Dermatologists offer fellowship in the diagnosis and treatment of colored races

Inadequate medical care provided to the minority community is tragically revealed during the COVID-19 outbreak. Now, but it has always been a problem that has plagued people incolors.This includes dermatology, and according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, doctors report that medical training felt that they were not properly prepared to treat dark skin. ..

Of the approximately 10,000 dermatologists nationwide, only 3% are black. With these statistics, California dermatologists recently launched a fellowship designed to help people like Shane Broomfield who shared his story with CBS News.

His skin discoloration remained a mystery to multiple dermatologists, despite seven years of treatment.

"I look like a crispy creature, a victim of burns," he said. "I was embarrassed to walk down the hallway."

Bloomfield said his last doctor simply gave up.

"He stood in front of me and said,'I can't help you anymore,'" he said. "There was a feeling of despair, and then a little angry glimpse."

Bloomfield was finally introduced to Dr. Nadaelburg, the founder of the USC Skin Color and Pigment Disorders Program at Keck Medicine. ..

Soon, Elbuluk said he realized that Bloomfield had what is more commonly found in melanin-rich skin: pigmentation of lichen plants. This condition causes darkening and a related scar type of hair loss called lichen planopyralis.

"I think I was immediately relieved just to give it a name," Elburg told CBS News. The fact that two things he never noticed were connected, like what he actually has, was possible.

She said she would meet a misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed patient at least once a week. "I've treated my skin condition.

" The more pigment someone has, the more likely it is that the condition will look different, "Elburg said. With bright skin, right? But it's not always classic on dark skin.

Her clinic fellowship aims to provide a perspective for trained dermatologists.

"Many of these conditions are you, even if you don't kill them, they have a huge impact on your quality of life," Elburg said. She said} "We are on the right track of treatment and I am confident that this will be reversed. There is hope."

There are three skin of color clinics in the United States, including San Francisco and Cleveland.