TITLE:
Strategic Trial to Find Aging Face Print
AUTHORS:
Khalifa E. Sharquie, Sabeeh A. Al-Mashhadani, Ali Thamer Hameed
KEYWORDS:
Wrinkles, Mapping, Aging Face, Nasolabial Angle
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Cosmetics, Dermatological Sciences and Applications,
Vol.5 No.3,
September
7,
2015
ABSTRACT: Background:
Wrinkling of face is a common feature of aging and each individual could have
his own feature of disease. Objective: To categorize the wrinkles of each
individual in order to find the characteristic picture of each individual
aiming to find so called a print of aging. Patients and Methods: An
observational study was done on 1011 cases their ages more than 30 years. 679
subjects (67.2%) were males and 332 (32.8%) were females. Their ages ranged
between 30 - 86 years. Cases attended Department of Dermatology/Baghdad
Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq in period from April 2012 to April 2013. The
distribution and the types of wrinkling were mapped in all individuals. Regional
variations including forehead, glabellae, periorbital, nasolabial, perioral and
sides of the face were well studied. Results: Forehead horizontal pattern was
presented in 860 (85%) subjects, forehead vertical pattern in 84 (8.3%),
glabella horizontal pattern in 705 (69.7%) and glabella vertical in 698 (69%).
Periorbital pattern was presented in 885 (87.5%) subjects and nasolabial angle
in 540 (53.4%). Glabella vertical and horizontal patters were significantly
more in males than females. Also, the males were significantly more affected by
periorbital and nasolabial folds. Conclusion: Each individual or group of
individual has characteristic morphological pattern of wrinkling that starts
early in life and becomes mature often with time and this pattern might deserve
the name of a print.