BACKGROUND: Many instrumental devices have been testing in analysing and quantifying the skin aging signs. However, histopathology still remains the only methods that allow a microscopic assessment of the skin. However, a skin biopsy is not feasible in aesthetically critical areas such as the face. Recently, confocal microscopy has been discovered as a noninvasive tool with a nearly histologic resolution. Distinct morphologic confocal aspects on facial skin have been described and correlated with the histopathologic counterparts. OBJECTIVES: In our study we aim to develop an easy to use confocal aging score to quantify the skin aging related signs. METHODS: A sample of facial skin of fifty volunteers has been subjected to confocal imaging. Combining the previously identified confocal features, three different semi-quantitative scores were calculated: - epidermal disarray score (irregular honeycombed pattern + epidermal thickness + furrow pattern); - epidermal hyperplasia score (mottled pigmentation + extent of polycyclic papillary + epidermal thickness; - collagen score (curled fibers, 2 for huddles of collagen, 1 for coarse collagen structures, and 0 for thin reticulated collagen) RESULTS: The epidermal disarray score showed a stable trend up to 65 years and a dramatic increase in the elderly subjects epidermal. Hyperplasia score was characterized by an ascending trend from younger subjects to middle age. The total collagen score showed a progressive trend with age with a different proportion of distinct collagen type. CONCLUSIONS: RCM is a powerful, noninvasive technique that could permit to microscopically quantify the aging signs and to test cosmetic efficacy.
Background: Many instrumental devices have been testing in analysing and quantifying the skin aging signs. However, histopathology still remains the only methods that allow a microscopic assessment of the skin. However, a skin biopsy is not feasible in aesthetically critical areas such as the face. Recently, confocal microscopy has been discovered as a noninvasive tool with a nearly histologic resolution. Distinct morphologic confocal aspects on facial skin have been described and correlated with the histopathologic counterparts. Objectives: In our study we aim to develop an easy to use confocal aging score to quantify the skin aging related signs. Methods: A sample of facial skin of fifty volunteers has been subjected to confocal imaging. Combining the previously identified confocal features, three different semi-quantitative scores were calculated: - epidermal disarray score (irregular honeycombed pattern + epidermal thickness + furrow pattern); - epidermal hyperplasia score (mottled pigmentation + extent of polycyclic papillary + epidermal thickness; - collagen score (curled fibers, 2 for huddles of collagen, 1 for coarse collagen structures, and 0 for thin reticulated collagen) Results: The epidermal disarray score showed a stable trend up to 65 years and a dramatic increase in the elderly subjects epidermal. Hyperplasia score was characterized by an ascending trend from younger subjects to middle age. The total collagen score showed a progressive trend with age with a different proportion of distinct collagen type. Conclusions: RCM is a powerful, noninvasive technique that could permit to microscopically quantify the aging signs and to test cosmetic efficacy. © 2012 John Wiley & Sons A/S.
Proposal for an in vivo histopathologic scoring system for skin aging by means of confocal microscopy / Longo, Caterina; Casari, Alice; De Pace, Barbara; Simonazzi, Silvia; Mazzaglia, Giovanna; Pellacani, Giovanni. - In: SKIN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 0909-752X. - 19:1(2013), pp. e167-e173. [10.1111/j.1600-0846.2012.00623.x]
Data di pubblicazione: | 2013 | |
Data di prima pubblicazione: | 7-giu-2012 | |
Titolo: | Proposal for an in vivo histopathologic scoring system for skin aging by means of confocal microscopy | |
Autore/i: | Longo, Caterina; Casari, Alice; De Pace, Barbara; Simonazzi, Silvia; Mazzaglia, Giovanna; Pellacani, Giovanni | |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0846.2012.00623.x | |
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Volume: | 19 | |
Fascicolo: | 1 | |
Pagina iniziale: | e167 | |
Pagina finale: | e173 | |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000313258100022 | |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-84872150176 | |
Codice identificativo Pubmed: | 22672873 | |
Citazione: | Proposal for an in vivo histopathologic scoring system for skin aging by means of confocal microscopy / Longo, Caterina; Casari, Alice; De Pace, Barbara; Simonazzi, Silvia; Mazzaglia, Giovanna; Pellacani, Giovanni. - In: SKIN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 0909-752X. - 19:1(2013), pp. e167-e173. [10.1111/j.1600-0846.2012.00623.x] | |
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