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JOURNAL OF COSMETIC SCIENCE 118 APPENDI X 1: Questionnaire 1. Do you currently use bleaching creams? 1. Yes 2. No 2. If no, have you ever used bleaching creams before? 1. Yes 2. No If yes in questions 1 and/or 2, please answer the following questions (3–27) If no in questions 1 and 2, please answer questions 23–27 3. How did you obtain the cream? 1. Prescription 2. From the pharmacy without prescription 3. From herbal shops and open markets (nonmedical shops) 4. Beauty and cosmetic shops. 4. The cream you used: 1. Is it composed of a readymade drug at the pharmacy? 2. Mixture composed at the pharmacy 3. Mixture composed at herbal shops 4. Beauty product, nonmedical 5. The reason behind the use is: 1. To heal pigmented areas like freckles 2. Just to lighten the color of the skin 3. Both of the above reasons (1 & 2) 4. Others 6. Do you use bleaching creams during pregnancy? 1. Yes 2. No 7. Do you use bleaching creams during lactation? 1. Yes 2. No 8. How much do you pay monthly for the bleaching cream you use?...………SR 9. What areas do you apply the cream on? Please indicate by either Yes or No. A. Face 1. Yes 2. No B. Hands 1. Yes 2. No C. Arms 1. Yes 2. No D. Legs 1. Yes 2. No E. Stomach 1. Yes 2. No F. Chest 1. Yes 2. No G. Armpits 1. Yes 2. No H. Neck 1. Yes 2. No I. Forearm 1. Yes 2. No J. Feet 1. Yes 2. No K. Thighs 1. Yes 2. No L. Genitals 1. Yes 2. No M. Back 1. Yes 2. No N. Whole Body 1. Yes 2. No O. Elbows and knees 1. Yes 2. No 10. On average how many times do you use bleaching creams? 1. Once daily 2. Twice daily 3. Thrice daily 4. Not daily 5. Other, please specify ………………………………………… 11. What is the amount of cream you use monthly? ……………………….g