I don't know why many Asian women love to have white skin...

i dont. hehehe.. I love my burned color. I am fortunate to have no pimples all my life so far. I have so many scars on my legs due to my active childhood.

It pisses me off too why usually women my age are so desperate to become white. They think white is beautiful and whenever they see a white skinned woman walking around, they think she's pretty. Though when I look properly at that fair skinned woman, she ain't pretty at all. her beauty is typical and not special, no matter how much make up she might put on there. I believe girls who take care of themselves, who groom themselves without conforming to what everyone might believe to be pretty are the truly beautiful women. haha, I have tan skin and I don't bother with getting myself white. I see people who try hard to be white and I think they are such losers, they can't even accept their natural look.

I guess this is where the old concept/notion about human behavior comes in.That we humans have no satisfaction, if we see something new we want to have it or we like to posses the same thing. Even to the extent of harming our self. I am proud to be of Asian origin and I love what I am and I don't envy others if they have different colors especially the skin.

A woman is never satisfied with what she has. So if she has a fair skin, she would want to have that tan. And if the has that olive green color, well, she'd try to have a lighter skin color. It is just the same as those who have curly hair to have it straightened out and vice versa.

White skin? Not only a woman I as a man also want a white skin. Hehe. I.think most woman live at east Asia original have white skin. Most woman in south and south east Asia have a dark skin. Some people they not satisfied with their appearance. That why they do everything to make them look beautiful.

Well, maybe yes, there are a lot of Asian women who wants to have white skin but others really just want to have an even out skin tone. The climate in Asian countries are quite warm which may result to uneven skin tone with regards to the area of the skin being exposed to the sun and not being exposed.

I recall a few years ago, there was a buzz on a face cream commercial because of their play on the importance of having white skin. The commercial was about a ballet audition and the reason why the girl wasn't chosen was because she didn't "stand out" because of not having white skin. It had nothing to do with the talent or skill connected with the supposed audition. I don't know why a lot of Asians think being pale is beautiful when we have beautiful skin hues. I am naturally fair skinned but I hate it. I look pale and sickly so what I do is I try to tan myself as much as I can. Whenever my friends and I go to the beach or go mountain climbing, I try to get as much sun exposure as I can.

This is a good question. I think this is because of the culture difference. People all appreciate to the different look. This is just like the western women prefer to have the darker skin. They go to the beach or even go to the beauty salon to have the sun bath. The pale color stands for the weak. But here it is different. Here if you have white skin, then you are usually regarded to be pretty. How interesting it is!

i have no idea why either. i guess most women just think they are not beautiful. my son and a lot of men think asian, olive/and or darker skin is beautiful. they particularly prefer it. but then maybe the asian women dont care much for lighter men and only want the darker men and thinking those asian men prefer light skin? its a sad mess isnt it?

Some people use it because of uneven skin color or so I hear. Here in the states they like to fry pasty people up real nice in the tanning beds. No one is ever happy with what they've already got.

i think because it is embedded in the minds of most especially the dark skinned or asian women that having white complexion is more attractive. so they try to get rid of their natural color by applying whitening products. it is always believed and seen that having white complexion is more favorable than brown or dark skin..so it becomes a craze for them..and also white women want to become browned or dark skinned by tanning themselves,.they want to look exotic..to them that is more beautiful too..different people have different mindsets and mentality..few actually love and embrace their natural skin and color.

Hi ryanong yes i agree Asian women love white skin. Even on television they show many shows which give a lot of importance o white skin. In one way they are using the weakness of ladies/people to sell their products. I think we give importance because its general that people crave for the things they dont have. This may be the reason why asian women want it. But as you said yes we should have a healthy skin that's more important than anything . Healthy skin matters not the color. But people always like to have fair/white skin.

Now I remember when i had a little talk with an English man. By the way, im a Filipino but not one of those girls who struggles hard to have a fair skin. Im happy with my tan skin although I must admit that I also find people wit fair skin attractive. The man told me about what he had discovered with girls in our country. He said girls here were beautiful. I told him I cant believe it cause there were many beautiful girls from UK. The man laughed and said,, tsk tsk. Did you know that women from my country spends thousands of dollars just to get the tan skin that they want? And you Asian girls tend to get whiter? I thought it was kinda funny.

It's beacuse they want to adopt and look like americans because they admire them and want to be one of them. Risking the fact that they might be in trouble using some whitening products. Dreaming without considering reality.

My skin is Yellowish by birth because my father is a Chinese. Many of my friends, cousins, sister-in-law envies my skin but I keep telling them that people with white skins normally have internal health problems just like me. I was diagnose with MVP and most of my friends who are also white skin toned either have Asthma or Skin Allergies. I also told them that it is hard have white skin, a few soft blemish on our skin and it is already noticeable just like on our armpits which for some of us change color during pregnancy. My morena and dark skin toned relatives and friends would buy and spend money on anything that can make them white skinned, even if this are product that have not yet been tested. I too don't know why they dont like having dark skin but they should know dark skin people have more melanin than white ones.

Actually being born in Asian country, I noticed that some races do have many women with light colored skin tone. So some of them are born white and there is nothing wrong with that. Some are born with darker skin tone and they tend to believe that white or light skin tone is more attractive. Well, this is quite true as most Asian people have the perception that light skin tone is more attractive for women. Of course I do not encourage the use of chemically dangerous products to lighten one's skin tone. There are some products that are much safer and natural yet effective to lighten the skin tone too. Anyway, darker skin tone can be attractive too as long as the skin is healthy like you mentioned.

You are so right , Asians love to have white skin than being fair or tan.In my mind , white looks more attractive , clean and fits top any dress color. That is why , we strive to make our skin white , from natural means to the Science new discoveries , anything that can makes our skin white , we try and try.

It is similar to sun tanning by white ladies. All need to change. Perhaps change is the most beautiful aspect of life.

If every women do not mind their skin color, there will be no business for those company selling such products, haha! Just kidding! I do agree with you most Asian women love to have fairer skin. Howerver, others who are having a darker skin will yearn to have fairer skin and vice versa. But, I notice some of those who are fairer tend to have sensitive skin. As for me, I rather let it be natural and just eat more healthily. With healthy food, I believe my skin will look more healthier.

i agree. you dont need to have a white complexion a nice and healthy skin is enough. well the reason why they want white skin because of colonnial mentality i guess.