Human skin color

After that, we'll dive into a Norway spruce resin cream which showed antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activity.

Finally, we'll look at a global study that evaluated systemic treatments for children with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis by skin color.

We'll start with our first article published in JAMA DERM.

entitled, Efficacy and Safety of Ruxolitinib Cream in Patients with Cutaneous Lichen Planus, a Randomized Clinical Trial, by Aaron R. Mangold, Benjamin Lokshin, Jihong Lai, et al.

In the 28-day evaluation, adults using the cream experienced fewer acne lesions and reported favorable tolerability.

Together, these findings support further investigation of spruce resin as a topical acne ingredient.

Finally, we'll now head into our global derm section with an article published in JAMA Derm entitled, Real-World Systemic Treatment Outcomes for Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis in Children by Skin Color.

Four-Year Results from the Observational International Real-World Pettistad Registry by Amy S. Poller, Lawrence F. Eichenfield, Laura Wine Lee, et al., which utilized an ongoing global 10-year observational registry to investigate if white and non-white children with moderate to severe AD respond similarly to dupilumab, methotrexate, or cyclosporine regarding symptom reduction and quality of life impact.

The majority of women in these regions still avoid excessive sun exposure and tanning, as darker skin resulting from sun exposure is generally considered less desirable.

This contrast in beauty standards highlights the social and cultural nature of perceptions of skin color.

In sub-Saharan Africa, where people naturally have darker skin that does not significantly change color due to sun exposure, the societal expectations and ideals surrounding skin tone differ from those in other regions.

These variations demonstrate the influence of social factors and cultural norms in shaping beauty ideals and preferences regarding skin color.

Making their skin look pale to communicate their social position would have made no sense, and it illustrates how cultural use of makeup can be.

Men in various cultures were also expected to engage in grooming and personal care practices.

So there is some thought or we know that there's some, I guess, is it the color or the ink that work better on darker skin than others? Or what's the deal?

When you think of a tattoo, essentially your skin tone grows over the top of the tattoo as it heals.

And if so, if you have ever done photography and if you put a red film on top of your lens, you're going to take a picture that everything's slightly tinted in red.

Same thing happens with the tattoo.

Whatever color your skin is will grow over the top of your tattoo and slightly tint the colors of the tattoos that we have.

put in your skin.

And so the darker your skin tone, the more your artist has to know about color theory and contrast to make sure that that pops on your skin tone specifically.

So as I'm going to say, I'm just going to go ahead and say, as I search for a tattoo artist, I should be asking questions.

Um, and one from our midwives is, uh, that the, they refuse the vitamin K because, uh, the husband had a vitamin K shot, and it made him darker than his siblings.

Um, does vitamin K have anything to do with your skin tone?

Darker skin?

Darker skin.

You can lead

with things that are not related to the person's skin tone or race.

Even if I thought... women were, uh, women in glasses were hot.

I wouldn't go up to a woman in glasses and be like, I just love women in glasses.

She's been accused of shifting her voice from a black scent to her new high-pitched tone.

And don't even get me started on her skin tone variations.

In this video, we are unpacking the mystery surrounding Ariana Grande's identity, so let's get into it.

Ariana Grande is a complicated person, and it makes sense.

I don't know if this photo on the right has been enhanced to make her darker, but if not, holy crap.

Ariana has come under fire recently for her appearance.

Content creators on TikTok specifically has been comparing photos of her over the years, noticing from 2017 through 2021, she has gone through a drastic shift in her skin tone.

And a lot of people are calling her out, saying she needs to stop trying to look like a brown girl.