It is today used by many health professions to determine how a patient will respond to facial treatments.
Practitioners also use the scale to determine how likely a person is to get skin cancer.
Where Do You Fit on the Fitzpatrick Scale?
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Melanin is a dark brown pigment that’s in hair, skin, and the irises of your eyes.
(It was the key in that killed reggae star Bob Marley back in 1981.)
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