The Racist History Of Retinol - How Prison Human Experiments Created A Skincare Staple

Instagram - james_s_welsh Nail Instagram - @neophyte_nails Nail YouTube - @neophyte Nails ✨ The Racist History of Retinol ✨ Retinol is celebrated as a skincare miracle for anti-aging, acne treatment, and more. But beneath its glowing reputation lies a dark and often ignored history of unethical testing and exploitation, particularly targeting marginalised communities. Today I wanted to share the racist history of the creation of retinol, those who were used as human test subjects and nothing but 'acres of skin'. This video isn’t about canceling retinol—it’s about understanding its legacy and ensuring we push for representation and ethical practices in beauty and dermatology. sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retinol https://www.elle.com/uk/beauty/skin/a60784419/how-to-use-retinol/ https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/retinol-dark-skin-benefits_n_651e945be4b0b443173036e7 https://nymag.com/strategist/article/black-women-retinol.html https://vibrantdermatology.com/is-retinol-good-for-african-american-skin/ https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2019/08/240668/black-dermatologist-diversity-problem https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0190962208007494 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3742002/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmesburg_Prison https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/holmesburg-prison-experiments-timeline-20241022.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Kligman https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/us/23kligman.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tretinoin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Code https://www.prison-insider.com/en/articles/usa-the-holmesburg-prison-experiments https://www.npr.org/2022/10/07/1127406363/philadelphia-apologizes-experiments-black-inmates https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/sep/29/funmi-fetto-happy-in-my-skin-beauty-industry-diversity https://now.org/blog/skincare-inclusivity-the-dangerous-and-racist-side-of-skincare/ Allen M Hornblum, 1998, Acres Of Skin, Routledge. ISBN 0-415-91990-8