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Redefining ‘flesh-colored’ bandages makes medicine more inclusive

Peach-colored bandages label dark-skinned patients as outside the norm, says med student Linda Oyesiku. Brown bandages expand who gets to be normal.

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    All I can say is, it's about time. I grew up with colored pencils that included a "skin color" pencil. Things like that are not easy to unlearn.

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