Mushmouth
06-04-2018, 07:18 AM
When Christiana Mbakwe, a researcher for The Daily Show, recently dropped by BeyondSkin MedSpa in Los Angeles for laser hair removal, she was turned away because of her skin color. She’s a British woman of Nigerian descent, and the doctor explained that his facility didn’t have the right laser to treat dark skin. The experience unnerved Mbakwe.
“What was most alarming about this particular business was the blunt delivery by the doctor, and the attempts of them to cover up what’s a super-problematic issue,” she told Racked. “On their website they say they treat all skin types, but they later said that they’ve found that particular machine is bad for black skin — and my response is if black/darker-skinned clients were important to you, you’d remedy that and use an inclusive machine.”
https://www.racked.com/2018/6/2/17419236/people-of-color-black-people-laser-hair-removal
“What was most alarming about this particular business was the blunt delivery by the doctor, and the attempts of them to cover up what’s a super-problematic issue,” she told Racked. “On their website they say they treat all skin types, but they later said that they’ve found that particular machine is bad for black skin — and my response is if black/darker-skinned clients were important to you, you’d remedy that and use an inclusive machine.”
https://www.racked.com/2018/6/2/17419236/people-of-color-black-people-laser-hair-removal