A New Paradigm for the Aging Asian Face

Shirakabe, Yukio; Suzuki, Yoshiro; Lam, Samuel M.

doi:10.1007/s00266-003-2099-x

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“…There are many ethnicities within the Asian culture, each with its peculiar characteristics. We can cite the following as common characteristics of all of them: a round face, full upper lip, high eyebrow, low nasal bridge, increased intercanthal distance, short palpebral fissure, and increased malar fat . Approximately 50% of Asians show a diminished or absent superior palpebral fold .…”

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Characteristics and management of Asian skin

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Color differences in skin are due to the amount and distribution of epidermal melanin. The number of melanocytes is almost the same in all skin types, but higher phototypes exhibit more melanocytes, which produce more melanin and melanosomes that are individually distributed throughout the keratinocyte layers. This characteristic ensures a natural, significant photoprotection in darker skins. Asians are a population with various skin phototypes, ranging from type III to IV Fitzpatrick's classification in Chinese and Japanese to type IV and V in Indian and Pakistani people. Asian skin tends to present postinflammatory hyperpigmentation, melasma, lentigines and freckles, nevus of Ota, and Hori nevus. The main skin diseases reported in Asians are acne, atopic dermatitis, and viral infections. Wrinkles and skin thickness, early signs of aging in Caucasians, are less evident in Asian skin. However, pigmentary changes occur earlier. Additionally, this ethnic population is increasing worldwide. The aim of this study is to show the importance of studying the characteristics of Asian skin for the better management of skin diseases in this population, which are being increasingly observed in doctor's offices. Based on a broad review of the medical literature, we report the characteristics of Asian skin, as well as some dyschromias and common skin disorders in this ethnic group. The objective of the article is to study the characteristics of Asian skin and differences in relation to other ethnic groups to achieve improved clinical and cosmetic management of diseases and other skin disorders. This article will discuss the concept of beauty in different ethnic groups, treatments with lasers and other light sources, and cosmiatric treatments in Asian skin. An extensive review of the literature was performed using the databases Scielo and Bireme, from Medline and Lilacs sources, over the last 50 years. The keywords used were as follows: Asian skin, ethnic skin, melanin. Due to the peculiarities of each ethnic group, this article demonstrates the importance of studying the characteristics of Asian skin to elucidate improved cosmiatric approaches for these patients.

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“…Elastotic wrinkles, for instance, are apparently less prominent in people with darker skin than in Caucasians [74]. Somewhat in contrast to Caucasian skin, it has been proposed that East Asian facial skin tends to age with more emphasis on weaker skeletal support, heavier soft tissue, larger amounts of malar fat, thicker skin, and a weaker chin, driving downward gravitational migration of facial skin tissue [99].…”

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Visible skin condition and perception of human facial appearance

Samson

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Matts

2010

Intern J of Cosmetic Sci

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SynopsisEvolutionary psychology suggests that certain human beauty standards have evolved to provide reliable cues of fertility and health. Hence, preferences for some physical characteristics of the face and body are thought to reflect adaptations for the promotion of mate choice. Studies that have investigated facial attractiveness have concentrated mainly on features such as symmetry, averageness and sex-typical traits, which are developed under the influence of sex steroids. Few studies, however, have addressed the effect of human skin condition on perception of facial appearance in this context, and possible implications for sexual selection. There is now accumulating evidence that skin pigmentation and skin surface topography cues, particularly in women, have a significant influence on attractiveness judgements, as they seem primarily to signal aspects of age and health. This article (i) reviews briefly some of the main determinants of visible skin condition, (ii) presents recent evidence on its signalling value in face perception and (iii) suggests areas for future research with reference to an evolutionary psychology framework. Ré suméLa psychologie évolutive suggère que certaines normes de beauté de l'homme ont évolué pour fournir des indices fiables de la fécondité et la santé. Par conséquent, les préférences pour certaines caracté-ristiques physiques du visage et du corps sont censées refléter les adaptations pour la promotion de ce choix. Les études portant sur l'attractivité du visage se sont essentiellement concentrées sur des fonctionnalités telles que la symétrie, l'aspect d'ensemble et le sexe, éléments typiques développés dans le cadre de l'influence des stéroïdes sexuels. Mais peu d'études ont porté sur l'effet de l'état de la peau humaine sur la perception de l'apparence du visage, et ses implications possibles sur la sélection sexuelle. Il y a maintenant un faisceau de preuves montrant que la pigmentation de la peau et l'aspect de surface comme repères topographiques, notamment des femmes, ont une influence significative sur l'attractivité, car ils apparaissent comme des signaux de l'âge et de la santé. Cet article (i) passe briève-ment en revue certains des déterminants principaux de l'état cutané visible, (ii) présente les dernières preuves de leur valeur de signalisation dans la perception du visage, et (iii) propose des domaines de recherche future comme référence-cadre de la psychologie évolutive.

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“…Thus, reduction malarplasty is now becoming one of the most popular procedures in Asian countries. [1][2][3] As reported previously, most patients who have undergone reduction malarplasty are young. However, few studies have focused on older patients.…”

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