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High resolution skin colorimetry, strain mapping and mechanobiology
Author(s) -
Devillers C.,
PiérardFranchimont C.,
Schreder A.,
Docquier V.,
Piérard G. E.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of cosmetic science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1468-2494
pISSN - 0142-5463
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2494.2009.00562.x
Subject(s) - mechanobiology , colorimetry , tension (geology) , dermatoscopy , dermatology , biology , chemistry , materials science , optics , medicine , anatomy , ultimate tensile strength , composite material , genetics , physics , melanoma
Synopsis Skin colours are notoriously different between individuals. They are governed by ethnicities and phototypes, and further influenced by a variety of factors including photoexposures and sustained mechanical stress. Indeed, mechanobiology is a feature affecting the epidermal melanization. High‐resolution epiluminescence colorimetry helps in deciphering the effects of forces generated by Langer’s lines or relaxed skin tension lines on the melanocyte activity. The same procedure shows a prominent laddering pattern of melanization in striae distensae contrasting with the regular honeycomb pattern in the surrounding skin.