Sweat Bumps and Folliculitis on Black Skin: How to Treat It
Bumps that come up with sweat, heat, and workouts are usually folliculitis, and the three common causes need three different treatments. On dark skin the redness that would flag inflammation is muted, so the sign most people notice first is the dark mark left behind. Here is how to tell bacterial…
Swimming With Braids and Locs: The Full Hair Care Routine
Soak, seal, rinse, dry. That is the whole routine for swimming with braids or locs, and it takes about ten minutes on either side of the water. Here is what chlorinated water does to a hair fibre, which cap fits an install, and why hair should never be the reason a child misses a swim lesson.
Home Blood Pressure Monitoring: A Guide for Black Adults
A validated upper-arm monitor, a cuff sized to your arm, and two readings a minute apart twice a day for a week. That is the whole protocol, and it is the single most useful thing most Black adults with high blood pressure can start this week.
Dental Care Without Insurance: 6 Real Options for Black Adults
Three in 10 Black adults ages 20 to 64 are living with at least one untreated cavity, and the reasons people give for skipping the dentist are about money, not fear. Without insurance you still have real options: sliding-scale health centers, dental school clinics, your state's Medicaid benefit…
Laser Hair Removal on Black Skin: Which Laser, Which Operator
Laser hair removal is safe on deeply pigmented skin when the device is a long-pulsed 1064 nm Nd:YAG and the operator knows how to set it. The wrong wavelength on Fitzpatrick V or VI skin buys burns, dark marks and scars instead of results.
A1C Chart for Black Adults: What Your Number Means
Below 5.7 percent is normal, 5.7 to 6.4 percent is prediabetes, 6.5 percent and above is diabetes. Here is what each range means, what it converts to in blood sugar, and why two traits common in Black families can make the number read lower than your glucose actually is.
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