← Dermatology
Skin tone coverage
42 image(s) across 62 entries.
- Band A: I-III x10, IV-VI x8
- Band B: IV-VI x6
- Band C: IV x3, IV-VI x7
- Band D: I-III x2, IV x3, IV-VI x3
Entries with no Fitzpatrick IV-VI image (41 of 62)
- dress
- agep
- meningococcal-septicaemia
- toxic-shock-syndrome
- angio-oedema
- erythema-multiforme-major
- benign-petechiae
- hsp
- kawasaki
- rubella
- parvovirus-b19
- roseola
- scarlet-fever
- hand-foot-mouth
- chickenpox
- urticaria-vasculitis
- neonatal-rashes
- nappy-rash
- cellulitis
- erysipelas
- hidradenitis-suppurativa
- candidiasis
- head-lice
- lyme-erythema-migrans
- syphilis
- pityriasis-versicolor
- angular-cheilitis
- diabetic-foot-ulcer
- pustular-psoriasis
- contact-dermatitis
- acne
- rosacea
- lichen-planus
- venous-eczema
- melanoma
- bcc-scc
- vitiligo
- alopecia-areata
- pompholyx
- polymorphic-light-eruption
- granuloma-annulare
How reliable the Fitzpatrick column is
42 of 42 image(s) carry an estimated type rather than one the source states.
Fitzpatrick describes how skin responds to UV, not how it looks, so
it cannot be read off a photograph - an estimate is a reader's
impression of tone, recorded in the only vocabulary the schema has.
Treat the coverage figures above as a floor on uncertainty, not a
measurement, and never quote them as if the types were documented.
An entry with no darker-skin image is not neutral. The reader sees
the pale-skin photograph and calibrates to it, which is the exact
failure this tool exists to correct - so a condition is better with
no image at all than with a Fitzpatrick I-III image alone.