Allergan Aesthetics an AbbVie and Skinbetter Science announced the launch of a new long-term, educational initiative – DREAM: Driving Racial Equity in Aesthetic Medicine™.  The DREAM Initiative™ is committed to furthering the principles of racial and ethnic diversity, inclusion, respect and understanding in the fields of dermatology and plastic surgery. Case studies and data relevant to darker skin tones are grossly underrepresented in current educational materials and textbooks which can lead to under or misdiagnoses for black and brown patients. Allergan Aesthetics and Skinbetter Science endeavor to start to bridge this gap in dermatology and plastic surgery with The National Racial Equity Medical Residency Curriculum. This program is designed to assist students, faculty and staff in dermatology and plastic surgery residency programs in identifying and addressing the risk of implicit bias in academic and clinical settings.  This Curriculum is being piloted at a leading university, with subsequent nationwide rollout planned thereafter.  The DREAM Initiative™ is also sponsoring the development of The Spectrum of Dermatologic Disease, a comprehensive textbook photo atlas, which will present the characteristics of skin conditions across the full range of racial and ethnic skin types.

The Spectrum of Dermatologic Disease, upon publication, will be disseminated to medical residents, faculty and program libraries, and thereafter be available as a resource for clinical practitioners worldwide. The DREAM Initiative plans to convene Forces of Beauty™ Summits to help identify different perceptions of beauty among racial and ethnic groups, so that media, aesthetic providers and corporations can better understand and meet the aesthetic needs of all patients.