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DeepDermTox
A deep-learning platform in development to detect toxic and counterfeit cosmetics — including skin-lightening creams laced with mercury, hydroquinone, and hidden steroids — before they reach the people they harm.
About
Science and awareness against an unfair industry.
This initiative pairs rigorous research with public education — because no one should be told that their skin tone is a problem to be fixed.
Our Efforts
Turning evidence into a movement against an unfair industry.
Awareness alone is not enough. This initiative pairs rigorous science with public education to make skin health safer and more equitable — and to dismantle the idea that any complexion needs fixing.
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Rigorous research
Pairing analytical chemistry, mathematics, and medical AI to map how unregulated lightening products move through markets and bodies, and to surface the evidence regulators and the public need.
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Public education
Turning peer-reviewed findings into clear, accessible awareness — so the true cost of the global skin-lightening industry is understood by the communities it affects most.
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A global standard of dignity
Working toward a future where no product, ad, or norm tells a person their skin tone is a problem to be fixed — and where safer, more equitable skin health is the baseline everywhere.
About the Founder
Hi, I'm Asmi — a student at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, working where deep learning, mathematics, dermatology, and public health meet.
I'm a Johns Hopkins Study of Exceptional Talent (SET) scholar and a Davidson Young Scholar, and a published co-author on peer-reviewed research spanning medical AI. I'm a research intern at SILO Med AI and at the Interdisciplinary Scientific AI Supercomputing Hub (ISAS) at the University of Illinois Springfield, and a Physician Pipeline Preparatory (P4) Scholar at SIU School of Medicine.
My focus is dermatology and immunology — specifically, using deep learning, mathematics, and analytical chemistry to make skin health safer and more equitable. Through DeepDermTox, a platform I'm building to detect toxic and counterfeit cosmetics, I've seen how unregulated products — including skin-lightening creams laced with mercury, hydroquinone, and hidden steroids — harm millions of people, and fall hardest on communities of color.
That's why I started this initiative: to expose the true cost of the global skin-lightening industry and build the science and awareness to counter it. My goal is a global effort that pairs rigorous research with public education — because no one should be told that their skin tone is a problem to be fixed.