# Changing colour of your skin

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-colour-of-your-skin/754179>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 7, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-colour-of-your-skin/754179 "2016-05-07T16:20:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Nansbread1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-colour-of-your-skin/754179/1 "2016-05-07T16:20:06Z")

</div>

It is widely scoffed at in the western world but rampant in Asian countries where a paler skin tone is considered desirable.

But most skin lightening methods rely on creams and lotions with very little success if any.

Is there any scientific research or attempts to tackle skin colour change at genetc level either in embryonic stage or after birth? Any published papers in this field.