultra clear
2. Topiclear
3. Body clear
List of Banned Creams
1. Jaribu cream
2. Madonna medicated cream
3. Tura skin toning cream
4. Kiss -medicated beauty cream
5. Zarina medicated skin lightener cream
6. Lolane cream, nadinola cream
7. Mic skin lightener cream
8. Clere lemon cream
9. Butone cream
10. Miki beauty cream
11. Island beauty skin fade cream
12. Ikb medicated cream
13. Care plus fairness cream
14. A3 skin lightening cream, ambi american formula
15. Ambi extra complexion cream for men
16. A3 tripple action cream pearl light
17. Fairlady skin lightening cream
18. Clear touch cream
19. Rico skin tone crème
20. Princess medicated beauty cream
21. Immediat claire lighten
22. Mekako cream
23. Yesako medicated beauty cream
24. Mrembo medicated beauty cream
25. Uno21 cream
26. Envi skin toner, viva super lemon
27. Glotone complexion cream
28. Tonight night beauty cream
29. Clere extra cream
30. Malaika medicated beauty cream
31. Crusader skin toning cream
32. Malibu medicated cream
33. Opiclear cream, carekako medicated cream
34. Dream successful
35. Cleartone skin toning cream
36. Cleartone extra skin toning cream
37. Elegance skin lightening cream
38. Fade out cream
39. Crusader ultra-brand cream
40. Baraka skin lightening cream
41. Amira cream
42. Rico complexion cream
43. Shirley cream
44. Princess patra luxury complexion cream
45. Ambi special complexion cream
46. Nindola cream, claire creme
47. Fulani creme eclaircissante
48. Binti jambo cream
49. Dear heart with hydroquinone cream
50. Nish medicated cream
51. Palmer’s skin success fade cream
52. Body clear cream
53. Symba creme skin lite ‘n’ smooth
54. Clear essence medicated fade cream
55. O’nyia skin crème
56. Mr. Clere cream
57. Top lemon plus cream
58. Ultime skin lightening cream
59. Peau claire crème eclaircissante
Be the first to comment