TY - CHAP
T1 - Non-neoplastic disorders of the aging skin
AU - Farage, Miranda A.
AU - Miller, Kenneth W.
AU - Berardesca, Enzo
AU - Maibach, Howard I.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The skin is the barrier between vulnerable internal tissues and a plentitude of environmental factors with the potential to negatively impact those tissues [1]. Degenerative processes inherent to aging produce the characteristic thinning, drying, and sagging of elderly skin [2] as well as a progressive deterioration in skin function [3]. This process is based to some extent on ethnicity and gender [4]. However, most visible changes in aged skin [4] as well as most pathological changes are due to a lifetime of exposure to external environmental insult [1]. Degenerative processes that occur in aging skin and their clinical significance are shown in Table 54.1.
AB - The skin is the barrier between vulnerable internal tissues and a plentitude of environmental factors with the potential to negatively impact those tissues [1]. Degenerative processes inherent to aging produce the characteristic thinning, drying, and sagging of elderly skin [2] as well as a progressive deterioration in skin function [3]. This process is based to some extent on ethnicity and gender [4]. However, most visible changes in aged skin [4] as well as most pathological changes are due to a lifetime of exposure to external environmental insult [1]. Degenerative processes that occur in aging skin and their clinical significance are shown in Table 54.1.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-89656-2_54
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-89656-2_54
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84891975579
SN - 9783540896555
SP - 527
EP - 542
BT - Textbook of Aging Skin
PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
ER -