Optical coherence tomography quantifying photo aging: skin microvasculature depth, epidermal thickness and UV exposure.

Archives of Dermatological Research
Jonas OlsenG B E Jemec

Abstract

Photo aging predominantly occurs in the face, neck and hands due to UVA and UVB irradiation. It is associated with skin cancer and histological studies indicate thinning of the epidermis and elastosis occurs. Dynamic Optical coherence tomography (D-OCT) is a non-invasive imaging tool able to visualize the epidermis and upper dermis and its blood vessels as well as to evaluate epidermal thickness (ET) and blood flow. To investigate ET and blood vessel depth using D-OCT in human subjects correlated to UV exposure. We evaluated data from 249 healthy adults, that had D-OCT-scans conducted at four different regions (forehead, neck, arm and hand) and correlated ET and blood vessel depth with occupational UV exposure (total standard erythema dose, Total SED), season and demographic data. Regional differences in ET and blood vessel depth were found (p values < 0.001). Multiple linear regressions showed a seasonal effect on both ET (- 0.113 to - 0.288 µm/day, p values < 0.001) and blood vessel depth (0.168-0.347 µm/day, p values < 0.001-0.007) during August-December. Significant age-related decrease of ET was seen in forehead, arm and hand (0.207-0.328 µm/year, p values = 0.002-0.18) and blood vessel depth in forehead (0.064-0.553 µm/ye...Continue Reading

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