An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a skin assessment member. The skin assessment member is transparent. The skin assessment member is a single, integral member. The skin assessment member is nonporous. A length and a width of the skin assessment member are each between 20 times and 80 times larger than a thickness of the skin assessment member. A density of a material forming the skin assessment member is between 0.75 g/cm3 and 2.2 g/cm3. The skin assessment member includes a plurality of markings that are disposed flush with a flat surface of the skin assessment member or fully embedded within the skin assessment member.
