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Skin Classification Systems

Associated Skin Care Professionals

Social orders were based on wealth, education, political views, and other factors, including skin color. The Fitzpatrick Scale The Fitzpatrick Scale was not developed until 1975 by Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick, chairman of Harvard Medical School, but it has become the trusted gold standard of skin typing.

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All Ages Need Preventative Aging Skin Care

Lydia Sarfati

Codium fragile and Sargassum fusiforme Seaweeds are currently being studied for use in skin care to help mediate melanin synthesis to act as a brightening agent for skin while helping reduce hyperpigmentation. Melanin is present to protect the skin from damaging effects of sunlight. These changes can be seen as early as in one’s 20’s.