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# fitzpatrickSkinType

A characteristic type identifier for the user’s skin type.

```
static let fitzpatrickSkinType: HKCharacteristicTypeIdentifier
```

## Discussion

This type uses values from the [`HKFitzpatrickSkinType`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKFitzpatrickSkinType) enum.

## See Also

[`HKCharacteristicType`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKCharacteristicType)

A type that represents data that doesn’t typically change over time.

[`HKCharacteristicTypeIdentifier`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKCharacteristicTypeIdentifier)

The identifiers that create characteristic type objects.

[`HKFitzpatrickSkinType`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKFitzpatrickSkinType)

Categories representing the user’s skin type based on the Fitzpatrick scale.

[`HKFitzpatrickSkinTypeObject`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKFitzpatrickSkinTypeObject)

This class acts as a wrapper for the [`HKFitzpatrickSkinType`](/documentation/HealthKit/HKFitzpatrickSkinType) enumeration.


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