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by voisin 1368 days ago
I have read that there are many things people do in Japan to lighten their skin as this is perceived as more beautiful.
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isthisthingon99 1368 days ago
The reason is that tanned people got tanned because they had to work.
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blobbers 1368 days ago
Can confirm. Used to work on an early version of their "instagram" filters and one of the functions was to whiten skin.
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