Other Pigmentary Disorders in Darker Skin Types
Next Steps in Derm, in partnership with Skin of Color Update, interviewed Dr. Heather Woolery-Lloyd, director of the Skin of Color Division for the University of Miami Department of Dermatology. There’s more to pigmentary disorders than melasma and vitiligo. Watch as Dr. Woolery-Lloyd outlines disorders of hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation. Learn why time matters in treating lichen planus …
Next Steps in Derm, in partnership with Skin of Color Update, interviewed Dr. Heather Woolery-Lloyd, director of the Skin of Color Division for the University of Miami Department of Dermatology. There’s more to pigmentary disorders than melasma and vitiligo. Watch as Dr. Woolery-Lloyd outlines disorders of hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation. Learn why time matters in treating lichen planus … Continue reading "Other Pigmentary Disorders in Darker Skin Types"
Patients with darker skin types are susceptible to developing other pigmentary disorders besides melasma. At SOCU 2022, Dr. Heather Woolery-Lloyd, Director of the Skin of Color Division at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, gave a fascinating overview of various pigmentary disorders that can affect patients with skin of color and provided clinical pearls immediately useful in our p … 
Pigmentation is key to photoprotection of the skin, eye color, and enhanced barrier function. With increased pigmentation, photoaging is minimized with a concurrent decrease in frequency of skin cancer. In skin of color, these pigmentary advantages come at a cost. These include an increased risk of hyperpigmentation and/or hypopigmentation, hypertrophic scars, keloids, scarring alopecia, and vitam … 