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Marine Corps’ New Policy Could Discharge Troops Over Skin Condition Mostly Affecting Black Men

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A new Marine Corps policy could lead to the administrative separation of troops diagnosed with pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), a genetic skin condition that primarily affects Black men and causes painful irritation from shaving. The interim guidance, issued earlier this month, instructs military health care providers to reevaluate affected Marines within …

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