my struggle for whitening [4]

When I was a student before 3rd grade in elementary school, my skin was quite white. However, things changed a lot when I started learning swimming and playing volleyball.

Every morning and every break time, my classmates and I would rush to occupy the volleyball court. In our school, every student was crazy about it. Even though the sun was so much we didn't care. Besides, in every summer vacation, my mom sent me to learn swimming and the pool was outside. I had to swim under the sunshine. When I was that little and young, I didn't know how to protect my skin. My mom didn't tell me as well for she never applied any cosmetic or facial care products to her face.

I have regretted for it so much since I was in junior high school. I learned that in Taiwan, as the saying goes, "fair-skin girl is more pretty". Most boys in Taiwan like fair-skin girls, which is exactly opposite to westerners. They like dark-skin more. They think it looks more healthy so when we're watching western movies we can see that on beach so many girls love to sunbathe. Unfortunately, I am an Asian and a Taiwanese. You can see so many many many many whitening products or surgery on TV commercial or in a newspaper, magazines and so on. I mean, everywhere! And those models, actress and singers are also very white. They send us average people a message that girls must be white. They have great influence on this society. Even I don't want to care about it that is "mission impossible". Therefore, I have begun rescued my skin from the torment of the sun for many years.

First of all, appling sunscreen to my skin, as the saying goes again,"Prevention is better than cure." In summer, I need at least one bottle of sunscreen in two weeks. Forthermore, I will rub different brand of sunscreen on my skin at one time. I think that in this way it will protect me more. And when I am outside exposed to the sun, I never forget my umbrella. Secondly, I have spent lots of money on whitening products since 11th grade. They are terribly expensive. Besides, It also takes a lot of time for me to take good care of my skin. I have to follow every step when maintaining so that those products could, maybe, have effects on my face.

I have worked really hard on whitening for a long time, but in fact, I can only see little effect. It's true that I did really become whiter than before. For me, it is obviously not good enough. I am always envy of my friends' fair skin. I always think that when fair-skin girls dress up they are more eye-catching. Even some kind of clothes are more suitable for them.

I will never give up. Maybe in the future I will try the whitening surgery when I earn money by myself. It is the fastest way. As a Taiwanese girl I want to say, "God! It is really hard to be a fair-skin girl." Although a proverb goes again and again, "there is no ugly woman, only lazy woman", I think it should be corrected as "there is neither ugly woman nor lazy woman, only rich woman!"