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How to Find Your Fitzpatrick Skin Type and Care for Your Skin Accordingly

When it comes to skincare, you'll often see treatments and approaches broken down by groups—think age ranges or levels of natural oils. One of the most common groupings is race or ethnicity; for example, conditions like post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation are more associated with Black and Latinx populations, while it's well known that those who identify as white are at a higher risk for skin cancer.1

Race and ethnicity are only a small part of the larger picture, however. Individuals in any given group can have a wide range of skin, hair, and eye colors—and, as such, very different needs when it comes to caring for their skin.

Cysteamine for Skin: How This Antioxidant Can Help Fade Dark Spots

Anyone with dark spots or melasma knows how challenging dealing with facial discoloration can be. Many products have significant side effects, and finding one that won't irritate your skin endlessly or bleach the areas of your face that don't have hyperpigmentation can seem like searching for a needle in a haystack. Enter cysteamine, an antioxidant that double-board-certified plastic surgeon Jaimie DeRosa, MD, tells us "is a naturally found chemical compound that is biosynthesized in mammals, including humans, by the degradation of coenzyme A." Ahead, DeRosa and board-certified dermatologist Hadley King, MD, share all you need to know about cysteamine for skin, from who should use it to how it works.

What would the beauty world be without the best beauty blogs? On the weekend (or whenever—who are we kidding?), we love nothing more than checking out what our favorite influencers are posting, from the products they're raving about or the makeup tutorials they're loving. While makeup and skincare blogs launch all the time, we continue to go back to certain experts over and over again, whether that's because they've been pillars of the beauty community for a long time or their expert knowledge is simply unrivaled.