Comparison of skin elasticity test results from the Ballistometer® and Cutometer

Background Long‐term exposure to sunlight changes skin features like amount of facial wrinkling and skin elasticity, which is useful in estimating skin health and age‐related changes. Skin elasticity is evaluated by quantitative methods such as the noninvasive suction device Cutometer®, which is wid...

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Published in:Skin research and technology 2014-11, Vol.20 (4), p.422-428
Main Authors: Woo, M. S., Moon, K. J., Jung, H. Y., Park, S. R., Moon, T. K., Kim, N. S., Lee, B. C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Ballistometer
correlation coefficient
Cutometer
Elastic Modulus - physiology
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Female
Hardness Tests - instrumentation
Health & beauty aids
Humans
Manometry - instrumentation
Physical Stimulation - instrumentation
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Skin
skin elasticity
Skin Physiological Phenomena
Stress, Mechanical
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Summary:Background Long‐term exposure to sunlight changes skin features like amount of facial wrinkling and skin elasticity, which is useful in estimating skin health and age‐related changes. Skin elasticity is evaluated by quantitative methods such as the noninvasive suction device Cutometer®, which is widely used to evaluate regional body‐elasticity differences and correlate these findings with the results of other instrumental data. Few field studies have been done with the Ballistometer® device, another noninvasive method for measuring skin elasticity. Method In this study, we measured the skin elasticity of each subject's forehead, cheek, and volar forearm using two devices with different means of obtaining quantitative measurements – Ballistometer® (Diastron Ltd.) and Cutometer® (CK electronics). Results The results from testing with the Ballistometer® and Cutometer® devices showed that the degree of skin elasticity of the volar forearm is greater than those found on the cheek and forehead. The parameters measured by the Ballistometer® showed high correlation patterns. On the cheek skin, the correlation coefficient between Ballisto‐parameters and R parameters (R0, R3, R8) was higher than other skin sites. Conclusion Taken together, R parameters measured by the Cutometer® device have been widely distributed in the evaluation of skin elasticity in research and cosmetics. Although the methodologies are different, the Ballistometer® device is also a useful tool to evaluate skin elasticity.
ISSN:0909-752X
1600-0846
DOI:10.1111/srt.12134