Morphological Characteristics of Residual Skin Surface Components Collected from the Surface of Facial Skin in Women of Different Age.

CONCLUSION: Non-invasively collected RSSC samples allow identifying age-related changes on facial skin surface. The results of this study highlight gender-dependence of distinct elements of age-associated impairment of epidermal barrier and can be employed for developing new approaches to prevent changes associated with skin aging.
PMID: 28761294 [PubMed]

Source: Annals of Dermatology - August 2, 2017 Category: Dermatology Tags: Ann Dermatol Source Type: research