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Inflammatory Skin Diseases in Skin of Color Patients

Friday, May 5, 2023
11:25 AM – 12:55 PM .

    Presenter(s)

  • Hilary Baldwin, MD

    Medical Director
    Acne Treatment and Research Center
    Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson
    Brooklyn, New York

    Disclosure information not submitted.

  • Shawn Kwatra, MD

    Associate Professor of Dermatology
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Baltimore, Maryland

    Disclosure(s): disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any ineligible company (commercial interest).

Join the Dermatology Week co-chairs as they discuss the latest therapeutic advances in the management of conditions affecting the skin, hair, and nails.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss acne therapy in patients of all skin tones
  • Recognize that rosacea is underdiagnosed in patients with richly-pigmented skin
  • Evaluate treatment options for both acne and rosacea that avoid skin irritation and resultant hyperpigmentation
  • Discuss factors contributing to racial disparities in atopic dermatitis and chronic itch conditions
  • Recognize various chronic itch subtypes in skin of color patients
  • Evaluate treatment options for chronic itch in skin of color patients that avoid dyspigmentation and scarring