Angelo Thrower

Angelo Thrower was raised in the Carol City suburb of Miami.{{cite news |title=Young MD is fulfilling dreams of success |author=Barbara Feder |publisher=Miami Herald |date=July 23, 1994 |page=3B}} He first attended the College of the Canyons in California on a basketball scholarship, before a biology professors encouraged him to apply to medical school.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/01/03/dermatologist-takes-on-challenge-of-black-skin-care-products/|title=Dermatologist takes on challenge of black skin-care products|website=Tampa Bay Times|date=January 3, 2000}}

Thrower graduated from the medical school at the University of Miami{{Cite web|url=https://www.miamitimesonline.com/lifestyles/eczema-treatment-starts-at-the-surface/article_4b9096e2-c19f-11e8-bc76-fba3ab2cd362.html|title=Eczema treatment starts at the surface|website=The Miami Times |author=Janiah Adams |date=September 26, 2018}} in 1989, and pursued postgraduate work at the Georgetown University Medical Center. Following his education, he began his own skin therapy and dermatology clinic in South Miami. As he was one of the few people in the region to specialize on black skin, he treated both Floridians and those flying into Miami from local Caribbean islands. He lectured on black skin care on the local radio and wrote columns on the subject in The Miami Times over the span of his early professional career in Florida.{{cite news |title=Black skin disease is doctor’s specialty |date=February 21, 1993 |publisher=Miami Herald |author=Cindy Ycaza |page=127}} He later recalled his colleagues tried to convince him before opening his own clinic to specialize in racialized skin types that he was making a mistake, because skin problems did not exist in non-white skin.{{cite news |author=Michelle Chandler |publisher=Miami Herald |title=Doctor finds skin is a black-and-white issue|date=January 17, 2000}}

In 1992, Thrower became a physician with the Miami Heat NBA basketball team as well as running his personal clinic.{{cite news |title=Black-owned Businesses Making History in Florida |author=Beatrice Louissaint |publisher=South Florida South Sentinel |date=January 27, 2000}} He remained with the Heat for twenty-five years. In addition to his clinic, Thrower also developed skin care kits for his clients and patients, adding a facial rejuvenation service to his medical practice. This grew to become the Dr. Thrower’s Heritage Collection for Black Skin Care line of skin care products, that were introduced into 315 Walmart locations in 1999 after being sold locally and in Publix stores.{{cite news |author=Michelle Chandler |title=One man’s ‘business mistake’ is another man’s empire |publisher=Miami Herald |date=December 20, 1999 |page=7}} By 2003 the product line was available in 1750 stores, including Walmarts and K-mart outlets,{{cite news |title=Doctors do commercial makeovers of their own labels |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=November 9, 2003 |author=Daniela Lamas}} and remains sold in Walmart.{{cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2021/07/09/open-call-brings-south-florida-products-to-walmart.html |title=South Florida businesses ink preliminary distribution deals with Walmart |author=Matthew Arrojas |publisher=South Florida Business Journal |date=July 9, 2021}}

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