Atributos da Pele Negra
publicado em 23/11/2025
M Soares Torres, MM Gonçalves Barão de Aguiar, M Bueno Ariede, CR Chiabai, MV Robles Velasco, A Rolim Baby
Departamento de Farmácia, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo SP, Brasil
F Vieira Lima Solino Pessoa
Departamento de Ciências da Saúde/Curso de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória ES, Brasil
L de Lima Sá
Natura Cosméticos S/A, Cajamar SP, Brasil
Esta revisão ressalta a importância de pesquisas voltadas às especificidades da pele negra, visando ao desenvolvimento de produtos e estratégias que promovam a saúde cutânea da população negra.
This review highlights the importance of research focused on the specificities of black skin, aiming at the development of products and strategies that promote the skin health of the black population.
Esta revisión destaca la importancia de la investigación centrada en las especificidades de la piel negra, con el objetivo de desarrollar productos y estrategias que promuevan la salud de la piel de la población negra.
Dermatoses e a Influência da Radiação Solar
Proteção Solar e Principais Barreiras
Formas de Fotoproteção Descritas na Literatura
Perspectivas da Indústria Cosmética
A partir da década de 1990, iniciou-se o estudo da diáspora africana na América do Sul. No Brasil, especificamente, tem sido encontrado material sobre a população africana escravizada.1 Além de promover o entendimento sobre os integrantes de povos africanos que foram trazidos forçadamente para o Brasil, integrando e constituindo a sociedade brasileira, é possível identificar as características fenotípicas, como o tom de pele, que passaram a ser atributos de parte da população dessa federação.2 Estima-se que mais de 5 milhões de pretos escravizado foram trazidos para o Brasil no período escravocrata.1,3
Segundo o censo realizado pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia (IBGE)4 em 2024, as cores/raças da população brasileira são classificadas por autodeclaração e consistem em: branca, amarela, indígena, preta e parda.4 Negros são um grupo que abrange pretos e pardos.1 Um montante de 10% da população brasileira se autodeclarou preta e 45% parda. Assim, 55% da população brasileira se considera negra.
Nas publicações científicas do hemisfério norte (Estados Unidos e Europa), o termo skin of color é comumente usado e abrange pretos, latinos, insulanos asiáticos e pacíficos, nativos do Alasca, indígenas australianos, árabes, norte-africanos, indianos, paquistaneses, originários do Oriente Médio, afro-americanos, nativos americanos e todos os considerados não brancos.5-7 Todavia, considerando os países que receberam grande contingente populacional de indivíduos pretos, como os do continente americano, e países africanos, os tons de pele deste grupo e do denominado skin of color podem ser distintos, assim como suas características fenotípicas.5-6
A pele negra tem características específicas, tanto na epiderme quanto na derme (Tabela 1). Sua característica mais evidente é uma
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