It’s unfortunate that for a very long time, there has been a misconception that Black people can’t get skin cancer.

Dermatologist Dr. Jenna Lester remembers being a medical student and rarely seeing Black and brown skin tones in textbooks. Professors would describe how a medical condition would look different ...

I wasn’t quite Black enough.” While on a stroll in downtown Portsmouth, Carlton and Ashley Bland offer a microcosm of colorism. Bland’s skin tone is significantly darker than his wife’s.

Experts say it's uncommon for these illustrations to feature people of color. A Black medical student whose medical illustrations featuring a Black pregnant woman went viral in 2021 has sparked a ...

Black people in the hospital are 31.9% more ... Ongoing research has found that if these devices are not calibrated for dark skin tones, the pigmentation of the skin could affect how that light ...

Everyone, no matter your skin type or tone ... Type: chemical | SPF: 50 | Consistency: gel | Water resistance: 40 minutes Black Girl Sunscreen, a Black-owned brand that makes sunscreens ...

The classic “redness” described in most medical literature appears less visible on brown and black skin tones, instead presenting as purple-gray, ashen gray, or dark brown discoloration that ...

performing in pointe shoes that actually matched her brown skin tone. Williams reflected that early in her career in the 1960s, as the lone black ballerina in her company, brown pointe shoes weren ...

it affects people of all different skin colors and tones. In fact, children who are Black may be more likely to have eczema than other children. (Kids are more likely than adults to have eczema).