Enlightened Beauty

MARCH 24, 2025

Many new estheticians feel a mix of fear, pressure, and uncertainty when it comes to advanced treatments like peels. You get the Fitzpatrick type, you follow a standard protocol, and boom results. Understanding the Fitzpatrick scale is important, but its not the whole story. Learn the science behind your tools.

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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

AUGUST 17, 2021

Chemical peels are a cosmetic skin treatment. More intense chemical treatments may target the layer of skin just beneath, the dermis, as well. The Fitzpatrick Scale categorizes skin by color and light sensitivity. It is used in many medical offices to determine a client’s best course of treatment.

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Lydia Sarfati

MAY 16, 2023

This includes avoiding sun exposure during the times of the sun’s strongest UV light, between 10 am and 3 pm, and wearing the appropriate SPF for the skin’s Fitzpatrick scale, as well as using a full-spectrum, non-chemical physical blocker that includes zinc and titanium dioxide.

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