Sun care

<What is a phototype and how is it determined?>

The phototype is the quality of a subject’s response to the action of the sun’s rays. There are 6 phototypes determined in accordance with the complexion, the hair colour, the presence or not of ephelides (freckles), the individual’s tendency to suffer from sunburn or on the contrary the individual’s capacity to trigger a tan.

• Phototype I: milky skin (redhead), always burns, never tans, lots of freckles.

• Phototype II: fair skin, always burns, sometimes acquires a light tan, quite a lot of freckles.

• Phototype III: fair to matt skin, sometimes burns, always tans (medium tan), a few freckles.

• Phototype IV: matt skin, never burns, always tans (dark tan), no freckles.

• Phototype V: dark skin, never burns, always tans (very dark tan), no freckles.

• Phototype VI: black skin, never burns, no freckles.

The lower your phototype (phototype III, and especially phototype I and II), the higher factor photoprotection product you need to use.