Peter Attia· MD
there are six skin site uh six skin types um that are described on something called the Fitzpatrick scale so it's a kind of semiquantitative scale um that describes skin color by its basil complexion uh melanin level and response to UV so you have types one through six and they go from most pale to least right so you know type one is very pale white skin burns very easily does not tan uh type two white skin Burns easily doesn't tan with much easily but isn't a guaranteed uh you know under the right circumstances can develop a little bit of a tan type three white skin uh might burn but also Tans kind of easily type four light brown or olive skin uh hardly Burns uh Tans easily so that's me I'm a type four uh type five brown skin usually doesn't burn Tans very easily uh and then type six is black skin unlikely to burn uh and becomes significantly dark uh with significant UV radiation exposure