Certain skin types are more susceptible to sunburn—and subsequently, to skin cancer—than others. The Fitzpatrick scale was developed to classify human skin types as a way to estimate their response to ...
Fitzpatrick skin types (or phototypes) — FST (or FSP) — refer to a skin tone scale developed to classify skin coloring and response to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The Fitzpatrick skin phototypes (FSP) ...