AND HARRY REID’S ONLY MAKING THINGS WORSE: Creams Offering Lighter Skin May Bring Risks. “Dermatologists nationwide are seeing women of Hispanic and African descent, among others, with severe side effects like Mrs. Ross’s from the misuse of skin-lightening creams, many with prescription-strength ingredients, which are sold in beauty shops and bodegas and online.” No, really, the article mentions Harry Reid.