The Eumelanin Human Skin Colour scale will help Black and brown women receive more accurate diagnoses and care. Here's everything you need to know.

The Eumelanin skin scale helps Black women receive accurate care

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There are issues with accurate diagnosing, culturally conscious treatment plans and the overall amount of self-advocacy that is expected of Black and brown women in these spaces

Too often, I would end up speaking with Black women who had been receiving late-stage diagnoses for serious conditions like melanoma

What is the Eumelanin Human Skin Colour scale?

For a long time, healthcare professionals and researchers have been missing a simple tool in their toolboxes: an evidence-based approach to describing skin colour

It’s important that we emphasise that the Eumelanin scale is not a replacement for talking about ethnicity or any other characteristic where ethnicity is the relevant factor

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The new Eumelanin Human Skin Colour Scale will help Black and brown women receive accurate diagnoses and appropriate care.

The new Eumelanin Human Skin Colour Scale will help women of colour receive accurate medical diagnoses and appropriate care