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Fitzpatrick skin type quiz

The standard ten-question assessment, scored the standard way (0–40, types I–VI). Answer honestly about how your skin actually behaves in the sun — your result appears instantly below.

  1. 1. What color are your eyes?

  2. 2. What is your natural hair color?

  3. 3. What is your skin color in un-exposed areas?

  4. 4. Do you have freckles on un-exposed areas?

  5. 5. How does your skin respond to too much sun?

  6. 6. Does your skin tan?

  7. 7. How deeply do you tan?

  8. 8. How sensitive is your face to the sun?

  9. 9. When did you last expose your body to the sun (or tanning bed / cream)?

  10. 10. How often do you expose your face to the sun?

0/10 answered — your skin type appears here when all ten are done.

Educational tool, not medical advice. Treatment candidacy and device settings are always your provider’s in-person assessment.

What your type means in the treatment room

Skin type drives device selection and settings for laser hair removal, IPL, resurfacing, and peels. Lower types tolerate a wide range of devices; higher types need providers who choose wavelengths that bypass epidermal melanin (long-pulsed Nd:YAG for hair removal being the classic example) and titrate settings carefully. None of it is a yes/no gate — it’s a planning input.

For clinics: skin type belongs on the chart, not in a provider’s memory. Gracero’s treatment charting records it once and carries device settings forward per session — see how laser clinics run the whole workflow.

Questions, answered

Everything you're wondering.

A six-type classification of how skin responds to UV — from Type I (always burns, never tans) to Type VI (never burns, deeply pigmented). Developed by dermatologist Thomas Fitzpatrick in 1975, it remains the standard shorthand clinics use when planning light- and energy-based treatments.
Lasers target chromophores — often melanin. The more melanin in the skin, the more carefully wavelength and settings must be chosen so energy goes to the target (a hair follicle, a lesion) rather than the surrounding skin. Higher types aren't excluded from treatment; they need the right device and an experienced provider.
The questionnaire is the standard screening tool, but it's a starting point — providers confirm type in person, and factors like recent tanning, medications, and skin condition matter too. Treat your result as useful context to bring to a consult, not a treatment decision.
Well-run clinics chart it once and reference it at every device treatment. In Gracero, skin type lives on the client's chart alongside structured treatment records — device, wavelength, fluence, settings per session — so the next provider starts from the last treatment's reality.
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