TY - JOUR
T1 - Care of the skin at midlife
T2 - Diagnosis of pigmented lesions
AU - Gordon, Marsha L.
AU - Hecker, Melanie S.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Intrinsic skin changes with advancing years include dryness, decreasing elasticity, increasing skin fragility, and more prominent vasculature. Extrinsic skin aging, caused primarily by cigarette smoking and exposure to sunlight, includes mottled pigmentation and yellow discoloration, rough leathery textural changes, and wrinkling. Major premalignant and malignant neoplasms in photodamaged skin are actinic keratosis, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Nonmalignant lesions include solar lentigines and seborrheic keratoses. The A, B, C, D criteria can assist in the evaluation of pigmented nevi. Physicians play an important role in educating patients about the health risks associated with excessive sun exposure and about sun protection to prevent further skin damage.
AB - Intrinsic skin changes with advancing years include dryness, decreasing elasticity, increasing skin fragility, and more prominent vasculature. Extrinsic skin aging, caused primarily by cigarette smoking and exposure to sunlight, includes mottled pigmentation and yellow discoloration, rough leathery textural changes, and wrinkling. Major premalignant and malignant neoplasms in photodamaged skin are actinic keratosis, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Nonmalignant lesions include solar lentigines and seborrheic keratoses. The A, B, C, D criteria can assist in the evaluation of pigmented nevi. Physicians play an important role in educating patients about the health risks associated with excessive sun exposure and about sun protection to prevent further skin damage.
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M3 - Review article
C2 - 9261286
AN - SCOPUS:0031420302
SN - 0016-867X
VL - 52
SP - 56
EP - 68
JO - Geriatrics
JF - Geriatrics
IS - 8
ER -