The Colors Beneath: More Than a Skin Condition

Matthew J Yan; Peichi P Chou; Alyssa M Roberts; Charlotte Y Jeong; Nicole Johnsen; Abigail Katz; Elaine J Ma; Yvonne Nong; April W Armstrong

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2025.10.141

The Colors Beneath: More Than a Skin Condition

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 Nov 1:S0190-9622(25)03141-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2025.10.141. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Matthew J Yan¹, Peichi P Chou², Alyssa M Roberts³, Charlotte Y Jeong⁴, Nicole Johnsen⁵, Abigail Katz⁶, Elaine J Ma⁷, Yvonne Nong⁵, April W Armstrong⁸

Affiliations

¹ Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, California; Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: matthewyan@mednet.ucla.edu.
² University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, California.
³ University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii.
⁴ University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, Little Rock, Arkansas.
⁵ Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, California.
⁶ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
⁷ University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California.
⁸ Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: armstrongpublication@gmail.com.

PMID: 41183709
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2025.10.141

No abstract available

Keywords: Daniel Kahneman; William Osler; art in medicine; dermatology; medical humanities; metacognition; narrative medicine; patient identity; physician–patient relationship; precision dermatology; psychodermatology; system 1 and system 2 thinking; visual diagnosis.