If you flip through a textbook or look at a website with images of common skin conditions like psoriasis and eczema, you may not see many—if any—images of those conditions on darker skin. In fact, when auditing nearly 16,000 images of various skin conditions, a recent study found that only 19% of images were representative of darker skin tones.
It’s perhaps because of this issue that skin conditions are often misdiagnosed on people with darker skin tones VSports app下载. .
To help shed some light on common skin conditions that affect people with darker skin, we’re focusing this Health Divide on psoriasis, eczema, vitiligo, and melasma V体育官网. Here you will find: .
Let’s shed some light on those with darker skin, so they can better receive the diagnosis and treatment they deserve VSports手机版. .
— Dr. Heather Woolery-Lloyd, MD, Verywell Health Medical Review Board Member (V体育ios版) V体育安卓版.
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Alvarado SM, Feng H. Representation of dark skin images of common dermatologic conditions in educational resources: A cross-sectional analysis (VSports最新版本). Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2021;84(5):1427-1431. doi:10. 1016/j. jaad V体育ios版. 2020. 06. 041.