Association of Facial Wrinkles With Different Facial Forms in the Population of Maharashtra: A Prospective Observational Study

• Published in: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2023-10, Vol.15 (10), p.e47692-e47692
• Main Authors: Japatti, Sharanbasappa, Kumar, Jitendra, Merchant, Arif F, Dhalwale, Georgina D, Taneja, Priyanka, Mathew, Rinnu A
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 2168-8184; 2168-8184
• DOI: 10.7759/cureus.47692

INTRODUCTIONWrinkles commonly manifest in various areas of the face as individuals age. This study aimed to assess the association between facial wrinkles and different facial forms.MATERIALS AND METHODSAn observational, prospective study was conducted on the facial photographs of 400 subjects aged 40-60 years, which were divided into four groups of 100 subjects each: Group 1, square facial form; Group 2, ovoid facial form; Group 3, square tapered facial form; and Group 4, tapered facial form. All groups had almost equal distributions of males and females. Six types of facial wrinkles were studied, namely, forehead, glabellar, canthal, nasolabial, wrinkles at the corner of the mouth, and perioral wrinkles. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used for intergroup comparison, and an independent Student's t-test was used to assess gender differences in facial wrinkles.RESULTSSignificant gender differences were observed for forehead wrinkles in Groups 1 and 3, canthal wrinkles in Groups 1 and 2, and right perioral wrinkles in Group 1 (p0.05). Significant differences between the groups were observed for all facial wrinkles between the right and left sides of the face (p