Typical Physical Features
Reaction to Sun Exposure
Typical Physical Features
Reaction to Sun Exposure
Typical Physical Features
Cream white, peachy to beige or light olive skin tone
Any hair color
Any eye color
Example: darker Caucasian, European mix, lighter-skinned Hispanics or Asians
Reaction to Sun Exposure
·Sometimes burns
Tans gradually
Typical Physical Features
Golden to olive or light brown skin tone (like caramel)
Usually dark hair and eyes
Example: Mediterranean, European, Asian, Hispanic, American Indian, sometimes mixed race African American
Reaction to Sun Exposure
Burns minimally
ALWAYS tans well
Typical Physical Features
Brown to dark brown skin tone
Dark hair and dark eyes
Example: Hispanics, African Americans, Middle Eastern
Reaction to Sun Exposure
Typical Physical Features
Deep mahogany to ebony or black skin tone
Dark hair and dark eyes
Example: African Americans, African, Middle Eastern
Reaction to Sun Exposure
NEVER burns
Deeply pigmented (tans quickly and deeply)
Acne is a term we use to describe inflammatory lesions that are red, raised, and sometimes painful. Inflammatory lesions that have puss visible through the skin are referred to as pustule, while red, raised lesions that do not have any visible sign of puss are called papules.
“Acne-prone ” people have non-inflammatory acne or “comedones” which refers to lesions, like blackheads and whiteheads that are slightly raised but are not red in color. A blackhead is an open pore clogged with oil and debris, while a whitehead is an obstructed pore that is enclosed by the skin.
Global facial wrinkles are defined as wrinkles in one or more areas including the forehead, glabella (between the eyes), crow’s feet (side of the eye), Under the eyes, nasolabial (between the nose and cheek area), around the lips, or marionette (extending downwards from the corners of the lips).
Crow’s feet wrinkles are a wrinkle or wrinkles, that extend from the outer corner of the eye and extend beyond the orbital bone.
Mottled hyperpigmentation consists of darkened areas, or patches, of skin on the face, commonly found along the hairline, jawline, or cheeks.
Age spots are flat areas of discrete hyperpigmentation (darkening of the skin) that can be any shape but must have well-defined borders. They are often seen in areas of the skin that the greatest sun exposure, like the face (cheeks, forehead and the back of the hands).
Melasma is caused by hormonal changes and/or by sun damage and appears as symmetrical noticable brown patches on the cheeks, forehead, and jawline.
Individuals with enlarged pores have indentations that appear on the surface of the skin on the cheeks, close to the nose.
Hand photodamage is due to sun exposure and environmental factors and can be seen by the emergence of age-spots (see below), thinning of the skin, and diffuse wrinkling that causes a surface appearance, similar to that of crepe paper.
Under eye bags or “puffiness” is caused by fluid buildup under the eyes and loss of elastin, collagen, and muscle support.
Under eye dark circles are caused by poor circulation of blood under the eye that creates a purple-to-blue appearance or a brown black pigmentation under the eye close to the nose.
Facial sagging is loss of firmness or sagging appearance of skin around the brow, cheek bones, and jawline.
Eczema is a chronically relapsing skin disease associated with erythema, scaly and oozing plaques, and severe itching. Signs and symptoms of eczema are associated with a compromised immune system and a defective skin barrier.