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Fitzpatrick Skin Type

Aka: Fitzpatrick Skin Type, Skin Phenotype
  1. Types
    1. Skin Phenotype 1
      1. White skin (very fair) with red or blond hair, blue eyes, and Freckles
      2. Always burns and never tans
    2. Skin Phenotype 2
      1. White skin (fair) with red or blond hair; blue, hazel or green eyes
      2. Usually burns, but sometimes tans with difficulty
    3. Skin Phenotype 3
      1. Creamy white skin, with any eye or hair color
      2. Sometimes mildly burns, but gradually tans
    4. Skin Phenotype 4
      1. Brown skin (mediterranean or caucasian)
      2. Rarely burns and always tans
    5. Skin Phenotype 5
      1. Dark brown skin or Mid-Eastern skin (moderately pigmented skin)
      2. Very rarely burns, and tans very easily
    6. Skin Phenotype 6
      1. Black to darkly pigmented skin
      2. Never burns, and tans very easily
  2. References
    1. Honigsmann in Bolognia (2008) Dermatology, Mosby, p. 2060

Fitzpatrick classification of skin type (C2732923)

Concepts Intellectual Product (T170)
SnomedCT 443635002
English Fitzpatrick classification of skin type, Fitzpatrick classification of skin type (assessment scale)
Spanish clasificación del tipo de piel de Fitzpatrick, clasificación del tipo de piel de Fitzpatrick (escala de evaluación)
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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