[en] SYNOPSIS: Skin colours are notoriously different between individuals. They are governed by ethnicities and phototypes, and further influenced by a variety of factors including photoexposures and sustained mechanical stress. Indeed, mechanobiology is a feature affecting the epidermal melanization. High-resolution epiluminescence colorimetry helps in deciphering the effects of forces generated by Langer's lines or relaxed skin tension lines on the melanocyte activity. The same procedure shows a prominent laddering pattern of melanization in striae distensae contrasting with the regular honeycomb pattern in the surrounding skin.
Disciplines :
Dermatology
Author, co-author :
Devillers, C.; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Dermatopathologie
Pierard, Claudine ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Dermatopathologie
Schreder, A.; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Dermatopathologie > Etudiante
Docquier, V.; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Dermatopathologie > Etudiante
Pierard, Gérald ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Dermatopathologie
Language :
English
Title :
High resolution skin colorimetry, strain mapping and mechanobiology.
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