Dermatologist and Founder of Skin Foundation, Dr Kofi Ansah Brifo, has revealed that indulging in skin bleaching disrupts the skin’s ability to heal itself. Bleaching makes one prone to slow healing of wounds, he said.

According to Dr Brifo, patients tend to blame the doctor if their wounds or injuries are not healing quickly enough.

They ignore the fact that layers of the skin have been peeled off, leaving the bleached skin exposed to all kinds of risks, which slows down the healing process.

Speaking on the GTV Breakfast Show on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, Dr Brifo explained that the potency of steroids in some products affects the collagen, which helps with healing.

He added that surgeries are difficult to perform on bleached skin and cautioned the public to put a stop to bleaching.

“Someone gets involved in an accident and is brought to the emergency room, and you can’t even perform surgery on this person because the skin has been bleached,” he said.