(WAVY) — As legend has it, if a person’s skin is darker than a brown paper bag ... The people of the African Diaspora, and even people in a single family, have skin tones that resemble ...

Acanthosis nigricans (pronounced: ah-kan-THO-sis NY-gruh-kans) is a skin disorder that results in velvety, light-brown-to-black patches ... common among people of African descent.

When “Brown Skin Girl” was released last year, it became a worldwide phenomenon. Challenges were created, South Asian women wanted in and a true conversation was started about the beauty of ...

Melanocytes are the pigment-making cells of the skin that make melanin, which gives the skin a tan or brown color ... more common in Caucasians than in African-Americans, according to the American ...