Skin ethnicities

• less melanin
• less defense in the presence of UV light
• Sun damage - skin burning and premature aging 
• tendencies to show freckles due to uneven melanin distribution 

freckles are also called ephilides

• Light asian - more melanin and yellowish tone
• Darker asian - more sallow with darker tones
• Prone to hype pigmentation
• prone to scarring 

• more melanin
• Light to dark tone due to the amount of increased melanin 
• yellow undertones in some individuals 
• when exposed to UV light skin becomes darker 
• hyper and hypo pigmentation can occur 
• Scars easily - keloid scarring 

• more melanin present
• has a yellowish tone 
• Oily skin
• Prone to hyper pigmentation
• Prone to scarring 
• Smooth surface 
• little facial hair

• golden skin with olive undertones 
• Oilier
• Doesnt tend to dry out 
• Its slow to form wrinkles

• wrinkles
• fine lines
• over 25
• dryer skin
• Loses elasticity
• stratumn corneum thins
• broken capillaries
• pigmentation problems
• loss of muscle tone
• puffiness due to poor blood and lymph circulation
• bone structure becomes more prominent 

• More facial hair
• pseudo folliculitis
• skins more acidic 
• thicker stratumn corneum layer 
• ages less quickly then females as collagen and sebum doesnt reduce as quickly
• more pigmented than women