00:00Good evening, Essence!
00:05I appreciate the few of y'all in that row that are giving us some love.
00:09I see you, and I appreciate you.
00:11I am Lillianne Majeed, and I am thrilled to be here as L'Oreal North America's Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer.
00:22Thank you! Show us some love! I appreciate it!
00:25For all my D9 members in the House, I am also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
00:35Thank you, my sorors. I have love for all members of the D9, and I am also a proud graduate of the Howard University, which is why I am so excited.
00:50It's coming, y'all. I promise. That's coming. I am so excited to be here with Dr. Shareef Frye, who's a regular partner of ours, joining us today.
01:01Thank you so much. Hey, Essence! How y'all feel?
01:07I'm Dr. Shareef Frye, a board-certified dermatologist at the Mecca, Howard University.
01:17Ain't you? You know?
01:20Oh, I love that, Dr. Frye. So now that we have your attention, hopefully, I'm going to talk to you about one of those troubling, troubling stacks we saw in there.
01:31Three percent! Did y'all see that three percent? Three percent of dermatologists are black. Awful, awful number.
01:40And that's why partnerships that we are engaging in with the Skin of Color Society and the National Medical Association and Howard University, which is the only HBCU dermatology program in the country, are so, so important.
01:56That is a very troubling statistic. And in addition to that, did you know that there's also a lack of representation of darker skin tones in our journals and textbooks that we use to teach the next generation of dermatologists?
02:15That is a huge problem. It leads to misdiagnosis for eczema, psoriasis, and even deadly forms of skin cancer like melanoma.
02:26Wow. Like, wow. That is not only unacceptable, it sounds like it is preventable, y'all.
02:33So in addition to all of the things that L'Oreal is doing to make sure that we are impacting all elements of the dermatology ecosystem, we also want to talk about how we can make sure that we protect our preciously melanated skin.
02:50So, Dr. Fry, can you tell us what we need to do?
02:54I'm going to give you three very simple and easy steps to protect and care for your skin.
03:02The first one, you probably guessed it, wear your sunscreen. Wear it every day, rain or shine.
03:11The second thing you can do is find a board-certified dermatologist and schedule a visit with them so that you're seeing them regularly.
03:22And the third thing you can do is become familiar with your own skin.
03:27And if you see anything that is suspicious or you're concerned about when you're examining your skin, bring it up to your dermatologist and advocate for yourself.
03:37Don't let up until they give you a real answer or a real solution.
03:42All right. So let me run that back for those of you like me who need to hear things again and again and again.
03:47So number one, wear sunscreen every day.
03:51Number two, make sure that you go to a board-certified dermatologist.
03:57And number three, make sure that you take a look at your skin every day. Did I get that right?
04:02That is correct. And the key thing there you said is to wear your sunscreen. Make every day a sunscreen day.
04:10Every single day, y'all. Sunscreen and early detection, as we heard, saves lives.
04:17Thank you, Essence. Stay beautiful.
04:32Thank you, Matt.
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