Eczema does not look the same on every skin tone. For people with deeper skin, the condition can be harder to recognize because the inflammation may not appear as the familiar bright redness often shown in skincare advertisements and medical images.
Instead, eczema can appear brown, grayish, dark brown or nearly black. Understanding those differences…
As a child growing up in Trinidad and Tobago, warm weather was a year round constant, and spending hours outside was simply part of daily life. It wasn't until moving to New York City as an adult that the writer, a 44 year old Black mother, learned how much she didn't know about protecting melanin…
From underrepresentation in dermatology offices to harmful stereotypes about early puberty, Black patients with acne face barriers that go far beyond skincare.
June is Acne Awareness Month, but for many Black women, the conversation around acne has never really included them. The mirrors, the magazine pages, the after-school specials about teenage skin — none of…

