If youโ€™ve always believed that injectablesย are cardinal sinsย within the African-American community โ€” particularly as those procedures often relate to the pursuit of Eurocentric beauty standards โ€” dermatologist Dr. Carlos A. Charles is here to put those stigmas and negative connotations to rest.

โ€œMany people believe that injectables are not suited for African-American skin for various reasons,โ€ explains Dr. Charles. โ€œSome feel that they can lead to unwanted side effects like scarring. Others feel that those with darker skin canโ€™t benefit from these products because wrinkles and loss of volume donโ€™t affect them. Both of these beliefs are misguided.โ€

In fact, Dr. Charles suggests that โ€œwrinkles and facial volume loss do not discriminate.โ€