Color Me Healthy: Patient-Centered Care in Skin of Color
Dermatologists’ approaches to treating darker skin types aren’t color blind…yet
by 2050, more than 50 percent of the US population will have skin of color. As it stands, skin of color patients are the majority in California, New Mexico, and Texas, and soon will be the majority in Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, New York, and Florida, the Skin of Color Society reports.
This means that all dermatologists must become more proficient at diagnosing and treating cosmetic and medical concerns in patients with skin of color STAT. While much progress has been made, there still remain unmet needs and unanswered questions when it comes to skin issues in this population.Here’s where we stand in 2017.
SKIN CANCER RISK AND MORTALITY
Where we are: The five-year survival rate for African Americans with malignant melanoma is 78 percent. It’s 86 percent for Hispanics and 85 percent for Asians. The five-year survival rate for malignant melanoma is 92 percent for whites. The incidence of melanoma is increasing in all Hispanics, more markedly in those of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent, says Maritza I. Perez, MD, FAAD, a clinical professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine in New York City.
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