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Darker skin is at a lower risk but you still need to protect yourself. Here’s how people of color can prevent skin cancer, according to dermatologists. ....
‘I’m a Black Woman and My Skin Cancer Was Misdiagnosed for Nearly 10 Years’ Not all skin cancer shows up as an abnormal mole. By Taylor Simmons As Told To Kaitlyn Pirie May 25, 2021 Lauryn Taylor One day in 2012, when I was a sophomore in high school, I looked in the mirror and was surprised to see light patches on my cheeks that hadn’t been there before. I thought, “Oh my god, what is this?” When I was a child I was diagnosed with eczema on my hands, but that was scaly itchiness not light-colored spots on my pecan-brown skin. I had never experienced anything like it before, so my mom took me to a dermatologist near Hampton, Virginia, where I still live. ....
Black patients see skin issues misdiagnosed as dermatologists are often trained on lighter skin: ‘It’s a different treatment plan’ Alison Bowen, Chicago Tribune It took years for Shania Haynes to get a balding patch on her scalp correctly diagnosed. In 2015, she first noticed a small dark patch developing on her head. When it grew, she went to see a doctor at a Chicago health clinic who said it might be ringworm and that it would go away. But it didn’t get better. “I was like, what is this?” Haynes, 21, remembered. “It just kept progressing, it got bigger, it started changing colors.” ....