Aesthetic Back Bar

DECEMBER 7, 2023

first developed the Fitzpatrick scale in 1975 to gauge how skin of different colors reacted to UV light exposure. This model is used to evaluate a clients propensity to post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH). The melanin content should warn the service provider that any surface inflammation can trigger hyperpigmentation.

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Associated Skin Care Professionals

AUGUST 29, 2023

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. 1 The original purpose of the Fitzpatrick Scale was to measure the skin’s ability to tolerate UV light.

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Tricoci University

APRIL 19, 2024

Diverse Skincare Matters There have been rumors that the FDA is changing its guidelines to require clinical trials on the darkest skin tones on the Fitzpatrick scale. The Fitzpatrick scale is a classification of skin tones based on its reaction to sunlight and UV exposure.

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Tricoci University

AUGUST 17, 2021

Clients with fine lines, enlarged pores, scars, hyperpigmentation, and sun damage may be especially pleased with the results. The Fitzpatrick Scale categorizes skin by color and light sensitivity. As an esthetician, you can decide whether the Fitzpatrick Scale is relevant for your clients.

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Lydia Sarfati

APRIL 25, 2024

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.

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Lydia Sarfati

MAY 16, 2023

This can result in premature skin wrinkling, hyperpigmentation, loss of skin tone, uneven skin texture, broken capillaries and redness. Skin DNA molecules are constantly “bombarded” by ROS originating from environmental aggressors while damaged DNA is being constantly repaired by many cellular repair systems.

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