Our members make all the difference in the world! Thank you to SOCS Board of Directors who have just completed their terms, from top l- r: Drs. Chere Lucas Anthony, Nada Elbuluk and Ginette A. Okoye. Welcome new SOCS board members (bottom l-r) Drs. Crystal Aguh, Candrice Heath and Neelam Ajit Vashi!
The SOCS Observership Grant awards up to $2,000 USD grants to dermatology residents, medical students (2nd-4th year), and junior faculty to enable study with a SOCS mentor identified by the applicant. Grants are intended for travel, room and board as needed to establish and facilitate the mentoring relationship. In light of COVID-19-related concerns, if an in-person mentorship is not possible during this period, funds will be held until in-person engagement will be feasible or an updated detailed budget and justification for the revised expenses can be submitted.
Effective September 1, 2019, the SOCS Headquarters’ new address will be: Skin of Color Society 1932 S. Halsted St., Suite 413 Chicago, IL 60608 USA Telephone number +1-630-578-3991 and fax number +1-630-262-1520 will remain the same
May is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month! Did you know that everyone, regardless of their skin type, needs to practice daily sun protection and be on the lookout for skin cancer? Many people still do not realize that the extra melanin in darker skin is NOT enough to guard against developing skin cancer and sun damage to the skin. Even though people with skin of color have a lower risk of developing melanoma than lighter skin types, the disease is often diagnosed at later stages in skin of color, when melanoma is more advanced and more difficult to treat. In Hispanic populations, melanoma is on the rise, and is being diagnosed at earlier ages than ever before. Check out this eye-opening Skin of Color Society educational video, “Sun Protection and Skin Cancer Prevention in Melanin-Rich Skin,” featuring SOCS leaders Seemal R. Desai, MD, (moderator); Cheryl Burgess, MD; Maritza Perez, MD, and Dhaval Bhanusali, MD, in an informative roundtable discussion that addresses many myths and misconceptions.
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Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia in Children: A Case Series and Review of the Literature. This study looked at CCCA in six children and found that five had a family history of CCCA suggesting that genetic susceptibility may play a larger role than previously thought. Read more here.
Dermoscopy and patch testing in patients with lichen planus pigmentosus on face: A cross-sectional observational study in fifty Indian patients. Facial LPP was studied via dermoscopy and histology in 50 patients. Patch testing suggested a potential role of allergens in facial LPP. Read more here.
Clinical and Histopathological Findings of Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia-Associated Lichen PlanusPigmentosus. This study reviewed 16 FFA patients with LP pigmentosus and the histopathological findings of the biopsy of LP pigmentosus in 9 patients. The findings revealed a high incidence of perifollicular involvement with occasional changes in sebaceous and sweat glands. Read more here.