Journal ArticleJ Invest Dermatol · March 2023
Laser resurfacing treatments for photoaged skin have improved dramatically over the past decades, but few studies have examined the molecular mechanisms underlying differences in clinical response. Seventeen white female participants with moderate-to-sever ...
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Journal ArticleJ Natl Med Assoc · December 2018
BACKGROUND: Increased photoprotection by natural melanin allows for African-Americans to be less impacted by photoaging than Caucasians. However, less is known about chronological aging in this population. OBJECTIVE: To create a photonumeric scale for Afri ...
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Journal ArticleJ Natl Med Assoc · April 2018
BACKGROUND: African-Americans are less affected by photoaging than lighter skin individuals. Although scales for photoaging have been developed for Caucasians and Asians, no scale exists for African-Americans. AIM: To develop a photonumeric scale for photo ...
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Journal ArticleJ Am Acad Dermatol · October 2016
BACKGROUND: Tristimulus colorimetry, which uses the Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage L*a*b* model to quantify color, has previously been used to analyze pigmentation and erythema in human skin; however, colorimetry of African American skin is not w ...
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