Comparison of skin elasticity test results from the Ballistometer(®) and Cutometer(®).
Skin Res Technol
; 20(4): 422-8, 2014 Nov.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24506419
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Long-term exposure to sunlight changes skin features like amount of facial wrinkling and skin elasticity, which is useful in estimating skin health and age-related changes. Skin elasticity is evaluated by quantitative methods such as the noninvasive suction device Cutometer(®) , which is widely used to evaluate regional body-elasticity differences and correlate these findings with the results of other instrumental data. Few field studies have been done with the Ballistometer(®) device, another noninvasive method for measuring skin elasticity.METHOD:
In this study, we measured the skin elasticity of each subject's forehead, cheek, and volar forearm using two devices with different means of obtaining quantitative measurements - Ballistometer(®) (Diastron Ltd.) and Cutometer(®) (CK electronics).RESULTS:
The results from testing with the Ballistometer(®) and Cutometer(®) devices showed that the degree of skin elasticity of the volar forearm is greater than those found on the cheek and forehead. The parameters measured by the Ballistometer(®) showed high correlation patterns. On the cheek skin, the correlation coefficient between Ballisto-parameters and R parameters (R0, R3, R8) was higher than other skin sites.CONCLUSION:
Taken together, R parameters measured by the Cutometer(®) device have been widely distributed in the evaluation of skin elasticity in research and cosmetics. Although the methodologies are different, the Ballistometer(®) device is also a useful tool to evaluate skin elasticity.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estimulação Física
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Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Pele
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Módulo de Elasticidade
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Testes de Dureza
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Manometria
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Evaluation_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Skin Res Technol
Assunto da revista:
DERMATOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Coréia do Sul