Skin tech never saw dark skin. Oyster grew up on it.
Most analysis was trained on lighter skin and quietly fails on deeper tones. Oyster reads every shade with the same precision, and it is measured to prove it.
Skin analysis built for deep skin first.
One selfie, read on the same 10-point Monk scale from the lightest tone to the deepest, so every customer is read on equal terms.
Trained on the largest melanin-rich dataset in the industry.
Two million real skin images across seven countries, weighted toward deeper tones, so the deepest skin is where the analysis starts. That data is the moat, and it grows with every scan.
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Ten tones, read on one scale.
Oyster reads skin tone on the Monk Skin Tone Scale, a 10-point scale developed by Dr. Ellis Monk with Google. It runs from the lightest skin to the deepest, so every shopper is read on the same scale.
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Built for the concerns that actually show up on deeper skin.
Hyperpigmentation, melasma, post-inflammatory marks and uneven tone are the concerns deeper skin brings to the counter most. Oyster measures each one with a number and a place, so the recommendation fits the skin in front of you.
Read: hyperpigmentation on dark skin ↗Open to a second opinion.
Oyster welcomes independent review from the clinicians who see these patients every day. Bring your own customers and check the results on the tones you serve.
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Read on the Monk Skin Tone Scale, from the lightest tone to the deepest.
Why most skin AI fails on dark skin.
Three gaps that Oyster was built, from the data up, to close.
Skewed training data
Trained mostly on lighter skin, so deeper tones sit outside what the model has seen.
Lighting bias
Exposure and colour tuned for light skin wash out the very signals that matter on deep skin.
Wrong concerns
Blind to hyperpigmentation and post-inflammatory marks, the concerns deeper skin brings most.
What partners see with Oyster.
Questions about dark skin.
Does Oyster work on dark skin?+
Why do other skin analysis tools struggle on deeper tones?+
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Which concerns does it measure on deeper skin?+
Can I test it on my own customers?+
Does it work on any phone?+
Run real scans on real skin, across every shade.
Bring your own products and customers, run the analysis on the deepest tones you serve, and see the results for yourself before you commit to anything.