
Skin of Color: Dermatological Features from a Wound Care Perspective

Patients with skin of color require detailed and accurate assessment for care to be effective. Wound care professionals may miss certain integral nuances in patients with skin of color, leading to uncomprehensive, ineffectual care. Understanding dermatological features in skin of color can help providers recognize conditions such as erythema across various skin tones.
This Practice Accelerator white paper is a great start to a wound care professional’s journey toward a greater understanding of treating patients with pigmented skin.
This white paper discusses the following topics:
Inflammatory processes
Skin assessment tips
Scar formation
Presentations of dermatological variants
Burn care
Additional resources on the care of skin of color