What Fitzpatrick Skin Type Are You?

You may or may not be familiar with the Fitzpatrick scale, since it is a tool used primarily by aestheticians and dermatologists to classify the different skin types. This is helpful to determine your sensitivity to the sun, as well as how to treat your skin. Here is the Fitzpatrick Skin Type breakdown from my makeup artist San Antonio experience:

• Skin Type I: Always burns and looks freckled and fair.
• Skin Type II: Normally burns, has difficulty tanning, fair skin.
• Skin Type III: Tans and sometimes burns with white to olive skin.
• Skin Type IV: Tans well and rarely burns with brown to olive skin.
• Skin Type V: Very rarely burns with dark brown skin.
• Skin Type VI: Never burns with deep black skin.

This is helpful to be familiar with because it is something that your dermatologist or aesthetician will use to treat you. This is also the skin type chart that is used for laser hair removal.

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