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Fitzpatrick Skin Type VI
Definition 1
Skin which is dark brown or black and it never burns when exposed to the sun. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Individuals who have the heaviest constitutive pigmentation, especially dark skinned black individuals. (Reference: Fitzpatrick TB: The validity and practicality of sun-reactive skin types I through VI. Arch. Dermatol. 1998 124: 869-871) (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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