Quantitative skin pigmentation analysis among North Indians.

Dabas, Prashita; Khajuria, Himanshu; Jain, Sonal; Dutt, Sarjana; Saraswathy, Kallur Nava; Nayak, Biswa Prakash

Skin color among humans is one of the most discernible phenotypes. Reflectance spectrophotometers are considered as "gold standard" for skin pigmentation assessment as it provides erythema index (EI) and melanin index (MI) as a function of absorbance and provides readout of reflectance demonstrating the ratio between intensity of incident and reflected light from the skin.[3] The skin absorbs more light when the pigment content is higher, which raises the values of the EI and MI. Skin reflectance was measured using DSM II ColorMeter (Cortex Technology, Hadsund, Denmark), a hand-held dermatospectrometer for quantitative measurements of MI and EI.

HUMAN skin color; MEDIAN (Mathematics)

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2022, Vol 21, Issue 12, p7242

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Academic Journal

10.1111/jocd.15403