The Fitzpatrick Scale, Fitzpatrick skin typing test or Fitzpatrick phototyping scale
The Fitzpatrick Scale, Fitzpatrick skin typing test or Fitzpatrick phototyping scale is a numerical classification schema for the color of skin. It was developed in 1975 by Thomas B. Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick Skin Classification
Histological changes associated with chronologically aged skin begin with a thinning of the viable epidermis, with flattening of the dermal-epidermal junction. The physiologic consequence of this flattening is the increased susceptibility to shearing forces, the epidermis can be easily torn from the dermis.
The Fitzpatrick Scale
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Type I (scores 0–7) Light, pale white.
Always burns, never tans
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Type II (scores 8–16) White; fair.
Usually burns, tans with difficulty
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Type III (scores 17–24) Medium, white to olive.
Sometimes mild burn, gradually tans to olive.
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Type IV (scores 25–30) Olive, moderate brown.
Rarely burns, tans with ease to a moderate brown.
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Type V (scores over 30) Brown, dark brown.
Very rarely burns, tans very easily
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Type VI Black, very dark brown to black.
Never burns, tans very easily, deeply pigmented.
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