Open AccessRelationship of transcutaneous oxygen tension with age and skin elasticity in Korean women
Author(s) -
Yoo Suji,
Kim MiRim,
Kim TaeYoon,
Hwang Seung Jin,
LIM JunMan,
Park Sun Gyoo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
skin research and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.521
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1600-0846
pISSN - 0909-752X
DOI - 10.1111/srt.12803
Subject(s) - medicine , oxygen tension , perfusion , skin aging , oxygenation , lightness , elasticity (physics) , surgery , dermatology , oxygen , composite material , chemistry , physics , optics , materials science , organic chemistry
Abstract Background Oxygen has several positive effects on the skin, including improving collagen synthesis and accelerating wound healing. However, only a few studies have investigated the relationship between skin oxygenation and skin aging parameters. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the correlation between skin oxygenation and skin aging parameters—elasticity, hydration, sebum, color (lightness, redness), and blood perfusion—in Korean women. Materials and Methods We evaluated the transcutaneous partial pressure of oxygen, also known as transcutaneous oxygen tension (TcPO 2 ), and skin aging parameters, including elasticity, hydration, sebum, color (lightness or redness), and blood perfusion, in the cheek of 34 healthy women (aged 20‐69 years) and assessed the correlation between TcPO 2 and other skin aging parameters using IBM SPSS Statistics 25 software (SPSS Inc). Results Facial TcPO 2 was negatively correlated with age ( P < .05). There were positive correlations between facial TcPO 2 and elasticity parameters ( P < .01). We noted no correlation between facial TcPO 2 and skin lightness; however, skin lightness tended to slightly improve with increasing TcPO 2 . Skin aging parameters, including hydration, sebum, skin redness, and blood perfusion, showed no correlations with TcPO 2 . Conclusion In Korean women, facial TcPO 2 tends to decrease with increasing age and is positively correlated with gross, net, and biological skin elasticity. Therefore, this study demonstrated that oxygen tension of facial skin can be a major causative factor of skin aging.