Abstract:Ageing is a complex process that has been defined as the accumulation of molecular damage over time. signs of ageing skin are atrophy, laxity, wrinkling, sagging, dryness, yellowness, a multiplicity of pigmented and other blemishes and sparse grey hair. More than 90% of age-associated cosmetic problems are caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiation on exposed skin, which damages telomeres, generates free-radicals and whose effects are largely proportionate to skin type. Skin tumours develop as a result of proliferat… Show more
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