SKN/HUE: Recent Episodes
K'ept Health
Join Sheena and her guest hosts as they pull back the curtain on how the skincare industry actually works through transparent straightforward conversations with dermatologists, healthcare experts, and entrepreneurs to demystify the healthcare system and what it means to live an elevated skin health and wellness lifestyle for Black and Brown women.
What happens when you bring together a group of women to share their personal experiences with physicians, how they care for their skin, and what they have learned (and are still learning about) about their overall health and wellness?
You would get a conversation full of insight and honesty from how the healthcare care system can be elevated to how they have experienced extremely helpful and not-so-helpful physicians to how their skin health and over health is a continuous journey through every stage of their life from adolescence to menopause.
In this episode, Rosemarie Davis a criminal justice advocate and entrepreneur, and Nsikan Edet a senior production management director, share their personal experiences and their thoughts on what care means to them and some ideas on how to help physicians provide an elevated healthcare experience. We talk about why our stories matter, why our health matters ….why our skin health matters.
We know that women of color have different skincare needs and challenges. But do we need products formulated especially for our melanin-rich skin? During this conversation with Dr. Anne Beal M.D., M.P.H., the founder of AbsoluteJOI Skincare, she shares the importance of research in product development, why products for women of color our needed, and how a simple routine should be a priority. Dr. Beal is a medical researcher and a former business executive at a global medical company.
In this episode of SKN/HUE we are going technical with an eye-opening conversation with Dr. Karl Ricanek, Ph.D. Dr. Ricanek and I talk about Artificial Intelligence or A.I. A.I. is a popular term we hear about almost every day, but what is its role in medicine. How does it really work, and will it improve or worsen care for women? How is my data collected and managed? A.I. is complex and requires quality data - the consistent learning of quality data.
Dr. Ricanek is the Founder and CEO of a deep tech A.I. development firm, a University of North Carolina - Wilmington Professor of Computer Science, and the Director of I3S Institute & Face Aging Group. Dr. Ricanek also has a patent in facial recognition and data analytics.
With the rising popularity of telehealth services and sometimes painfully honest feedback from patients, patient advocates, physicians, and telehealth companies are re-examining how they deliver care and what it takes to launch and manage a virtual care service that truly meets the needs of their patients. But what does this mean for healthcare providers, for the healthcare industry? Meg Barron, the Vice President of Digital Health Strategy at the American Medical Association, explains the history of telemedicine, its role in providing a complete care experience, and how dermatologists and primary care physicians think about and experience virtual care, which ultimately impacts your experience.
Meg is a healthcare innovation/business development leader and a digital health and start-up enthusiast. She has served in product development and business development leadership roles at the AMA and is now responsible for driving the roadmap of initiatives that support the AMA’s digital health and medicine strategy, where she is responsible for identifying and maintaining strategic partnerships that align with AMA’s strategy and mission.
Most, Black and Brown women have been told that because of their skin tone they can not receive certain treatments, are regularly referred to another practitioner for care, or unfortunately have experienced the harmful side effects of the right procedure carried out by an inexperienced skin professional. In this episode, we discuss the underlined causes of why many women have these shared experiences with Charmaine Cooper aka The Skin Theologian. Charmaine also dives deeper into helping us understand how ingredients, the right procedures, lifestyle, and behavioral habits impact our skin and its appearance during a treatment procedure and at home.
Charmaine has trained skin professionals for over 24 years as an international instructor and served as the Education Manager and Master Educator for a renowned global institute of learning in the skin health and wellness industry. She is also the author of The No Compromise Black Skin Care Guide Series (Vol 1 & Vol 2).
A recent study by researchers at the University of Southern California revealed that in 58 dermatology research studies, 75% of participants were white. During this conversation with Dr. Michelle Henry, a board-certified dermatologist, dermatologic surgeon, and clinical advisor to several leading beauty and skincare brands we discuss why these numbers are the way they are and what that means for women seeking care, the right products, and prescriptions for their skin. We also talk about how we can build relationships with our dermatologists and primary care physicians in an effort to combat medical gaslighting that prevents many women from receiving the care they need when it matters most.
Women’s health is a growing area of focus within the healthcare industry and I recently sat down with Dr. Keira Barr, M.D. a prominent leader in women’s medicine who is creating a bridge between hormones, skin, and whole-person care to optimize women’s life and healthcare experience.
As a fierce patient advocate, she is dedicated to uncovering the root cause of hormonal imbalances.
Dr. Barr is an international speaker, best-selling author, and a former Assistant Clinical Professor at UC Davis in the departments of dermatology and pathology. She is also a sought-after researcher in clinical trials.
During our conversation, Dr. Barr breaks down what women’s health is and is not, how women can better advocate for themselves, and the benefits of integrative medicine.
We also discuss how identifying the root cause of a skin condition and how examining our skin at home can lead to uncovering and maintaining more concerning health conditions.
Our first episode with Dr. Chesahna Kindred was a great first step to understanding dermatology and the experiences of women of color. Host Sheena Franklin and medical research fellow, Itohan Omorodion, sit down to discuss and break down the important dermatology and medical terms from episode 1.
K'ept Health founder, Sheena D. Franklin, sat down with dermatology leader and skin of color expert, Dr. Chesahna Kindred, M.D., MBA, to discuss why so many Black and Brown women have higher levels of frustration and anxiety when receiving and seeking medical care, aesthetic care, and inclusive products.