Within the field of aesthetic medicine, there has recently been a growing recognition of a gap in clinician knowledge around skin of colour (SOC).1 This is partly due to a historical bias in Western medicine’s approach to dermatology, where white skin was considered the standard and default, and darker skin tones were relegated to being a curious footnote. This has led to a glaring lack of representation of SOC in the traditional medical curriculum and research journals.2 In fact, dermatology textbooks depict most skin diseases with images of light skin, with many textbooks containing no photographs of common concerns – like acne or dermatitis – in darker skin tones.3 Consequently many clinicians are not well-equipped to treat SOC, and our patients lack confidence that their skin concerns can be competently handled.2 To gain this trust, research suggests that patients with SOC…
