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Effect of Smoking on Aging of Photoprotected Skin

2007; American Medical Association; Volume: 143; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/archderm.143.3.397

1538-3652

Yolanda Helfrich, Le Yu, Abena Ofori, Ted Hamilton, Jennifer Lambert, Anya L. King, John J. Voorhees, Sewon Kang,

Textile materials and evaluations

Objectives: To develop a reproducible photonumeric scale to assess photoprotected skin aging and to determine whether health and lifestyle factors, such as smoking, affect skin aging in photoprotected sites.Design: Using standard photographs of participants' upper inner arms, we created a 9-point photonumeric scale.Three blinded reviewers used the scale to grade the photographs.Participants answered multiple lifestyle questions.Setting: Academic outpatient