127 articles published
Zuri Carter is a writer at Black Health. Every article is checked against our published editorial standards, and clinical claims are reviewed by the Black Health Medical Editorial Board.
Bumps that come up with sweat, heat, and workouts are usually folliculitis, and the three common causes need …
The feeding trial that proved an eating pattern can lower blood pressure without weight loss or medication enrolled …
Scalp ringworm (tinea capitis) is a fungal infection that lives inside the hair follicle, and no cream can …
If you have a keloid, or your mother or brother does, the question before a tattoo or a …
Traction alopecia is hair loss caused by pulling, and it is the most preventable kind there is. Caught …
A National Institutes of Health study reported that women who used chemical hair straighteners more than four times …
Keratosis pilaris is the roughness on the backs of your arms that no lotion has ever fixed. On …
On Black skin an allergic rash rarely looks like the pictures. It reads violet, gray-brown, or ashy, and …
Darkening in the underarms, along the inner thighs, and under the breasts is one of the most common …
Most ovarian cysts are ordinary, harmless, and gone within two menstrual cycles. What is worth knowing is which …
A foot ulcer is the step that comes before most leg amputations, and the window to save the …
Acne keloidalis nuchae (AKN) is a chronic inflammatory condition at the back of the scalp and the nape …
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