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! style="background: #4479BA; width: 400px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Sun exposure effects'''}}
! style="background: #4479BA; width: 400px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Sun exposure effects'''}}
! style="background: #4479BA; width: 400px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Recommended sunscreen SPF'''}}
! style="background: #4479BA; width: 400px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|'''Recommended sunscreen SPF'''}}
! style="background: #4479BA; width: 400px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|''' 1 MED (as SED)'''}}
! style="background: #4479BA; width: 400px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|''' 1 MED- Minimal erythemal dose (as SED- standard erythemal dose)'''}}
! style="background: #4479BA; width: 400px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|''' Susceptibility to skin cancer'''}}
! style="background: #4479BA; width: 400px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|''' Susceptibility to skin cancer'''}}
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* Never tans
* Never tans
| rowspan="2" |30+  
| rowspan="2" |30+  
|2-3
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|Very high
* 2-3
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* Very high
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|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''II'''  
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''II'''  
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* Always [[burns]]
* Always [[burns]]
* Rarely tans  
* Rarely tans  
|3-4
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|Very high
* 3-4
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* Very high
|-
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''III'''  
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''III'''  
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* Sometimes [[burns]]
* Sometimes [[burns]]
* Sometimes tans  
* Sometimes tans  
|4-5
|High
| rowspan="4" |15+
| rowspan="4" |15+
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* 4-5
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* High
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|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''IV'''  
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''IV'''  
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* Tans easily
* Tans easily
*[[Burns]] less
*[[Burns]] less
|5-6
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|Moderate
* 5-6
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* Moderate
|-
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''V'''
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''V'''
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* Tans easily
* Tans easily
* Rarely [[burns]]
* Rarely [[burns]]
|8-12
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|Low
* 8-12
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* Low
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''VI'''
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''VI'''
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* Does not [[burn]]
* Does not [[burn]]
|16-24
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|Low
* 16-24
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* Low
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Revision as of 21:35, 1 August 2019


Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mohsin, M.D.[2]

Knowing individual skin type and using the right sunscreen accordingly
Skin type by the Fitzpatrick Scale Skin color Skin tone or other common descriptors Sun exposure effects Recommended sunscreen SPF 1 MED- Minimal erythemal dose (as SED- standard erythemal dose) Susceptibility to skin cancer
I 30+
  • 2-3
  • Very high
II
  • White
  • 3-4
  • Very high
III
  • White
  • Light‐intermediate (Dark European)
  • Sometimes burns
  • Sometimes tans
15+
  • 4-5
  • High
IV
  • 5-6
  • Moderate
V
  • 8-12
  • Low
VI
  • 16-24
  • Low




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