Asymmetric facial skin viscoelasticity during climacteric aging

Climacteric skin aging affects certain biophysical characteristics of facial skin. The purpose of the present study was to assess the symmetric involvement of the cheeks in this stage of the aging process. Skin viscoelasticity was compared on both cheeks in premenopausal and post-menopausal women wi...

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Published in:Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology cosmetic and investigational dermatology, 2014, Vol.7 (default), p.111-118
Main Authors: Piérard, Gérald E, Hermanns-Lê, Trinh, Gaspard, Ulysse, Piérard-Franchimont, Claudine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Aging
biological elasticity
Biomechanics
Cheek
climacteric aging
Dermatologie
Dermatology
Hormone replacement therapy
Human health sciences
Measurement techniques
Menopause
Original Research
photoaging
Physiological aspects
Physiological research
Sciences de la santé humaine
Skin
skin tensile properties
skin unfolding
Suctioning
Symmetry (Biology)
Tensile strength
Viscoelasticity
Womens health
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Summary:Climacteric skin aging affects certain biophysical characteristics of facial skin. The purpose of the present study was to assess the symmetric involvement of the cheeks in this stage of the aging process. Skin viscoelasticity was compared on both cheeks in premenopausal and post-menopausal women with indoor occupational activities somewhat limiting the influence of chronic sun exposure. Eighty-four healthy women comprising 36 premenopausal women and 48 early post-menopausal women off hormone replacement therapy were enrolled in two groups. The tensile characteristics of both cheeks were tested and compared in each group. A computerized suction device equipped with a 2 mm diameter hollow probe was used to derive viscoelasticity parameters during a five-cycle procedure of 2 seconds each. Skin unfolding, intrinsic distensibility, biological elasticity, and creep extension were measured. Both biological elasticity and creep extension were asymmetric on the cheeks of the post-menopausal women. In contrast, these differences were more discrete in the premenopausal women. Facial skin viscoelasticity appeared to be asymmetric following menopause. The possibility of asymmetry should be taken into account in future studies of the effects of hormone replacement therapy and any antiaging procedure on the face in menopausal women.
ISSN:1178-7015
1178-7015
DOI:10.2147/CCID.S60313