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FitzPatrick Skin Typing Worksheet

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What is the natural color of your eyes? Light Blue, Gray or Green Blue, Gray or Green Blue Dark Brown Brownish Black
What is your natural hair color? (Prior to gray or white) Sandy Red Blonde Chestnut, Dark Blonde Dark Brown Black
What is the color of your unexposed skin? (stomach, thighs) Reddish Very Pale Pale with Beige Tint Light Brown, Olive Dark Brown
Do you have freckles on sun exposed areas? (lower arms, face) Many Several Few Incidental None
What happens when you stay in the sun too long? Painful Redness, Blistering, Peeling Blistering followed by peeling Burns sometimes followed by some peeling Rare Burns Never Burns
How easily do you turn brown or tan? Hardly or Not at all Light color Tan Reasonable/moderate Tan Tan Very Easily Turn Dark Brown Quickly
Do you turn brown or tan easily serveral hours after sun exposure? Never Seldom Sometimes Often Always
How does your face react to the sun? Very Sensitive Sensitive Normal Very Resistant Never had a problem
When did you last expose your skin to the sun? (tanning bed, use of self-tanning creams, or sun-bathing) More than 3 months ago 2-3 months ago 1-2 months ago Less Than 1 month ago Less than 2 weeks ago
Do you intentionally expose the area to be treated in the sun? (tanning bed, use of self-tanning creams, or sun-bathing) Never Hardly Ever Sometimes Often Always


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