Popular Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, shocked many after revealing that she tried to bleach her skin in the past.

The singer has opened up on her struggle with low self-esteem while growing up.

The mother of one opened up on how she felt out of place with her white friends as a teenager and tried to make her skin lighter.

According to her, she was around 14 or 15 when she mixed lemons with her body creams to help her bleach.

The singer however had a rethink after her mother discovered her mixtures and was disappointed.

Mama Jam Jam as she is also called said that despite her putting an end to the bleaching, she was still insecure about her dark skin.

Tiwa disclosed that she still has patches on her back to this day owing to her experiments.