Side Effects of Suntan
Journal of the Korean Medical Association
;
: 917-924, 2002.
Artigo
em Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-95142
ABSTRACT
Increased pigmentation of skin after sun exposure is a normal response to solar radiation. Like sunburn, suntan can also be produced by natural solar radiation and by artificial, narrow-spectrum ultraviolet B and ultraviolet A sources. The tanning response is a sign of ultraviolet damage. The western search for the suntan has led to an increased incidence of photoaging and skin cancer of light-skinned individuals. Photoaging is characterized by wrinkling, coarseness, dryness, mottled pigmentation, loss of elasticity, easy bruising, telangiectasias, and benign, premalignant and malignant growths on sun-exposed areas. Photoagings is a slow process, taking decades to become clinically apparent and even longer for all the manifestations to occur. Development of photoagings is determined both by genetic skin type and by the total lifetime radiation dose. Photoaging is more apparent in light-skinned Caucasians than in dark-skinned people. Although it is not possible to state what proportion is due to chronologic aging and what is due to photoaging, it has been estimated that photodamage may account for greater than 90 percent of the age- associated cosmetic problems of the skin. The proliferation of natural tanning and tanning salons should be discouraged by physicians. There is no safe tan.
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Assunto principal:
Pele
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Neoplasias Cutâneas
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Queimadura Solar
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Curtume
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Telangiectasia
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Triacetonamina-N-Oxil
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Envelhecimento
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Pigmentação
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Incidência
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Sistema Solar
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de incidência
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Estudo prognóstico
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Medical Association
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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