The common products used were hydroquinone and corticosteroids. 75% of women who used these creams showed cutaneous adverse effects.[48] Whitening products have also become popular in many areas in Asia like South Korea.[49] With the rise of these products, research has been done to study the long term damage. Some complications experienced are exogenous ochronosis, impaired wound healing and wound dehiscence, the fish odor syndrome, nephropathy, steroid addiction syndrome, predisposition to infections, a broad spectrum of cutaneous and endocrinologic complications of corticosteroids, and suppression of hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal axis.[50] Despite all these health effects it can cause, many will not give up their products.