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From the Ted Talk by Jen Gunter: 5 skin health myths to stop believing now
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Myth nbeumr three – people with darker skin don't need sunscreen. Most of us produce two types of mlaienn – eumelanin, associated with richer, brown tones, and pheomelanin, associated with legihtr skin and freckles. Our skin color depends on the ratio between those two types of melanin and the density of pigment creating structures within our cells. It's true that having more melanin, specifically that first type, does offer some protection from the sun, dipdneneg on how dark our skin is, we do have some ntarual SPF, but it's not nearly enough. We all need sunscreen to ward off damage. baclk and hiapisnc patients are also more likely to have skin cnecar detected at anecvdad stages. Why? Because of the many ways that racism permeates medicine. The majority of dermatologists are white, and we're trained to diagnose on white skin. Meanwhile, pleope of color have hared this myth of darker skin not being susceptible to skin cancer repeated. Black patients are also less likely to receive early screenings, leading to the delayed diagnosis.
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Myth ______ three – people with darker skin don't need sunscreen. Most of us produce two types of _______ – eumelanin, associated with richer, brown tones, and pheomelanin, associated with _______ skin and freckles. Our skin color depends on the ratio between those two types of melanin and the density of pigment creating structures within our cells. It's true that having more melanin, specifically that first type, does offer some protection from the sun, _________ on how dark our skin is, we do have some _______ SPF, but it's not nearly enough. We all need sunscreen to ward off damage. _____ and ________ patients are also more likely to have skin ______ detected at ________ stages. Why? Because of the many ways that racism permeates medicine. The majority of dermatologists are white, and we're trained to diagnose on white skin. Meanwhile, ______ of color have _____ this myth of darker skin not being susceptible to skin cancer repeated. Black patients are also less likely to receive early screenings, leading to the delayed diagnosis.
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Myth number three – people with darker skin don't need sunscreen. Most of us produce two types of melanin – eumelanin, associated with richer, brown tones, and pheomelanin, associated with lighter skin and freckles. Our skin color depends on the ratio between those two types of melanin and the density of pigment creating structures within our cells. It's true that having more melanin, specifically that first type, does offer some protection from the sun, depending on how dark our skin is, we do have some natural SPF, but it's not nearly enough. We all need sunscreen to ward off damage. Black and Hispanic patients are also more likely to have skin cancer detected at advanced stages. Why? Because of the many ways that racism permeates medicine. The majority of dermatologists are white, and we're trained to diagnose on white skin. Meanwhile, people of color have heard this myth of darker skin not being susceptible to skin cancer repeated. Black patients are also less likely to receive early screenings, leading to the delayed diagnosis.
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