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What is the difference between skin type and skin tone?

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  • 10 years ago
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    Type refers to what kind of skin a person may have.

    Tone is refering solely to the colour of the skin.

  • 1 decade ago

    Tone= color

    Type= texture, condition,or moistness thereof(dry, oily, semi-oily, sensitive, semi-dry, acne-prone)

  • 1 decade ago

    ask in the med forums.... lol gotta love yahoo for its random category generation.

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