Determination of skin type
Determine your skin type. This should only be understood as a reference value. We determine your skin type before the examination using a melanine measuring device.
Skin type I
- conspicuously light skin
- freckles
- Celtic type (approx. 2% of all Central Europeans)
- blonde or reddish hair
- blue, green or seldom brown colour of eyese
- very strong sunburn inclination!
- self-protection time: 5 -10 minutes
- erythema: always
- browning: never
Skin type II
- light- light brown skin
- no freckles
- dark-skinned Central European (approx. 78% of all Central Europeans)
- dark-blonde to brown hair
- grey or brown colour of eyes
- moderate sunburn inclination
- self-protection time: 20 – 30 minutes
- erythema: seldom
- browning: pronounced
Skin type III
- dark skint
- no freckles
- iIndian type
- black hair
- dark colour of eyes
- no sunburn inclination
- self-protection time: 45 – 60 minutes
- erythema: never
- browning: strong
Skin type IV
- Mediterranean type (approx. 8% of all Central Europeans
- brown to dark-brown or black hair
- dark colour of eyes
- hardly any sunburn inclination
- self-protection time: 30 – 45 minutes
- erythema: never
- browning: strong
Skin type V
- conspicuously dark skin
- no freckles
- African type
- black hair
- dark colour of eyes
- no sunburn inclination
- self-protection time: > 60 minutes
- erythema: never
- browning: strong
Skin type VI
- auffallend dunkle Haut
- keine Sommersprossen
- afrikanischer Typ
- schwarze Haare
- dunkle Augenfarbe
- keine Sonnenbrandneigung
- Eigenschutzzeit: > 60 Minuten
- Erythem: nie
- Bräunung: stark