Note: Other platforms such as FirstCry, 1MG, Snapdeal, Flipkart, Amazon, and Purpelle in addition to Nykaa are selling harmful products like vaginal tightening gels. We will be updating our demands accordingly.
If you have been following Jhatkaa.org’s work for long enough, you probably remember how our collective efforts lead to Nykaa taking down harmful and unscientific products like breast enlargement creams and vaginal tightening creams.
But here we are again!
Nykaa is selling vaginal tightening and whitening creams on its website again! What is more, they are doing this after we made them take down regressive products in the past.
Nykaa has become a household brand name for beauty products. They claim to have over 15 million users. For a company with a user base of that size, it’s upsetting to see them selling products that normalizes the idea of achieving unrealistic beauty standards like that of a “perfect vagina.”
These seemingly harmless products contribute to health-related risks for people with vaginas and fuels the obsession for a “perfect body” dictated by patriarchal norms.
Doctors have repeatedly highlighted the redundancy and harmful effects of vaginal tightening and whitening creams. The notion of a vagina being whitened comes from unattainable standards set by the beauty industry that constantly lies to us us, telling us that we 'are not enough.'
As doctors have said:
“One thing women must know is that vaginal bleaching can be risky and it is not recommended by doctors.”
“The levels of melanin in the body's private regions are usually higher, which is why those areas may appear darker than the rest of the body and it’s absolutely normal.”
With even doctors speaking against the scientificity of these products, let us ask ourselves whether women’s bodies should go through so much harm and pain?
Let’s raise our voices against the sale of such ridiculous products. Together we can ask Nykaa to take this product down. Being an e-commerce giant, they have a responsibility to their users. Let’s remind them of that.
We have won before and we will win again. Nykaa responds promptly to customer queries on social media and there are high chances that your signatures will put much-needed pressure on them to take this product down from their website.
Sign the petition today!
Sources:
Note: Other platforms such as FirstCry, 1MG, Snapdeal, Flipkart, Amazon, and Purpelle in addition to Nykaa are selling harmful products like vaginal tightening gels. We will be updating our demands accordingly.
If you have been following Jhatkaa.org’s work for long enough, you probably remember how our collective efforts lead to Nykaa taking down harmful and unscientific products like breast enlargement creams and vaginal tightening creams.
But here we are again!
Nykaa is selling vaginal tightening and whitening creams on its website again! What is more, they are doing this after we made them take down regressive products in the past.
Nykaa has become a household brand name for beauty products. They claim to have over 15 million users. For a company with a user base of that size, it’s upsetting to see them selling products that normalizes the idea of achieving unrealistic beauty standards like that of a “perfect vagina.”
These seemingly harmless products contribute to health-related risks for people with vaginas and fuels the obsession for a “perfect body” dictated by patriarchal norms.
Doctors have repeatedly highlighted the redundancy and harmful effects of vaginal tightening and whitening creams. The notion of a vagina being whitened comes from unattainable standards set by the beauty industry that constantly lies to us us, telling us that we 'are not enough.'
As doctors have said:
“One thing women must know is that vaginal bleaching can be risky and it is not recommended by doctors.”
“The levels of melanin in the body's private regions are usually higher, which is why those areas may appear darker than the rest of the body and it’s absolutely normal.”
With even doctors speaking against the scientificity of these products, let us ask ourselves whether women’s bodies should go through so much harm and pain?
Let’s raise our voices against the sale of such ridiculous products. Together we can ask Nykaa to take this product down. Being an e-commerce giant, they have a responsibility to their users. Let’s remind them of that.
We have won before and we will win again. Nykaa responds promptly to customer queries on social media and there are high chances that your signatures will put much-needed pressure on them to take this product down from their website.
Sign the petition today!
Sources: