Cutaneous and systemic harms of unregulated cosmetic skin lightening products: A systematic review

This dataset supports the systematic review titled “Cutaneous and Systemic Harms of Unregulated Cosmetic Skin Lightening Products: A Systematic Review.” The dataset includes supplemental materials related to the review process and evidence synthesis, including the PRISMA 2020 flow diagram, clinical takeaways, agent-specific clinical summaries, quality assessment, study characteristics, PROSPERO information, and the full search strategy. The review evaluated cutaneous and systemic adverse outcomes associated with cosmetic skin-lightening products and procedures, including harms linked to hydroquinone, topical corticosteroids, mercury-containing products, and glutathione.