Skin characteristics of patients with melasma under VISIA detector / 中华医学美学美容杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To compare the skin characteristics of melasma patients with general population by the VISIA skin detector.Methods:In July to September 2018, the skin spots, wrinkles, texture, pore, UV spots, porphyrins, brown spots, the absolute scores of red areas, and the age difference were analyzed in patients with melasma and general population in the Laser Center of Dermatology, the Wuxi Second Hospital.Results:Compared with general population the spots (35.62±8.90, 27.82±4.98), wrinkles (24.36±6.93, 19.89±1.10), texture (12.92±5.37, 6.63±4.74), pore (12.35±4.68, 17.56±10.69), UV spots (23.11±4.55, 17.71±7.26), brown spots (56.34±5.74, 52.81±3.16) and the age difference (-0.59±3.35, 3.96±3.60) of melasma patients had the statistically significant difference ( t=3.63, 2.26, 4.07, 2.64, 3.03, 2.56, 4.85, P<0.05); Porphyrin (7.81±6.83, 7.67±5.60) and red areas (40.44±6.73, 38.50±9.87) had no statistical difference ( t=0.08, 0.89, P>0.05). Conclusions:Compared with general population, the skin of patients with melasma has less splashes, wrinkles and the poorer skin smoothness and looks older, but it is more delicate.