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photodamage

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photodamage
Photoaging Dermatology The structural and functional deterioration of sun-exposed skin, resulting in wrinkling, roughness, altered texture, discoloration, acral lentigines, mottled hyperpigmentation, ↓ epidermal thickness, basophilic degeneration of dermis, ↓ collagen, ↓ dermal vessels, epithelial atypia, dysplasia Management Photoaging is largely reversed by tretinoin


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Regular sunscreen use is postulated to reduce photodamage to skin.
We reported some time ago that repair of damage to the photosynthetic apparatus is impaired at elevated temperatures, so preventing photodamage in the symbiont should confer thermal tolerance to the corals" In the past decade, scientists have identified symbiont algae in clades from A through H, differing in their genetic and physiological characteristics.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of topical ascorbic acid application in treating mild to moderate photodamage of facial skin using an objective, computer-assisted image analysis of skin surface topography and subjective clinical, photographic, and patient self-appraisal questionnaires.
 
 
 
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