Fitzpatrick Skin Type

TYPE I:

Highly sensitive, always burns, never tans; very fair skin tone (pale white). Example: Red hair with freckles or Albino.

TYPE II:

Very sun sensitive, burns easily, tans minimally; fair skin tone (white). Example: Fair-skinned, fair-haired Caucasians.

TYPE III:

Sun sensitive, sometimes burns, slowly tans to light brown; fair to moderate skin tone (white). Example: Darker Caucasians, European mix.

TYPE IV:

Minimally sun sensitive, burns minimally, always tans to moderate brown; medium skin tone (light brown). Example: Mediterranean, European, Asian, Latin American.

TYPE V:

Sun-insensitive, rarely burns, tans well ; olive or dark skin tone (brown).Example: Latin American, African-American, Middle Eastern.

TYPE VI:

Sun-insensitive, never burns, deeply pigmented; very dark skin tone (black). Example: African-American, African, Middle Eastern.

Skin phototyping is based upon the client's own estimate of their ability to tan and burn as well as their ethnic background.