Article: The Roberts skin type classification system.

Abstract

The Roberts Skin Type Classification System is a 4-part serial system that comprehensively identifies a patient's skin type characteristics, and provides data to predict the skin's likely response to insult, injury, and inflammation (i/i/i) for individuals of global skin types. The clinician evaluates 4 elements (phototype, hyperpigmentation, photoaging, and scarring) and assigns a numeric "feature" to each, according to established and original scales. The 4-part serial profile is constructed based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative assessment leading to the patient's skin type classification: (a) a review of ancestral and clinical ...

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