Beyond Fitzpatrick skin types: A Delphi consensus on key considerations for a universal skin typing classification

Valerie D. Callender; Andrew Alexis; Seemal R. Desai; Tarannum Jaleel; Henry W. Lim; Rashmi Sarkar; Susan Taylor; Anneke Andriessen; Sophie Guénin; Stafford G. Brown; Cheryl M. Burgess; Angel S. Byrd; Caryn B.C. Cobb; Ncoza C. Dlova; Pearl E. Grimes; Candrice R. Heath; Amy J. McMichael; Yvette Miller-Monthrope; Chidubem A.V. Okeke; Jonathan S. Weiss; Jane Y. Yoo; Jadesola Akanji; Valerie M. Harvey

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2025.08.094

Beyond Fitzpatrick skin types: A Delphi consensus on key considerations for a universal skin typing classification

Valerie D. Callender
, Andrew Alexis
, Seemal R. Desai
, Tarannum Jaleel
, Henry W. Lim
, Rashmi Sarkar
, Susan Taylor
, Anneke Andriessen
, Sophie Guénin
, Stafford G. Brown
, Cheryl M. Burgess
, Angel S. Byrd
, Caryn B.C. Cobb
, Ncoza C. Dlova
, Pearl E. Grimes
, Candrice R. Heath
, Amy J. McMichael
, Yvette Miller-Monthrope
, Chidubem A.V. Okeke
, Jonathan S. Weiss

Jane Y. Yoo, Jadesola Akanji, Valerie M. Harvey

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	577-581
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume	94
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2025.08.094
State	Published - Feb 2026

Keywords

Delphi consensus
skin classification
skin of color
skin type

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Callender, V. D., Alexis, A., Desai, S. R., Jaleel, T., Lim, H. W., Sarkar, R., Taylor, S., Andriessen, A., Guénin, S., Brown, S. G., Burgess, C. M., Byrd, A. S., Cobb, C. B. C., Dlova, N. C., Grimes, P. E., Heath, C. R., McMichael, A. J., Miller-Monthrope, Y., Okeke, C. A. V., ... Harvey, V. M. (2026). Beyond Fitzpatrick skin types: A Delphi consensus on key considerations for a universal skin typing classification. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 94(2), 577-581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2025.08.094

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