Identification of factors predicting scar outcome after burn injury in children: a prospective case-control study

Burns & Trauma

Table 1 Fitzpatrick Skin Type Classification Scale categories [12]

Skin type	Skin colour	Characteristics
1	White; very fair; red or blonde hair; blue eyes;	Always burns, never tans
2	White; fair; red or blonde hair; blue, hazel or green	Usually burns, tans with difficulty
3	Cream white; fair with any eye or hair colour	Sometimes mild burn, gradually tans
4	Brown; typical Mediterranean Caucasian skin	Rarely burns, tans with ease
5	Dark brown; Middle Eastern skin types	Very rarely burns, tans very easily
6	Black	Never burns, tans very easily

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